Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-09-25
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/ Amighfy kaaxiug mao was Caleb pAge
sss I.sssl ass ss., y Ags ts II. ! Fl
low, in shs vilisge 81 faviiis. lls %
curssnee bad taksn pl4sB III III sas psst
ticalars Of whiah caIsb ad not posssss
Eh0foagh ka6xIsdeS Hi ylss n1IzdES E3s
Egu AL Massasfm fm thAprcsnsp3ixa mws
Participated, discussed. aTwanged IND sai.
Iisfactorily dispassd Of hs Caleb, long DO
fore they tnek placsr III Hanesehhox msh-
I'd inse shs stnls ~ - - = : ! y - g
6ssrd 4 q - 81 J r ii sas i
Ipass, present, and lutaee ware I'll the
sans 70 him; MS ubiqnsF0saa knowledge
Igrasped knd lowered f6an alkz4sa him
Ishsy wafs al ssk&le Aew<sl i .Y
4 small bet was made 0ne svanlng be-
tween Si ssssens and Joe Ssnbbins. 81
| bet JosseaaadRss Rquplas galeb nth any
Episce OF intalligsne D. nsasJog Iinnaginaxg.
Joe took AL such bets al that.
Ths foilowiax evening Si and Jye, Sc
es1sp4utezI ny swe ev aassa ek aAs fkasa2
|ofTeke lFalA9ss who wess 10 .ssheIp fhe
shisg alea md Ill e praese1e1 %
||calas,s ster& Aftar besag couaforssbgy,
seatsd hers and thesss "a barrels, boxss,
|esas-, siaopsaad the sEsniagsa amasaaeat
By asking, In d manner sAss iadasssea As
waa seatinufng o caaveTs&fton coIasneuc-
ed before shsy had sntexsd tbs sssanas---.
$50 you say, Joe, that tassy caagis hiaa no
last ~ nYss, sir, abous ssssnasan min
Iuses past eighs. % sssat issfs
nWell, Joe, how far sp ths eresk waa
is st -. - 4f'.'F'. s7F'
sss0n a earaSui eonsfdaazion, shoaid
sag it was ahoat three miles ar three
miles and . quarter, or reahapas . halE,
up the creek - s.stsas
Caleb, who bad not lost o word of Eke
conversation, dropped Ais sugar scoop
with establishment, and opened bis eArs.
for the boys wsre taking about nstaeF
IN which he was moi SSIaossed up.' The
conversation cammeucaa - afr --a-.
"Weip says 81, ''thaE couIda's d been
far from Deacon Hunts -
"Jess So" answered Bee sit Was about
eighty rods from Deaeon Hunts hog. pen.
in Slaanoh wise diFsnaion.n1 -
NDid you hear Joes't with face "a
solid - grayestole, s'h0w much lie they
got ?'' #t .7# 5: =
ssYes, / did" J" replied Joe, with auosh-
er face. as soleaan as ewe sraToszoaes :--
"I hsaFa that they GOT pigh ahoaE shxty
har'ls OF iIe." w.
The wAgs observed that Caleb was get
sing exesedingly unesas, and ''piisd it
ea.D + ...- t. -.
:tRsll, r Joseph, hoy loag Vas the rep
"Weli, siasa, tie insect WIS abOot
eighty-two feet long, gad twenty-uight
odd iReasa broad~-ahiek ln prsportiua.',
= thought JOG, that acre vas two on
=. ''Thas's fact there waa pare on 'ern
but they enlf esaghs tha be one. p iz.E
AT this poin& OF aha dsslogua, Caleb be-
came SO desperately excited that he could
contain himself no longsr, and snappish-
" demanded to know Awhat'n the fhun-
der they were talking asout PSI
HeWhs, !" said Joe VIZ weai fefgnea ssy
sonishmsns, ''dsn's yoS knoss about their
oatehing that are, ii is .>.s.. -.
Caleb. -
why, that are whalsl" seriously an
swersd Joe Stabbins. j re-,Hs
"a whale up exclaimed thu bswildarea
Caleb "hsve they claght that whale mp
ssFhey havn't c&ughs anything eIse,''
said the impsvtarablo Joe. O.: : >
And how iaueh H. did they get 2'' in
auired Caleb, as be rgcqgsred bis wits.
"Ninety-two bar'ls'' replied Joe, fer
getting the amount be had previously
mentioned. ~. sd. IT,.
SWELL" said Called. with q slow de-
Liberation, and satisfied Ieok, 81 am
glad they caught that sh4le, ] heard fheY
were arteF him. '~1 ~ ~~i -