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Show THE JILAr H I :iTlo C.ltlKI.V (MDi.iii;1 A Ho. i.ir-. Jt, EJO'.rt IiraU: Will you hearken to the bellowing of a bovine from the hanks of the Bear' ; I am aware you have namerous a-Ma-me correspondent, a aj leading newspapei-s have:, hut whether a member mem-ber oi the bovine iimi!y has addre.-.vii you betorc i have no', learned. We aro in tntujijtion hero. My cou-ins, nephew.-, i.r.thcr and hi:crs having disappearrd at various times, auspic ions of I'oui p'::y crept into the cctid-ingbt.ii.otm cctid-ingbt.ii.otm "t a toj ca;ily deceived bovine r; r.i;J we l-egan to fear that tho " be luody " kndb hid brought thetn to n surreptitious and untimely end; and lb s at tho hands of those who had ni-ver bouirht or pnid for ibf3i lu our owners. We snuffed the aroma of "ehoic; cuts" from the cu!-nary cu!-nary dopanuv-nt ot a genlicman of the bar, who is secured ut receiving his meat without the u-ual monetary compensation; and we hid strong reasons rea-sons to bi'heve that a number wero playing us foul. Alas ! our wor.-t fears have been rcaiiz.d. It is said, and who can doubt it when it is said nay even sworn to, I hear that our kindred havo been ruthlessly slauh-I slauh-I tercd, merely for their bides; ; their fle.-h ha Wen U'e to the 1 buzzards, and their hides have been sold for money; and a yearling heifer uu tiui.u; u--i.,o uiij aajs sue nearu that the wnnc.-es who couid tell ail about it have been spirited away, but might be found io Wyoming. Vou have heard how Wright, acd Heller, and Schoonjvcr, and Johnson, and Topoaco have been accused of participation, or complicity, in this wholesale kidnapping atd slaughtering of innocent animals that Were tho property of others than those who perpetrated per-petrated tho deed, or derived profit from it; and how the matter was investigated inves-tigated before a magistrate here; and how the lawyers-most ly from your cby stoutly maintained that trie accused were innocent or guilty according to the side they were on. But I got a pocp at a lot ot tho affidavits, and they make an ugly showing. The accused may be innocent of participation in the .-.laughter of my relations, but the horns on my us front is no connection this with horso or cpizoolio will wear away into the skull with picking my teeth before I believo that they aro all ' guiltless. And whilo quietly chewing my cud I daily hear knots of citizens discussing the matter, and averring that there is more truth than poetry in the charges made. 'I ho cases having been sent over to Brig ham city, for the grand jury of tho country to consider, Johnson and Toponce renewed their bonds for S.'j.OUO each; and Wright, Heller and Sehoonovcr, failing to furnish respectively respec-tively 26.U00; $15,000; and SiO.OUO bonds, were reuiauded to the luxurious luxuri-ous poverty of a prison. Oh, my bellowing brotherhoo J, is not this the first step towards justice avenging your slaughter ! I hear people talk as they pass me to-day, some "cussing" courts and juries, whilo others look pleased and sa u-ueo, anu moy wnisper as they walk along, "Two indictmenLs found;" while no: a few, savagely add, "and there- should bo more." I am wearied and worried. I have helped to haul many a heavy wagon many a weary mile ; bat I fear me if there be not moro indictments than two found, that aged as I am I may yet bo butchered in Snake river valley for my hide, and my honest owner in this city of Corinne be left to imagine that I had strayed away like a thoughtless two-year-old. With a parting sound I bid you adieu for the present, though you may hear again from An Old Steer. |
