Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-08-24

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CASE nios. Aoa 2oih, 1867.
D,sf mfad We len Dallas On fflisy evening
Last In the tss, spirit. possible snieiraung ihs rob
ssi fn, AMI enjoying IL Pfa,pssiu" the sport that
We knew was In store ~ ihoss ~ No, Who indulge
occasionally In their pseaiOry, aud vsnaiic proP'ns-
ties, Friends sears and llAvps we're along aud that
is assurance douby sure, that We did not have dull
time Dr. Sam Pryor. with his inevitable equip
mehts o. hunting pan, and rifle, gave further as
suranee that the deniIens Of the force. were In dan
ger, aud Harry with his Lambs horn, made all
things musical with its melodies rs We wound our
way over the romantic hills aud valleys between
Dallas and Horizons mills, We reached the mills in
good time. and found gOOdly crowd awaiting our
arrival ready to assist in abstraeting the scay VIC
tins from the depths OF the limpsd West Fork, The
evening was very prOpitOus, and all hands Keen for
the sport 50 We went in with rush, aud breasted
the waves like things Of life, We were successful
beyond our highest expectations, our nets almost
breaking through with the vast number Of fish
caught in their meshes, A plenty Of cool delicious
water was at hand, gushing from u messy bank and
shaming the far famed lIpPOerene, in its icy cool
ness aud purity. We hshed until We had secured
enough for fifty men to sup on, and then proceeded
to the culinary department, and prepared them for
the evenings repast. Here all things went merry
as ga marriage FEAST with the cool evening breeze
waiting on their yOcecss pniOns the doors of many
flowers, aud tanning our heated cheeks Some OF us
went to draw water at well,-and like the woman
OF Samaria, we there found one who knew US and
told US all We had ever done, SC. Then wo prepar-
ed to go upon little hre-hunting excursion DR. Sam
Pryor armed soap a pied" with his "ineyitables"
and prepared to do mischief With his blazing Hell
met on his head, and his wild uncOuth hunting
some wild fancy, than living hunter, who never
fails to lag his game. We killed four deer and one
coon, during the hunt, and would have done better
had not one Of the party, its prop and support turn
ed back in the very "oaset," in search Of rags
which he doubtless found from the trophies he dis
played on his return home. "Pire les RAGS" We re-
turned to camp and found them where they had be-
youacked, sleeping in rooms, crossed and piled, in
squares and trianges. curvelinear, longitudinal and
rectangled in every possible and impossible position,
What o spectacle We thought of tho Assyrian
army after the fatal visitation of the Angel Of DEATH
we thought Of the seven sleepers,--in fact we
thought Of every thing, We looked upon the sleep
ing scene and reveled in the wds of Imagination,
until we were recalled to our senses by the odor of
Fish, that rose high and powerful, and lowered over
that charming scene, as the miasm is said to hang
over the pestilent morass. We reused the sleepers,
turned them oyer to keep them from "spiling," and
turned in ourselves but then those provoking
dreams would not let sleep. We saw heaps of rags
we saw many wells and many women drawing wa
ter at themwe saw deers eyes shining in the light
of the lamp--we saw "James of West Fork" trying
to catch peep at the coon's oycs--and his naive and
untutored remarks-we saw the gay prairie and the
flowing river-then the sleeping camp and for the
soul of us, could mt sleep until-unt---we had
inhibited a wee drop of tho gushing spring in the
messy bank, diluted with little of Days best.
We then did sleep, and bye the bye, towards day,
VIC all arose, retured to sport and the work of
getting hroatfee. s,-~hsn Oh! ss ..ivniai
gers who should Grrive, but that prince of good fell
lows Duncan M, and his friend Back, with the
dew Of night ready distilled, and shining brightly
upon their raven locks. They had pursued life's
meanderng paths through the nightgot lost, final
ly found themselves in the third story Of Coomb' g
mill, slept bag of bran, and getting pretty well
6randied started off to camp and strange to tell they
found us in good time, for breakfast. Their arrival
was god-send, for they come loaded with innumer-
able cans of Oysters and boxes of Sardines, Crack
ers, Pickles, Sauces, Sc. They were warmly en-
braced both fish and friends, and received the
kndest and most pressing invitation to stay to break
fast with US, (which they did stay and get break
fast" Hurrah for the old North State ! She has a
noble son here in the far west. Long may he live |!
We breakfasted, fshed again, and returned to
town, having caught more than 800 pounds of fish,
killed four deer, aHd one coon drank a well dry,
and brought back rags enough to make paper, for
one issue of the Dallas Herald Our hunting and
fishing party went off happily, and we feel more
than repaid for all our trouble
MELAMPAS.