Newbrassky

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim goes to the kitchen fer coffee and goes to sit on the porch. "Morning, Stoney. Is Del still drivin' the iron horse to from fro?"

<Arthur's note: Slim ain't gonna lie down in the yard on purpose and git run over by Mannheim.  )

[Delmonico]

Sadly Delmonico builds up a head of steam and heads out lookin' fer more raccoons with out music.

(Authors note: it's 63 here and not spossed to go over 75, at least for a while, but round here you never know. >

<Stoney Note:  Save yerself from the evil Christmas BS, buy a copy of Michel Martin Murphey's Cowboy Songs Two, A Cowboy Christmas.  It will save you from Christmas Depression, it saved me.>

[Silver Creek Slim]

<Arthur's note: Ya got any 'possums or groundhawgs or such?>

[Delmonico]

<Authors Note: No ground hwgs an' few possums out here Slim, A ground hog would work cause it's a rodent or a prairie dawg, but it has to have an R in it to make a F.R.I.S.B.E.E.   Would you consider changin' yer name to Robert or Rick? >

Delmonico heads in fer lucnh, havin' not packed the chuck box today, he is tired of chasin' raccons cause they are faster than Mannheim.   as he nears the ranch he sees a wagon comin' from the east, his newest order has arrived, wait till they see this, they'll love this on and they'll also decide they like Mannheim.

Delmonico pulls into the yard and banks the fire.

[Silver Creek Slim]

<Authors Note: No ground hwgs an' few possums out here Slim, A ground hog would work cause it's a rodent or a prairie dawg, but it has to have an R in it to make a F.R.I.S.B.E.E.   Would you consider changin' yer name to Robert or Rick? >

<Arthur's note: NO!  >
Slim stands up and stretches. He goes to gather eggs and milch the cow. He makes sure he gives Mannheim a wide berth. He doesn't want to be a F.S.I.S.B.E.E.

<Arthur's note: How about Rockchucks or rats?>

[Brazos Bucky Smith]

Brazos rides in on his mouse colored horse.  He's been to town to the drygoods store, while there he bought some of these squishy things, clerk at the store said ya squish them up and stuff them in your ear ya won't hear nothin'.  Brazos also bought some little glass mirror things to hang from the brim of his hat so he could see Del comin' from all directions.

"Saw a lot of flat critters out there on the plain. Del been flattening up a storm!  Where is ol' "two stream" Trinity a hidden out?"

 

[Delmonico]

<Auther Note:  Sorry no Rockchucks, might be a rat or two in the corn crib or Trinity's room.  Both rodents though as well.>

Delmonico parks Mannheim and banks te fire, he looks at the wagon load of cast iron radiators and pipe.      Slim are you a plumber? If'n ya pipe these together we can hook up  Mannheim's boiler this winter and have Ray-dee-ent heat.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"I've done my share of plumbin'. All depends on how much pressure Mannheim is gonna build up. We don't need a sprinkler system."   

[Delmonico]

"Well how much ya want, we can give ya 150 psi if ya want or ya can have less."

<Authors note, I'm workin' on an article fer The Historic Society on Steam Traction Engines and the affect on farmin'.   I can see why Great-Great-Uncle Henry got blowed ta bits with his. >

[Silver Creek Slim]

"150 psi at what temp?" 

[Delmonico]

325 or so degrees.  Them things is Dangerous if'n yer not carefull.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico spreads out the fire, fills Mannheim up with water and starts shovelin' in the coal.  "Slim I'm goin' out again to try to gather some F.R.I.S.B.E.E.'s, I got er all filled up and got the gauge right at the red mark, that ought to be fast enough." 

Delmonico heads off at a faster pace than ever before and he is singin' as he goes, singin" "The Wreck of Old 97."

He can still be heard as he goes over the hill.   

He was going down the grade,
makin' 90 miles an hour,
when his whistle broke into a scream.

He was found in the wreck,
with his hand on the throttle,
Scalded to death by the Steam.



Suddenly Mannheim's whistle is heard at a steady blast, there is a boom, a puff of steam and one ten foot diameter red wheel rolls into the dooryard.   It tips, almost falls over, teeters for an minute and then tips, makin' a noisse like a top for a few minutes and then there is silence.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"I might be able ta do that." 

<Arthur's note: Just found a boiler company in yer backyard. Newbrassssssssssky Boiler.>

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim jumps on his horse and races in the direction of the BOOM.

[Delmonico]

Suddenly slim sees a speck in the sky fallin'.     As it gets closer he sees it's Delmonico, he hit's the ground right in front of Slim, makin' a large hole in the ground.

Delmonico crawls up out of the hole, his clothes it tatters and steam comin' out of his ears.      He looks at Slim and say's, "I should not have tied down the relief valve.   It's a good thing were all toons here or someone could get hurt bad.

BTW Slim I ordered a dozen Brammer bulls, they'll be here tommorow, ya think ya can learn to ride them.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Yeah, I think the relief valve mighta had something to do with it." 
"I could sure try to ride one a dem Brammer bulls since I don't have to do any plumbing now." 

[Delmonico]

<Authors note;  We know Slim is a Bozo on the Bus, we'll find out if he's a toon or not. >

[Silver Creek Slim]

<Arthur's note: Whatcha mean? Slim won't get hurt by one of dem nice critters.  >



"BAD BRAHMAN BULL

So while they're a puttin' the bull in the chutes,
I'm strappin' my spurs to the heels of my boots.
Then I look the bull over, and to my surprise,
He's a foot and a half in between his two eyes.
On top of his shouldeers he's got a big hump,
So I take a deep seat just in back of that bump.
When I light on the Brahma, I let out a scream,
He's out with a beller, ant the rest is a .... "

[litl rooster]

2 more jumps Slim would have had him rode...



This is how it's done

[Trinity]

Trinity rolls over in the hammock, yawns and seeing litl rooster he asks: "Who's Freckles?"