Harrison who sometimes worked in the back room, counting eggs or checking in merchandise. Mrs. Harrison's eyesight was very poorly at the time, and she could not attend the wants of customers, but occupied a rocker. When the gun was discharged it so startled her that she went over back in the rocker, and Mr. Harrison fell over a crate of eggs in his haste. But Herman was out of sight, and it was a

long time before they knew who was responsible for the incident.

Trying to make themselves believe that the wild west still existed, and putting a touch of realism in it, were play hours in early Scottsbluff, but to those who had lived the old western way, they had about the same realism as the movie. There was little of the thrill of danger, that went with the old west, and little of the gigantic action that was with events in the epoch when cattlemen were kings.

INCIDENTS AND PERSONALITIES

When the grangers came they found a number of the unique characters of cowboy days trailing around as though they regretted to leave the old range. There were Dan Callahan, Phil Jurish, Jimmy Moore, and many others, but this incident is concerning Phil. In 1889, he dropped in where the election was being held in Tabor precinct, and made some remark about what the governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina. He had about a pint of that now obsolete beverage in a quart bottle, and passed it to the nearest member of the board. It went the rounds and Phil replaced the cork and put what was left in his pocket. "Gentlemen," he asked, "would you like to hear a song?" Being assured that they would be delighted he sang, "The Irish Exile," in a fine tenor voice.