The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-02-27
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A CALIFORNIA sToRRY.
I From Harper's Monthly for February. ]

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In the northern part Of this State Cal.
ifornis) is stream called Yuba River
Across it some enterprising individual
built bridge; and on the banks somebo-
DIV else built three or four houses. The
inhabitants called the place Yuba Dam.
Three bars were Instantly erected. and the
"Town" increased rapidly. About noon
one cool day, traveller, and n sojouner in
tho land, passed this aourishing locality,
and seeing long-legged specimen Of hu-
manity in red shirt, smoking before one
of the bars, THUS addressed hin
"Hello p
"teIlo !" replied shirt, with vigor. ~
moving his pipe from his mouth.
"What place is this?" demanded the
traveller, whose name was Thompson.
The answer Of shirt was unexpected.
"Yuba Dam p
There was about FIFTY yards between
them, and the wind was blowing. Mr..
Thompson thought that he had b.eh mis-
taken.
"Nhst did you sayG" he asked.
"Yuba Dam," replied the stranger.
cheerfully.
"What place is this ?" roated Mr.,
Thompson.
"Yu.ba Dam !" said shirt, In h slightly
elevated tone of voice.
"Lookee here !" yelled the irate Mr..
Thompson; Il asked you politely what
place this WAS; why in thahder don'tyoa
answer"
The stranger now became excited. He
rose and replied with the voice OF an
eighty -four pounded:
"Yu ba Dam p Do you hear that?"
In minute Thompson, burning with
the wrath of the righteous, jumped of
from his horse, and advanced on the
stranger with an expression not to DO
mistaken. The shirt arose and assumed
posture of offence and defence.
Arrived within yard Of him, Thomp.
son said
a ask you for the last time. What
place is this?"
Putting his hands TO his iiouth. his
opponent roared g..
"fu-ba dam !"
The ne9t minute they we're 1t it. First
Thompson was down; then the shirt. and
then it was dog -fall--thst is, both were
down. They rolled about. kicking ups
tremendous dust, They squirtned around
so energetically, that you'd have thought
they had dozen legs instead Of four.
"Well, now, what place is this7" said
Thompson, losening his hold of shirt.
Shirt cast an angry look st his ansago'
mist, and exclaimed
"Yu-ba Dam p
This was too much for MI. Thompson.
so they clinched again. And soon they
were tumbling and kicking as before. 1t
looked like prize-6ght between two pu-
giistic centipedes. Finally, they both
rolled off the bank and into the river
The water cooled them. They went down
together, but came up separate, and put
out Tor the shore. Both reached it about
the same time--and Thompson scram-
bled up the bank, mounted his war-liks
steed, and made tracks, leaving his foo
gouging the mud out Of one Of his peep.
ers.
Having left the business portion of the
town--that is to say, the corner where
the three bars were kept--he struck .
house in Suburbs, before which little
girl Of about four or five years Of age. was
playing.
What place is this, sissy ?" he inter-
ogsted, feeling confident Of success this
time.
The little girl frightened at the drown.
ed rat figure which the stranger cut.
streaked it for the house. Having reached
the door, She stopped, turned aroand and
squealed--
COB bee dam p
"Good heavens '' said Thotnson, dig
ging his heels between his horss's ribs
Good heavens /! let me get out Of this
norrid place, where not only the men, but
;he very babes and sticking swear at an
noffensive traveller w