The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-10-22

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day. II would BE aon-possible,' /, as
Mrs. 4. said, to 60 without girl; SO
poor, sweltering Triangle rushed down
to the ssIntelligence Office,n where, |
from the sweating mass Of female hui
mainly awaiting d market for their
time and labor, Triangle selected d
stout, hearty Irish blonde, warranted
perfect, capable, kind, honest, and the
Lord only knows how many virtues
1.-THE keeper Of an tInteIhgence Office
will not swear belong to one Of their
4 stock in trade. h h. .... q sa. 4
Away went Triangle, sweating and
swearing; the Irish maiden, swinging d
bundle IN one hand and Haring ban-
Edanna in the other, following after her
patron with . duck Idle; and finally
/ the carriage came; all rot in but Tri-I
angle, who started on foot to the depot,
carrying his double barrelled gun and
\ leading an ugly dog, which he reioicedH
\ In believing was full-blooded setter,
though the best posted dog-fanciers
assured him it was cross between o
an-yard cur and d sheep-stealer! But,
l. after d world Of motion and commo.
ton on the part of Triangle, about
\ the dog, tickets and baggage, and Mrs.
II Triangle, about the children, satchels,
Il her new gown, and the sleepy Irish
/ girlthey found themselves whisked
,Eoyer the rails, and after some three
q hours carriage, they were dumped
! down in the vicinity Of lingo Hall,
i, where they found the fspriyate convey
Eancen Of the proprietor Of Jingo Hill
4 Farm waiting to carry them, bandbox
land bundle, rag-tag and bobtail, to
J lingo Hall,
The carriage being everfull, Tri-
! angle concluded TO walk up, stretch his
legs, try his dog and gun, and have d
J, pop at the gam. But, alas, for the
Il Yillainons dog; no sooner had he got
|, loose and scampered off up the road,
III than he sees d flock 0f sheep some dis
j lance across the fields, and away be
pitched. The sheep ran, he after the
lsheep; and poor Triangle after his dog
d Hay! you Ponto here hay
D Ponto-o-! Hey, boy, come here, yot
!, dog hi! hil-do you hear-r-r?'
q But Ponto was oil, and after a rnr
8 of half mile, he came up with q
ntlamb, and before Triangle could come
$ 10 the rescue, Ponto had opened the
|. campaign BY killing sheep! Triangle
dIwas so put out about it that in wratl
H he up with his gun and was about t.
o terminate the existence of the dog, but
q compromised the matter BY hitting him .
i Iwack across the back with the barrel:
II Of his shooting iron; in doing 50, he
9 broke off the stock, clean as q whistle
q 1t is useless to deny that Triangle wa
mad; that he swore equal to an Eris
oil Canal boatman; and that his fury 81
i alarmed the dog that he; took TO hi.
heels and ReIlt-as Triangle hoped
o anywhere, head foremost.
is 81 With Il face ais long as a boot5jack
70 quite tuckered out and Disguised witt
o things as far as he had got, TriangI,
" reached Jingo Hall, where he met til,
g;nra aslSy aaon ,.aconsratad bis' aool
: Sn,eor s Sa aSvs;caI act;y;ty by M Con Con
n tents Of the Majors HWell-stoeked
I, ~ casa 'Tr;ancla ,rnmnel nm q coct
1t and bull story about the dog and gun.
,o After season, the Triangles 60
% settled away, and the first day or tw,
: passed without anything extraordinar,