HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-4-30, Page 6BAGGED A BUFFALO.
Three Iivaters Onto Du it, But Be*
grettetl It.
"Yes, buffalo -hunting in the West is
about over," said a Dakota hunter to a
St. Paul Day re reporter et the Merchants"
teat evening. There are a very few
west of the Missouri in Dakota this fall,
send when I go back I am going to get
a crack at some of them. Did 1 ever
tell you of lily first exploit at buffalo
hunting? iso? Well, take a seat and
1'It give you the store.
"It was in Septembei 1879, when a
party of three of us started west from
Millbank, two hundred miles, for the
Missouri river. The members of the
party were Capt. Dalton, Mel Hanson
and myself. We were equipped with a
team of horses and a light wagon well -
stored with provisions and carrying
email cask of water. We got on all
right for about seventy -tire miles, when
the crossed the Jim riser, refilled our
hark with water. and early in the
morning started west again. `Wo trav-
eled about forty -fie miles and came
into a valley of nighty pretty laud just
as night was falling. The twilight is
quiteshort in Dakota, so we tethered
our horses and pitched our camp. The
country was very fine, and we fell to
.peculating on the future eity that
Might be built there and its probable
location. In the morning we erected a
mound. on the niece where we ealulted.
prove a stick Into tee ground, and etetti
tested it to the ei.ty of the future. We
°called the place "Big Boom Camp.'
Trusting to lind water in the hills be -
yowl, we gave the Inst to our horses
and continued our journey. The day
vas hot and dry, and by noon we had
found no water and were getting tired
:tntl thirsty. After :1 short halt we pro-
:eed.t"d climbing the interminable hills.
:lud finally descended into a beautiful
valley that stretched away towards
the west. We had as yet seen no water
and it looked as if we would have to go
another day without a drink, when to-
wards sundown, the horses pricked up
their ears and started at a good pace.
We looked anxiously ahead towards
the western hills and plainly di'eovercd
what seemed a tree looming up in the
hazy atmosphere. The Iitlrses were
traveling directly towards it, and short-
ly after dark we tame to the bank of a
pretty little lake whit'h we named
Spring lake,' front the coolness of the
water, and which to us was a godsend,
ars both ourselves and the horses wero
eutlering for water. Refreshing our-
. -elves by a night's rest, we started ens
end soon entered the hilly country that
borders the river for twenty-five utiles
.,n both sides of this. place. As we were
ascending a hill, keeping a sharp look-
out for game, suddenly the Captain
bawled out: 'By tieorge boys, there's
.t buii'ato, or I'ma sucker.'
" 'Where?' 'cried Mel and I at the
-auto time.
" 'On that hill there to the right,'
yelled Cap. 'Don't you see him? Wby,
he's as big as a house.
"There lie was, indeed. 4tnd in the
haze that perpetually surrounds these
hills he appeared to be forty feet high,
and to grow bigger every time we
looked at him. •1 ft tell you how we'll
tix him,' said Cap. 'We'll tie the
horses here. Then. I'll surround him
and drive him down that ravine, and
you can hide at the mouth and shoot
him when he comes out.' The plan
looked feasible to us, and we concealed
.,urselves near the mouth of the ravine
tnd waited, our hearts in our mouths
for the noble frame. The Captain had
about a mile to go to round him up,
rind we were getting awful impatient,
whoa suddenly we heard a great .rush-
ing sound in the ravine, and soon the
sigantie animal came forth erashing
hrough the brush that lined the ravine.
We only got a glimpse of him, but that
was enough, and we both fired and had
die satisfaction of seeing him stagger
-yard a few steps through the brush
fall, the noblest game huntsman
brought down. We raised a shout
•lumph and started towards our
s, when we heard a great hallooing,
looking up the hill saw the Captain
'ling down towards us, waving his
is and shouting at the top of his
voice. `1e thought somotnma was the
matter, and waited for him. The first
words he used as he ran up all breath
less were:
'You fools, you didn't shoot him,
did you?' 'You bet we did,' I replied.
'Well, I never saw such infernal
idiots! Can't you see anything? That
was nothing but a buil—a Durham bull
belonging to some cattlemen hero.
Didn't you hear me holler?' We didn't.
Sure enough the animal was a bull be-
longing to Kennedy Brothers' ranche,
and that buffalo steak cost us $25
apiece, and our stomachs were not
strong enough to eat it."
I A STHA.NGE PHENOltIENA,
1 Wbat au Eye -«'their Has to Say Ablate,
II the Underground ]Firer low Rag-
: frig is Virginia.
Among the recent arrivals in the
city, says the Louisville Courier -,Tour i
1 nal, was Mr. Edward B. Elder, of i
1 highland county, Virginia. Of late
1 there have been reports from that sea ,
I tion of the country of a strange phe•
1 nomena which was saki to have been'
I witnessed in the mountains a few miles
t from Monterey Court -house, Highland 1
county, where the earth was said to be ;
t one burning class. The fact that Mr.
