The Placer herald., 1855-10-13
In Extensive Story.

A correspondent, who hes been nightly
taken with q story in the New lol., Spirit
Of tie Times, writes Us as follows. We think
the Spirit Is fairly '1oorel"
''In. looking over my last number Of the
Picayune among other remarkable incidents
and adventures, noticed one signed X. II.
c." headed Tai! Shooting, relative to the
tall shooting of his grandfather in New York
Now. we will acknowledge that New York
can surpass Us in some things. but not in
shooting. Among the first settlers Of this
part of our State, was Mr Yurberr. a great
hunter who lived near Galveston. on the
river Amite. He was fond Of relating his
exploits, more particularly the tollowin-:
He took down his taYorite rifle one morn
ing, during the fall of 1785. and proceeded
into the forest in search of game, upon which
he chiefly subsisteI: but after wandering
about during three or four hours, without
meeting anything worth burning powder for
and being then near the river. he concluded
to rest himself awhile under the shade OF n
tree on its bank. He had not been long
seated, when looking up the stream. he dis
covered, on large log, floating slowly down,
two pelicans, and almost at the same mo-
ment, and on the opposite bank Of the river,
fine buck made lis appearance The
thought occurred that he might kill the pei
leans and the buck, at the same shot; accord
ingy he leveled and cooked his rife. and rs
the peicans foated in the range of the buck,
he fired, and the pecans ami the buck fell.
as a matter Of course for he never msseu.
his aim
Being somewhat excited, he threw his rifle
down and ran across the river, wishing to
secure the buck first, Which he did by cutting
its throat. Finding the ball had passed quite
through the buck, and looking forward in
the direction Of the ball. he discovered a
small stream Of some liquid issuing from a
bullet-hole in large tree, and after nearer
approach, found it to be honey. Being still
more excited by this discovery, in running
toward the tree, reached down for something
to make plug to stop the waste honey and
catching up n rabbit instead OF a piece OF
wood, and being veXed at the mistake, he
threw the rabbit with such force as 70 kill
fifteen partridges that were in a flock near
by. Proceeding to the tree he climbed and
plugged the hole; then climbing little high
er, 50 that he could look down the inside
which was hollow, he missed his hold and
fell to the bottom, on the Inside, where, to
his utmost astonishment, lie discovered a
huge bear writhing in his blood, pierced
through while eating delicious dinner bv
the same ball that killed the buck and the
peicans. Now, thought Mr. Yurberg, how
shall get out? But the tree being old, he
soon cut and broke through, and hauled out
his bear and laid him by the side of the buck;
and gathering up the rabbit and partridges,
laid them on the same pile. And now, hav-
ing become a little more collected he could
not account for the manner in which he had
crossed the river-lor the Amitie at that
place was even nayigable for small vessels.
Upon examination, however, he discovered
that he had crossed upon the vine of pump
kin, and re-crossng the same bridge and
walking some fifty rods further, he found a
pumpkin growing, or grown, upon the vine
and inside found SOW and ten pigs, that
strayed away some two months before.
Mr.. Yurberg always boasted of this as the
best days hunt he had ever made.
William NJ Meredith. late of President
Fillmores Cabinet; Charles Gipin, late May
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