, 1859-04-29

seli and emlnenty satisfactory 10 the Govern
ment.
THE PRAIRIE OYSTER.
To tie Editor Of the Puget Sound Herald:
As consider it the duty Of every individual
to alleviate the suftrings Of his frow-bcings, ev.n
though those suffsrings may be the result Of vi
ciOus courses, send you the following recipe for
a disease that is very common in this country.
Recipe fer a siek stomach and headache, on tie
morning after a qDree:
Take tumbler and put In il q teaspoonful Of
vinegar, dash OF pcpper-sauce, and sprinkle
Of salt and black pepper; then break raw ceg
into the tumblcr, and SWALLOW the whole (except
the tumbler) without stirring or breaking up the
The above Is called on the Plains, and in The
Rocky Mountains, tho :. Prairie OYSTER" and,
from its magical effects on q sick stomach, I feel
that l am doing service 10 mankind in making
Il public II does not interfere at an with taking
. little Of the "hair Of the dog" but it gives
strength to the stomach, clearness to the mind.
and vigor 70 the limbs. The dose OF the Prai.
rie Oyster can be repeated several times Of q
morning and in order to prove that there Is
nothing hurtfdl about II, will say that never
knew a death to occur from drinking, during
seven years Of my mountain and prairie life, in
any community where the above recipe was
known. Yours, &C.,
SrrKux srkAsH.
PSI certify on honor that am not inter
estcd in the sale Of eggs or pepper-sauce in
Pierce County. SIS.
coRhEcTIox the requested the friend Ia {
week alluded TO in our theatrical item, wo amend
by inserting the words " some cf" in the sem
tence, "and that Of the civilians in the audience"
THIS Is rendered necessary BY the fact Of the
shoe having pinched quite number Of those
present, who feared that readers at distance
from the scene, without any knowledge of their
actual presence, might place them in the same
custody with the rufianS But this is not all /:
It seems We got the boot on the wrong leg, for
we are now told that Il was the soldiers, and not
the civilians, who behaved badly. The soldiers,
in turn, indignantly deny the charge, and say Il
was " bad whisky" that kicked up the rumpus; |;
and We incline to the belief that they are right
SHychnine whisky Is not good to take, and we
would caution the bulwarks Of liberty" against
its use in future -,
PuBLIc DccUnESrs.-IIon. IT.. Stevens viii
please accept our thanks for his kind attentions
in forwarding 10 us from Washington tho PTesi-
dents Message and accompanying documents
Tor 1883, in four volumes Two Of the mem
bers Of the House Of Representatives and clerk
in the War Department have also placed US un-
der obligations for public documents Of interest
Tue BousDAHT COnmssios MovNa.-Unmis-
taxable evidence Is now given Of lilc and activity
in tho long inanimate Boundary Commission.
The steamer Constitnhion took on board at
stdlacOcm, last Tuesday, for the British Com
missioners, large number Of horses, mules, and
horned cattle. SO. ea
JERRr SCLLviN, the famous newspaper agent
Of San Francisco, and Wells, Fargo & Co, have
our thanks for h,cs Of Atlantic States papers ol
late dates, per steamer Colombia.
0r1sDE-See. on first page, communication
Of D. Z. Lane and Sons relative to the Shooting
Of TOOa-piti;" Act for the admission Of Orc.
gon, etc.
A dispatch, dated New York, March 26th, says
that later advices from Cuba, by the Havana
steamer at Savannah, report that the British man
of-war Jasper was wrecked OF tho Island Of ia.
maica. on the night Of the 4th Of March. The
officers and crew took to the bOats, and ten Of
their number were swept overheard from the
boats The boat containing the commander Of
the vessel and nineteen men had arrived on the
coast Of Cuba The other boat containing thirty