Year: 1875

"Not any in mine. if you please" I"
said Jim Boggs to our reporter, "a they
we're about to indulge in friendly glass
of lager at Alex Muller's upon whose
Widespread lunch table Jim discovered
o very fragrant Limberger. II rayther
soured on cheese, leastwise on Linn
berger ut the ball at Salinas. I never
told you about it, did I?' said Jim.
"Well, it was when they had mud and
fog at Salinas, you bet. The mud was
so thin and the fog was so thick that
you couldn't tell which was which.
Old Peters had just built his hall and
the boys thought it about the square
thing to start off with dance--a right
nifty one; and when tho Salinas boys
let themselves out, suthin' had to come.
You kin bet yer bowels ON that and
stand right smart chance of gittin' a
spare set OF in'ards.


It bothered 'em some to get their
boots in shape cause in them days II o
fellar walked ON his hands his boots
would still be three feet under that dob
by mud. So they concluded to bring
their boots to the old hall alongside
the ballroom, and have Pete. the boot
black, shine 'em up and then when they
got ready the fellars could get 'em
there, and into the dance without ary
speck. ...-... ~.


$50 eleven Of them brought their
boots and sent for old Pete and told him
to throw hisself, and not mind expenses;
and then he got down to put in some
thing so they could get 'em on without
being pounded on with q maui. And
~shsa his boys vent off ans had 3 socia-
BILE little game Of pitch-seven-up for
the drinks. f


"Pete blacked the boots clean up to
the tops and when he had gone through
'em and stood 'em in row, you could
see twenty-five Petes-it looked like
the house was full of darkies--and then
he fixed 'em SO the boys could get 'em
ON easy, and quit. ~ .ai.


"After Pete had gone, along came
that internal cuss Sam Jones. He took
a look at them boots and then scratched
his head like he was tryin' to think Of
suthin' and he started for Johnson's
store. I'd like q little of that old
Limberger Of yours says Sam to the
clerk. Like whatY says the clerk. So
Sam toie him again. Not much you
won't like it, said the clerk; but you
can help yourself. It's out in the back
yard


Sam started for the back yard but
the clerk yelled to him to hold on.


"' You amt fixed to 60 after that
cheese, said the clerk. So hegaye him
onion to put in his mouth and put q
clothes pin on his nose aud told him to
keep to the wind side Of the cheese and
not to come back through the store.
cit was a mighty heavy job, but Sam
got away with the cheese and got back
to them boots; and he Jest mashed up
the Lmberger and put q right smart
chunk into each one Of them boots and
then he went and split kerosene and CO.
logne on the floor and burnt two or
three old shirts, and he got mp such o
smudge, you would have thought q
pothecary shop was afire, and then Sam
jest lii out. e ai


The boys came in for their boots
about ten o'clock They were putty
we'll set up and they naturally put it up
that the things that Sam had strung
around was what was the matter, and
then got into them boots and out of the
room as quick as they could. i


Mighty nifty they looked in the
ballroom, and the boys that came in
from the ranches had to take back
scat while them shiny iellars waltzsd
in. rs ~


It weren't long before their pard-
ners begun to look wild like. and their
noses got sot up like old won1en's when
they 60 pokin' around the house in the
! night time. sskin' everybody i the don't