The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1865-08-25
CANYON CITY p1oKLEs--No. s.
Dr JOHN SMITH. GENTLEMAN.
LIVELY.

saw three live merchants, all busy, of course.
Bruner was lying on the counter, tickling
his cat under the tail with a straw. Meme
mara was sitting at the breakfast table, pick
ing his nose with a fork ! Feishheimer had
finished his breakfast, and sat at the table
quietly pairing his toe nails with the butter
knife The Middle Fork is sappng all of
the vitality out of the Canyon. My young |
friend at the San Francisco Store, please
take warning before it is everlastingy too
late. A merchant sold pair of sh3e
strings last week, and went to his drawer
for the change, but the thing had rusted in
its place from idleness, and he had to use a
crow bar to open it. He remarked en- passant
to his customer that we didn't have dull
times here much, but over at 0wyhee they
had it bad. Something like the manswith
the mosquitoes. However, we expectsto be
all right again as soon as those recover who
are down with the Middle.Fork fever.
APPRECIATED.
| The Masses or them-asses-just as you
are disposed to set the type-at last begin to
appreciate pickles. The news boy cries
pickles up and down town on stage day, and
! everybody buys 'em. The fools begin
| TO get "bonusses," too. Bob Sharp, the
| UuLCueT, IuTtWi u Suduh UOu6 uI my ucuu
yesterday, which came in about an inch of
laming us forgood. Davis held his fist out
| for me to rep Sc my nose son, and emphati-
cally declared that | was the d-nde.t liar
in the State. His bonus cazne in the way of
compliments, for it is surely o compliment
tO be considered superior in certain things
to the editor of the M0untdineer and Presl-f
dent Of the Navigation Company. Aicertain
| French lady also loaded me down with COM
pliments, and took handful of my hair as
| stalked precipitately away. She wants it
for keepsake, of course. May she wear it
next to her heart, &C., &C., forever and for
ever, is the fondest wish OF the pickle
maker Judge Hill was also very kind in
offering me his stick, but you see didn't
like the looks of his personal pronoan, and
declined. Wunch wanted to shake me, he
said, but was in hurry, and didn't offer
my hand. lie seemed to want to press the
matter, and left. 1t was past four o'clock,
and outran him. / want him to know that
| am to be well taken before shaken.
Plum.
While playing mumble-peg, yesterday,
with the boot-black and the principal law
yers and doctors of this place, the following
puns were suggested rf
DR.. Dunbv.-Why is young mans love
like a can of camphene2
Answer.-Because it is (pure ile) puerie
8 Mr. Whaiey.-Why do beans and bacon
serve young lady like frontier life?
Answer.-Because they make her very
as-tute.
u Dr.. Gurley.-Why is Dead-heady's code
i when jim operation, like young lady going
:, down stairs on her all-fours?
Answer deferred till next pickle. Ge
y ready to laugh, because it is rich, you bet
>" OF course the above examples are very poo
:, pickles, but then you must remember tina
:. they were made by very poor men. Besides
:, this is a devilish poor place, and poor joke
:. for poor folks is only fair. The soldier
,e come to town yesterday, and of course tn
" Indians are about again. Last night the
stole about twenty head of horses from tn
IT French Milk Ranch, only mile from town
ID 1t was very unkind for the soldiers to com
:. here, because the Indians were bad enoug
y as it was. Some wag made the above sug
X gestion in hearing Of Samuel's sons, an
H. Sans sons took the hint and went back t
i'd camp.
SUNDAY.
90 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
ho holy" The Sunday law came up again tn
week, but was demurred to because the e,
- cepton of works of mercy and necessi
of were not negatived in the complaint for d.
-, ing secular business. Wonder if commc
" " sense would not ncquit any one of the Grim
We if the matters charged were the selling
,e- whisky and segars on Sundayf They a
bo works of mercy and necessity, of cours
! Now, Canyon City, allow pickles to stick
ne word or two into your exalted ear.
ire course you won't like it but that is just wi
ng like to try it, Now my de Sour-dom,
Or NIL this curslng OIL law ana omcers, ana su
cd gestions OF rails and feathers, you are ma
he ing an enormous ass of yourself There a
nd two sides tn the Sunday law. There are "