I had previously tried a monodiet of
beef, juice and all, and never had suc
ceeded in holding to it longer than two
and one-half month?.
Epgar Dayton Bri.vkekhoff.
Kast Ob.vngb, N. J.. March 4.
Out in the Deaert.
Struggle of Two Settlers With Rat
tler*, Famine and Natnre.
To The .Vew York Hebaxd : The en
dowed article from the Chandler AW
toai.i headed "Uoltec( States break?
rules by giving land patent to man and
wife" a?ay be of Interest to your read
era. The novelty lay in the fact that
J. I-. Oliver and his wife filed claims on
separate homesteads and each has now
received a patent for 320 acres. Mr.
Suver sa.vs of his experiences:
"Many times during tlio nine and ono
lialf year* wo liavo lived here we were
almost starved out. Five years ago our
horses ncttrly starved. Two of thorn be
< ame luco"<t. our cow and one horse
were bitten each twice by rattlesnakes,
though wi? seved their lives.
"Om dav v.blle lying on the ground
tliider p siir.de tree a snial" diamond rst
tli.r craw led under my back with Just
tl ? thicl;no?j of my sfblrt between us.
We lived ten miles from where church
?services were held onco a month. No
v. ay tg travel only on a hty wagon with
a dray hotse; ro this supiuier I heard
my first acrraoc preached by Brother Mc
Murdo et our desert schoolhouse two and
three-quarter in Lies from us.
