Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-15
LcANo AMADoR COUNTY, CAL SATURDAY MORNING NOV 49, 1856

ENORMOUS CoNDoR-In the course Of the
day | had an opportunity of shooting con
dor it was SO satiated with its repast on the
carcase Of dead horse as TO suffer me to
approach within pistol shot before it extended
its wings to take fight, which to me was the
signal to fire and having loaded with an
ample charge of pellets, my aim proved ehec-
tual and fatal. What a formidable monster
did | behold in the rayine beneath me, flap
ping and screaming in the last conyulsye
struggles of life
Ii may be difficult to believe that the most
gigantic animal that inhabits the earth or the
ocean, can be equaled by tenant of the air
and those persons who have never seen u lar
ger bird than our mountain eagle, will prob
ably read with astonishment, Of a species Of
that same bird in the southern hemisphere,
being so large and strong as to seize an OK
with its talons and lift it into the air, whence
it lets it fall to the ground in order TO Kill
and prey upon the carcase Bat this aston
ishment must in great measure Subsde when
the dimensions Of the bird are taken into con-
sideration, and which, incredible as they may
appear, | now insert rerbat5m, from note ta-
ken down with my own hand "When the
wings were spread, they measured sixteen
PAGES (forty feet in extent from point to
point the feathers are eight PAGES (twenty
feet) IN length and the quill part two palms
(eight inches) in circumference 1t is said
to have power sufficient to carry Off a live
rhinoceros. y Temples 1raueLs IN Peru
"
DIGGING FOR MONEY What are you dig
ging for :"
Digging for money!
The news sped-the iders collected.
eve are told that you are digging for mon
ey?n
"Well, I haint digging for anything elsey'
Have you had any luckw
"First rate luck-pays well-you had bet
ter take hold"
All doGred their coats and laid hold most
vigorously for time After throwing ont
some cart loads, the question was asked by
one of the party
"When did you get any money lastw
Saturday night"
GLOW much did you get"
-Four dollars and half"
"Why that's rather smaIl.'
"It's pretty well-six shillings a dav is
the regular price for digging cellars all orer
tolcn"
The spades dropped, and the loafers van
ished
Too Gross Have you heard that story
about number 2SSy' inquired the facetious
Mr.. c., addressing his fun-loving neighbor,
Mr.. b.
"No, have not, replied B., Tct US have
it,"
ut is too gross remarked c., in a hesita-
ting way
"Oh, never mind, can stand it ; let me
have it by all means" exclaimed B. with ca
gerness.
81 tell you it is too gross.p
"All the better, it will just suit me; / like
such stories Just shut the door there, and
let me hear it."
Can't do that, for Jim stands there lis
teniug to hear me sell you"
"Well, hyou're going to SELF me- should
like to know how you are going to doit. Let
me hear what your 28S is that your modesty
pronounces too gross"
"You HAVE heard it twice already" replied
G. with grin. al tell you 2SS, being twice
l44, is ttoo gross"
On, DEAR.-A sweet young lady of the
tender aud sympathetic ege of ten, on retnrn-
ing from church the other day, threw herself
languidly on the sofa, and in a serious tone
exclaimed
Really, mamma, | must decline attending
church with you in future, unless We can OBJ
tain different pew"
"Why so?' inquired the astonished parent.
Because" replied the moipient coquette,
"there is person in the adjoining pew who
stares at me like pest, and assure you that
| never gave him even the slightest encour-
ment."
A Curious SCRAP OF NATURAL HIsroRY.-
Read the following, and then try and recol-
lect whether Goldsmith records anything sim
lar A st. Louis paper says that the
Grasshoppers have eaten up the entire To-
bacco eropof Franklin county, Missouri; and
the last that was heard from them, they were
seated on the fence-corners asking ererg man
that passed for cheioi
A DICTIONARY CHAINED.-In the record,
Of the town of Boston, England, for the veal
1913, the following resolution may be found
Resolved, that's dictionarye shall be bought
for the scollers Of the free scoole and the
same boke to be tyed in cheyne, and set
upon deske in the scoole, whereunto auy
scoller shall have aceesse, as occasion shall
serve"