' Muihatton was known to be in another
Iquarter of the globe gave the story
some credence, and more especially so .
1. as it was vouched for by responsible
men. A reporter learning of Mr. El- ,
I der's arrival went in search of him last
1 night to see if he .knew anything con-
eeruiug the matter. He was found
comfortably eseoneed in a cushioned '
.
chair at the Galt house, talking to .some
i friends. When asked If he bad heard
of the strange performance nature was
said to be guilty of, he replied:
"It is certainly true, and is the most'
remarkable thing I ever heard of. From
i present indications I should say that
we are very likely to have another edi-
tion of Mount Vesuvius produced in the
mountains of Virginia. The pbenome,
•
Hens and Their Fruit.
White -shelled eggs are the most deli-
cate of all kinds.
For cooking purposes the fresher the
egg the better. For campaign purposes
the rule is reversed.
A Leghorn chicken is not large
enough to cook for five months: Its
principal use is to lay eggs.
The favorite white -shelled eggs are
Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Hamburgs,
Douliniques and game.
Brahma eggs are yellow and coarse.
In Boston they are worth 7 cents a
dozen more than white -shelled eggs.
A yellow -shelled egg will not spread
all over a plate when it is broken as a
white -shelled one will. The membrane
is thicker.
Plymouth Rook and Brahma chick-
ens
hickens make the best broilers. They are
ready for the gridiron. when they are 8
weeks old.
Nothing about an egg need be wast-
ed. An economical man can use the
shell to settle his coffee, and the re-
mainder. makes an excellent egg -nogg.
New York Graphic.
na consists of fires which seem to be
raging under the earth, on the top of
the peakel of Highland county, and the
ground for a considerable distance
seems to be a smouldering mass. The
first heard of it was a report brought
by a boy who claimed to- have walked •
over the place which was on lire. The,
' eountry around it is almost inaccessi•
ble, and it is very seldom that anyone ,
venture so far up on the mountains,
therefore it was only by aeeident that
the discovery was made. A few days
ago the boy, who was in search of some
lost sheep, wandered on foot among
thehilis until Ire got several miles from •
home. All at once he felt the air
around hilt grow warmer, and expori
eneed a strange sensation, as if soma
burning substance was beneath him,
He was on an elevated plateau, prob
ably a quarter of a mile square, on the
top of one of the small mountains. At
first he was greatly alarmed, and start-
ed to run away. His curiosity over•
came his fear, however, and he stopped
to see if he could And the cause of the
unusual warmth. He stooped and
I placed his band on the earth, and was i
startled to find that it was so hot as to
almost blister his flesh, He did note
purine his researches any further, but
proceeded at once to his home, where i
he told of the strange occurrence. No
faith was nut in the narrative, and it
was thouglit by the neighbors that the ,
i boy was going crazy.
""The news finally melted the town
of Monterey, and some scientifically -
inclined persons determined to investi-
gate, Procuring the boy for a guide.
they went to the place and found that
all he had stated was true. When they,,
returned they told even a mato won -
ciente. . story than that tole Dy the ooy.
This produced a groat sensation
throughout the immediate country, and
a great many persons were nearly
frightened ont of their wits. The sup-
erstitious were of the belief that the
day of judgment was close at hand and
began to make preparations to respond
its the call of the trump t, whi h they
momentarily expected to wake the si-
lence
ilence of the mountains. I lived some
distance away, but when the news
reached, me I determined to satisfy my-
self. After nearly a day's travel over
the rough mountain road, whichwound
around cliffs at the foot of overhanging
rocks, I arrived within .it short distance
of the region. I here left my horse,
and, together with a couple of friends,
who had accompanied me, proceeded
as bast I could to the place indicated.
1 had heard exaggerated stories, and
was almost prepared for anything, but
I must confess that I was greatly start-
led. The earth for yards around seem-
ed to be a smouldering heap, and was
as hot ars an oven. In places a hard
crust had formed over the clay, and
large fissures made by the heat. The
air seemed very dense and foggy, and
in many places a bluish smoke broke
through holes in the earth and spread
over the mountain tops. We dug down'
to the depth of probably three feet and
came to a yellowish sort of clay which
was almost as soft as putty. When a
shovelful was thrown out on the ground
it smouldered like a heap of ashes, and
a quantity of smoke seemed to rise
from it. It was very hot, end glowed
with a strange brilliancy, which lasted
for hours. We tried the experiment of
digging down in a number of places,
and always with the same results. The
deeper we went the more pronounced
was the phenomena, and we found it
difficult to stand over the opening.
How long this has been in progress ne
one knows, and the most learned are
baffled for a reason. It looks as if a
volcano was at work, and ready at
any moment to burst an opening
through the earth and throw out its
volume of smoke and fire. hundreds
of people have visited the place, and
all have come away more mystified
than ever."
.4k new out door game for ladies and
gentlemen called enchantment, is be-
coming fashionable in England. It is
played with small, light hoops, thrown
with wands, something after the npan-
ner of grace hoops, though the wand
is of a novel construction, involving a
peculiar method of casting the hoop.
