Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-10-06
"ON THEIR TRAyELs.n

4 Nv l~Ss t~ssS't "Sss As"oF ~oAt ANtS sos
bussa for a trin up North. After an ab
/ sssss, Of come IL days, they returned, ant
On The 10th Of September, the last men
toned Of the tric, throug gu the Nonparei
gave some account Of their travels an,
adysnturss. From recent informa alton
| however, it seems that be did not detail
the richest part Of their adventures b,
| "6eld and food" We are under ubliga-
. tons to the, Dakota City Herald, for th.
following account Of tkeir doings in the
North Countris y 4aatfgr. t.au z.E .rr
Ye Conncil DlaAes Go sni ping.
Three gentlemen of Council Bluffs " be
are very unlike the Three Gentlemen Of
Verona in some respects, but SO forth
nate as to be gentlemen of leisure Semi
occasionally, made their entree into the
hyperborean region to the north OF this
place, about three weeks since, in grand
style. One Of these worthless has the honor
of presiding over the des,inies Of one
horse sheet called the Nonparsil anoth.
er was his "Honor," himself. They were
going things with rush. but managed af
ter referring to finland Navigation Vi.
de Bellyieu platform TO bring up stand
ing (?l at place called Strike -in-tho. Rec
Camp. Here they concluded to remain
until next day, and in the meantime lay
in more ballast, They had recourse to
"kurds,' as usual, making the game iu-
teresting BY sundry drinks, The shades
OF nj : ht were falling fast" and the worthy
trio were still engaged in taking tricks y
and growing slightly oblivious to the ex-
ternal affairs of this mundane sphere
The "Sonpareil' grew interesting, inGor-
ming the ISLANDERS by that ;here was pa
per published at Coancii Bluffs that was
the bcs: paper that was ever got up, and
that be was the editor. Alter consdera-
b!e display Of his wit. wisdom intelligence,
and whiskey -benevolence, the denizens Of
those parts concluded that they were "soft
snaps" and agreed to practice. Acc ord
ing.y the "kurds" were adjourned, and a
proposition made :ha, as i. was a good
night for catching snipes, they should all
60 ou, and get lag foil. .....
Nonpareil-"Catch suipes at night p
Well, have heard of such things before.
How dye cs.cl 'em r.
Denizen-"Jnst take bag, hold the
mouth open and piose to the ground, while
another man holds a light; the balance
Of the crowd circulates around, scare up
the snipes, they fiy to the ligh. and viii
run into the bag" ....
Couacil Bluffs Mayor dts new idea
to me. l would like to see tn. fun any
how
Nonpareil--"Certainly. Mayor, we will
20 and see the fun.' ..
Denizen-"Best place TO see the fua
will be near the bag .......
Depizeu, No dispose you hold the
bag and lie. the Mayor hold the light p
We can just drive in snipe enough in
twenty minutes, to FL the bag full"
Nonpareil-"That's whack. Hurra .
Mayor
The two were accordingly, properly
placed with bag and light and Instructions
bow 10 manuusre, and the balance Of the
crowd deployed ou. after snipe. Bat
when ont of reach OF the Mayors illumi.
nation they made tracks for the house,
leaving the editor holding the bag, while
the municipal functionary gave him ligh;
on the subject. They awaited the advent
of snipe for nearly two hours, when bis
Honor "smelt a MICE" and after mature
deliberasion, concluded that if they did
not succeed in bagging suipe, they at
least succeeded in bagging themselves for
this season at least. The editor could no,
see the "sell, our informant said che
could not sec hole in laiier"-but
magnanimously, promised to stand the
"liqaorings," if they did not allow the
thing to spread. The opinion current in
that section now, i, ,ha, Council Bluffs
notables are not SHARP enough to cut q
dog in two.
Is the fonpa~iiman holding the bag
for Republican snipes in Iowa? w
pause etc.
Singular a. il may seem, this part o
their adventure, escaped the memory o
the trio completely even now, they
don't appear TO reccollect anything about
it. We do not think the details Of ths
sniping expedition overdrawn. at all
though The trio may. |: is very evident
"the boys pu, on good maLy airs, Will,
hush-w hacking in the Territories. Though
We don't like TO spoil a good story, to oul
mind it is very evident that "the editor Of
the NonpareT' was net in that snipiat
expedition. Not. if the Court understand
herself. and she think she do.
And, while on this subject, we may a.
well mealion that DAN ELwELL is said Il
have made discovery, While on the trip
and had The pleasure Of going some dis
.ance to visit what he supposed was tbs
grave OF R,nie Pawnee chief" but whicl
proved to be nothing more nor less than
claim pen. DAN thinks be was slight,
"sold,' MS upon inquiry, he learned ,ha
there never existed, "nithin the memor,
Of tho eldest inbabiian'," a tribe Of ludi
ans known a, G3rule PaSaces."