Bishop Bompas identified himself so closely with the natives as to become almost one of them in the eyes of the white men, and many curious stories linger amongst the old-timers as to his habits and appearance.
The old-timers in Alaska have a saying that "travelling at 50° below is all right as long as it's all right.
He felt constrained to seek out the cowboys and old-timers farther west, so he had decided to leave his old mission-field.
The old-timers became excited and climbed on the roofs of the houses with glasses in their hands to scan the horizon, hoping they might see the rig coming.
Many of the old-timers had several, and it was not until we became intimate with them that we learned their true names.
Only a few of the old-timers in the group recognized him or guessed that he was the man they had waited to hear.
It seemed strange that his companions should desert him, and we also noticed that the old-timers avoided his shanty.
Thousands of successful contacts were made as it was the beginning of sunspot cycle 16, a very good one as old timers will know.
Old timers may remember that about 50 years ago Russian amateurs used to send out a QSL card with a drawing of Popov and a caption which claimed that he was 'the inventor of radio'.
Burt's buddies were looking kind of puzzled, and a few old-timers were moving over to watch the fight.
It's the only show in these parts, and most of us old-timers up here in the timber country of southwest Oregon have got into the habit of going to see a picture on Saturday nights before we head for a tavern.
But Leroy's arrival, being but one of so many, the old-timers had found in it nothing to remember.
Some old-timers took part in the literary exercises, and among others I may mention Mayor Henry T.
Some old-timers troubled with diseases of the kidney, believing that there was virtue in watermelon seeds, boiled them and used the tea medicinally.
In the memory of the oldest old-timers in the ranks of our old regular army, "joy water" had never been issued.
Of the two bridge tables all the players were old-timers except Mrs. Mallory.
This is Hudson Bay hard tack, the stand-by of all western people--Hudson Bay freighters and cowboys, old timers and tenderfeet alike swear by it.
The Indian wars are over now, and a new generation can safely hold a more humane view; but old-timers in the Panhandle will tell you to-day that the saying was literally true.
Between him and them was a line of tough old-timers with drawn guns.
Most old-timers would have found a canter none too fast.
All of the old timersremember this event, and it is known at the present time as the “Great Sun river stampede in the winter of 1866.
I have heard some of the old timers of Northern Montana speak of this man Silverthorne and his gold, to whom Lieutenant Bradly refers to.
All of the old-timers of Northern Montana remember Tom Campbell (now dead).
Them old-timers was a different proposition entirely, Henrietta," Sam said.
They had attracted the attention of the whole room, many of the old-timers wondering how long it would be before the third officer would tap the check suit on the shoulder, and send it and him to bed under charge of a steward.
But the old-timers will smile, too, and recognize the truth that is in me.
For the information of the reader, and also to let the old-timers know that they have not been forgotten, I shall give here the names of several of them.
Most of the old-timers who had the courage to stay, or rather lacked the means of getting away, are today in good circumstances, and the land that was then almost a desert, is now as productive as any in the United States.
You know that you have been stealing cattle and branding 'mavericks' ever since you landed in this country, and all the old-timers know it, and now you are running your horse to death to catch a rustler.
Some of the old-timers have said to the author that they seemed determined that grain should not grow on those lands.
One of the interesting points called up by old-timers in that stage of Dayton's history is the development of what is now known as "Brooklyn" or first styled "Across the Patit.
The old-timers did not always realize that the chief city of any given area must inevitably seek easy and cheap transportation facilities, either navigable water or railroads.
The attendance was more than two hundred, the largest in the history of the organization, according to old timers who have been in constant attendance.
Both will be remembered by all old-timers as kind-hearted, honest men.
It is evident from the Statesman as well as from the recollections of old-timers that there was a very strong secessionist influence in Walla Walla at that time.
It appears from the testimony of old-timers that Mill Creek has changed its course at intervals in these years, and that as a result the exact identification is difficult.
Morrison of Clarkston are the earliest old-timers now living at that comparatively new point and gave valuable information.
One of the most interesting of all the old-timers of the entire region is O.
Bingham would be called up by all the old-timers as a man of extraordinary ability, great attainments in general knowledge, and a skillful and successful practitioner.
The Nez Perce Indians, who ought to be an authority, are said by old-timers to sound it "Shoten.
The author of this work found difference of opinion among the old-timers formerly resident in Walla Walla, as Lewis McMorris and James McAuliffe, as to the rights and wrongs of the case.
Apparently the old-timers are at variance as to the builder and location of the first actual building.
The dressing-down that Angus McRae gave Whaley is still remembered by one or two old-timers in the Northwest.
Law's comin' into the country an' we old-timers oughta meet it halfway with the glad hand.
That was not quite so much of a picnic as some of us old-timers have nowadays at Shilo.
Much interest is being manifested in the coming celebration among the old-timers on Puget Sound, many of whom have already responded to invitations that have been sent them.
I have been looking over the books my father kept at that time and find the names of many persons whom all old-timers will remember.
Doubtless others among the old-timers here have mementos of his handicraft.
His kicking proved a winning card and in happy recollection the old-timers tell of Bull, the hero of many a game, being carried off the field on the shoulders of an admiring crowd of Yale men after a big victory.
From a few old-timers let us garner their experiences and the effects of football in the Service.
The old timers head the procession; those who came first, are first in line, and so on down to the youngest and most recent graduate.
Those of the old-timers who study the picture of the flying wedge on the opposite page will get a glimpse of Phil King about to set in motion one of the most devilishly ingenious maneuvers in the history of the game.
It has been my experience in talking of football stars with some of the old-timers that Frank Hinkey heads the list.
He directed Arthur to go to one of the wardens of his church, a Mr. Bevan, who was one of the old-timers in Brandon and knew everybody.
Down below the town, on the river-flat, the old timers were getting together.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "timers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