A moderately large piece of ground is
s„it„ -1-
etlexan'ler !toss, in au interesting
aommuniCation in the Prairie harmer,
giVeA sojue experie11Ce.; iri tirainino” Up•
lands in Scotland. A test was Heade on
two acres- of ground, otherwise alike,
with rye. '1'he drained acre yielded 611
bushels. andthe undrained 181 bush -
,C ir, 1<3oY OF THE PERIOD.
Some Epigraphs *onto Mrs, Llvermoro's
Lecture.
•
There is a type of people affecting I
Anglomania who say America is big,
but not large.
There is no fixed type of American. t
We are too heterogeneous for that; it'
will come by and by.
The type of manhood ,called the •
American will be the strongest, roan-
liest, holiest, best.
You can only make beautiful bronzes
by mixing many flue metals.
In America the great aristocracy is
that of money. It would seem as if the
nation were up for sale.
Every nation has its besetting sin, as '
every individual has his.
We have had before us a few hundred ,
years ago, a drunken ancestry. Their
heaven was an eternal drinking saloon,
and the tendency remains in us. •
The American boy comes into the world
with such a history before him as no
Greek or Roman boy ever looked upon.
The American boy has it in his power
to clutch almost anything he may strive
for. •
It is possible for him to attain a mod-
erate amount of wealth honestly.
At the age of 50 he can look on his
fortune with the consciousness that'
there is not a dirty dollar in it, and
that at 50 is a great thing to be able'
to do.
The glamor of life is gone at 50.
Before we aro aware of it our boys
stand in men's places, but their char,
aetcrs are not formed, and they have
temptations that our forefathers never
knew.
The majority of boys are strong in
their sense of lower at au early age.
Thank God, I. never heard a iaothe:
say what many Hien do of their boys:
eLet thele come up naturally." I never
heard that doctrine advanced for any
other animal or vegetable.
Our boys aredeficlent in bodily train.
Dr. Hammond has said that nearly
ever, boy unfit for the United States
training -ships on account of color-blind
Hess or heart disease was rendered so
by heart di ease.
\'o growing boy can use tobacco with-
out mitering physically. I say nothing
of the niora►ity of the question.
Boys do not receive the moral train-
ing that they ought. In fact, the girls
do not.
The boy is an upsetting thing in the
house.
He has a holy horror of being useful
about the house.
Witll all his fault he is loveable, and
the hearts of the woolen go out to him. I
There is scarcely a day In my life that
I do not receive the testimony of some
inen as to the worth of their mothers to
theta.
There is in these lads of ours a high
sense of honor and manliness when •
yours,.
V4' hat between then and when
they stand in the criminal's dock?
Someone has failed in their training.
Every mother must givo her boy a
.ireful training in personal morality.
Nature never pardons.
Though all men in the world may
teach that there is a difference between
private and public morality, do not ac-
adlpt that doctrine for a moment.
Every boy should be taught to respect
womanhood.
If a lad does not get his social train-
ing early in life lie never gets it. This
is why we find great men sometimes
exceedingly ill-bred.
Every boy should be trained to be an
American citizen—and so should every
girl. --St Louis Globe -Democrat.
"My dear," said a Mormon wife to
her husband, '"I should think that you
would be ashamed of yourself, flirting
with that Miss R. as you did to -day.
"Flirting with her?" he replied in as-
tonishment. "Why, we have been en-
gaged for more than three months. It's
all over town." "Oh, I beg your par -
ion," said the wife indifferently. "If
you are engaged to her I suppose it is
all right. `�tVhen does the happy event
scour?"—_4rgonaut.
The New York Journal is responsible
for the following tales of two young
ladies of two cities: A Boston maiden
has fitted a pair of spectacles on her
pet pug. She says he looks just too in-
tellentually lovely for anything. A
Brooklyn girl has acquired the art of
whistling. With one shrill toot from
her tiny lips she can make the most
rambunctious car horse stop as if it
were shot.
At the recent woman's congress one
lady remarked that "it's a ntoe thing
for a man to keep his mouth fit to be
kissed." What has that to do with
woman suffrage? Is this a forecast of
sampai gn tactics in the halcyon future?
—Springfield Union.
---f.-- _
The Caseys sent the Browns a peace
offering in the form of a box of candies
at Sacramento. The families had been
enemies for years, and the Caseys had
been by far the more vindictive of the
two; so the Browns were incredulous,
and tried some of the sweet token of
amity on It dog. The brute died of the
strychnine that was in it.
When a stupid servant girl laid her
flapjacks on the chair and salt down on
the red-hot stove, absent-mindedly, she
rose immediately, without waiting to
be told, and her intellectual faculties
had evidently been quickened—it made
her as smart as a weasel ever after-
ward.
"You are very late sending your eve-
ning main out," said an editor to bis
daughter, when he came home at 2 in
the morning and met atimid, shrinking
young man between the front door and
the gate. "Not at all," answered the
thoughtful girl, "Charles Henry is now
a morning edition.".
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