Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-08-02
'naik," and you can bet high, il was not

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hunt for this big game. They found the
track on the island" looked as though a
barrel Of -four had been dragged across the
sand" Measured the track" found it to
be two feet six inches in width" Big thing.
Found the track in several places, but his
snakeship kent shady-made himself scarce.
INCIDENTS OF THE HUNT AFTER nrNr--EvERY.
BODY HAVING TALKED SNAKE FREELY.
Two lnen leaving the island toward eve
ming in small boat were talking "big
snaik" very earnestly a large sturgeon sud-
denly leaped five or six feet out of the water
and came down behind them near the boat
thercupon ye two mighty hunters having yc
fear Of ye serpent behind their backs did leap
with much agility and with admirable quick
ness from out ye vessel and bctake them
selves to. the aqueous fluid,-ye foregoing
hath been reckoned by some to have been a
joke Of exceednge goodnesse on yc sturgeon
In the city Of Reed Bluffs when the people
had betakcn themselves to their rest. they
dreamed dreams and had visions Of serpents
Of great size and pussona. One hoa,bre con-
jurcd up mighty snaik" with teeth like
unto those Of a horse-rake for size and num-
Der, and had his arm bitten BY ye.Samc On.
B.-Goak on hoss-rake) hearing
her child cry out in another room ieaped out
Of bed crying out frantically, 1.-THE snake
the snake! Obi the big snake has got the
baby !! Every fellow who gets snakes in
his boots in the vicinity of Reed Bluffs for the
next three months will condescend to moth.
ing shorter" than the big snake. But this
snake story is no humbug, those who have
seen the tracks are tour most respectable" a."
ETC., etc, ,--you bet
l. Tbs very strange. and yet It's true,
That every one complains
| That We have not railway through
! The mountains and the plains"
But, notwithstanding that, we are likely to
continue for some time longer to complain of
having no railroad, we cannot much longer
growl about having no telegraph. The agent
of the Overland Telegraph Company is here,
and taking steps to push the work forward
with all possible dispatch. A contract has
been let for getting poles for 155 miles, and
these will right speedily be placed on the
ground-but will speak further of this in
the morning when | can give you more
particular description from a Salt Lake let.
ter. | intend to send this letter by the St.
Lake Mail, which will come in and 90 out
again tomorrow. ! expect it to bring me
the GAZETTE with full and particular ac.
count of ye Grand Railroad Celebration, and
all yc mighty doings and sayings of yc
mighty men (such as sit on ye chief seats at
feasts and town meetings) of ye goodly city
also what part in the rejoicings was set apart
to be Illuminated and adorned by ye fair faces
fyelovely--ye altogether lovely of ye goodc
city--yet why need ! puzzle myself about
the particular position occupied by them on
this the grandest day in the history of Cedar
Falls, doubtless they were within one Of
being first in all the proceedings, and alto
gether first in the eyes of the multitude. I
should liked to have been with you, my old
friends, on that day, hut it was not to be-
However, remembered the day and loaded
up my old double-barrcled number seven
fowling piece-put in about ten figures-and
fred several extensive rounds. First one
very much so-extended me on the Barren
and unproductivc earth--in this instance
proved rather productive than otherwise
wide two promising bumps, quite unique in
character, not being found in the charts of
Fowler's chronological garden of known, ac-
ceptcd and approved bumps and bumpeses--
been passed around as sell on the " silc."
At about the third round Muggins made
me aware of the close proximity Of his ugly
mug, by putting aside the blanket from his
door and wanting to know What in 'thun-
der and Mars" (aint certain about Mars)
and blixen are you tarin around that way fur,
and a, fairly jarrin down the heavens fur,
with that confoundcd old shotgun fur ?"--
Muggins! whoop! hurra three cheers for
the railroad, Muggins y and swung my
sombrero about my head. " Ralroad?" said
Muggins, intcrrogatiyely, railroad!' and
the big stdpd looked down the road, then
turned around and looked up the road, looked
up toward the top of the mountain and down
into the canon, as though ho expected it to
fall from the heaven, or root its way Upward
from the earth" Railroad? don't see the
color! Reckon you don't! hurra! bang.
bang, hurra !-Muggins, why don't you hol-
lery' "What N thunder" (big thing with
Muggins-thundcr is) twill holler fur ~
Why, Muggins, you fool, to swell the vol.
ume, and widen the circle Of the atmospheric
vibrations" Sais Muggins, sais hc--"Want
to know?" After he got out that last word
he forgot to shut his mouth, and with ex-
panded visual organs, and mouth twice as
ugly and crooked as the interrogation point
following his last word, he stood and gazed
at me. "Muggins the cars are running to
Cedar Falls, and this is day Of gun-firing,
fasting, and prayer, set apart by Old Abe to
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