Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-02-05
The Isehenoth OF Was
hoe Lake,
Courageous Attack upon him by two
hunters-rEc is Captured SUPP
posed to be the Leviathnn
OF Holy writ.

Courageous Attack upon him by TIVE
4 huafcrs-rEc i~ Captured -sup-
posed to be the Levfathnn
OF Holy writ.
From the Virginia Enterprise.
The great "What IL It?n has bee,
fouhd mt last, and Washoe IL ahead IN
monsters as well rs In everything
else. We are heartily sick of the
many humbug stories that have oi
late been told Of every kind of ma.
ftne, fresh water, land and aria
monsters, and presuming the same tc
he the case with most readers, we hcp
leave to assure them In the outset
that ours Is not one of the usual un.
foundered style of story. Usually
the monsters of which we read are
hut uiniiy seen, ut variuus times am,
by various parties, aud nearly always
escape capture; but this was not tn.
case In the instance we are about to
relate. We shall give as briefly ne
possible, and as nearly as we can re.
member, In the words of the parties
engaged In the affair, the story of the
Washoe Lake behemoth. Mr.. Frank
Frazer and Mr.. Charley Jones. ffa-
mi'iarly called Frank and Charley, J
are the heroes of the exciting adven
ture which we are about to narrate .
aud to assist the reader In understand
Ing the story, we shall give a slight
description of the peculiarltiesn esnoticc.
able In the appearance of the two me n
Frank is atall man, with atremendous
nose or "buglen--as lie himself some.
times jocosely terms his remarkable
nasal protuberance-- he is very baslful
when among the ladies. but In the
field he is rs keen sportsman aud as
brave n man as lives.
Charley, who is equally as ardent a
lover Of his gun and the sports of the
field MS the otter, possesses no marked
peculiarity of feature. He IL slightly
lame in one leg 1--WE forget which, J
aud has u habit of swearing-"By
Jove!"
Day before yesterday, these two
gentlemen hired light wagon In
this city, and putting aboard their
guns and other traps, went over to
Washoe for hunt about the lake
but We will now follow Mr.. Jones'
account of the affair:
well, we reached Washoe City
during the afternoon put up our
horses Mt CLOVIS livery stable; took
n cocktail at Sam Southworth's; "A
lunch at Thorpe's restaurant; secured
rooms at Epstein's. and then stro,led
out To the Lower Lake to see what
Kind OF game we could find. We
shot lot OF mud.hens, hell. divers,
and such trash, just for the fun of
The thing, but before night succeeded
IN getting couple of fine ducks.
Yesterday morning we were out
bright and early. We took a nice
lunch with us from Epstein's and
bottle of first-rate cocktail that Sam
Southworth put up for us, and we
went to the Upper Lake--Washoe
Lake proper. We got quite n lot of
iine ducks aud one or tw" geese, aud
about one o'clock stopped on smooth
slope on the eastern shore of the lake.
to eat our lunch and to pay our delib.
crate respects to the cocktsils. After
smoking aud chatting for some time
when through with our lunch, |
found my lame leg so stiff that |
concluded to hide myself in bunch
OF tu'es near at hand, aud ut the edge
of tie lake, and take my chance at
such game as Frank might scare
down the shore he being determined
To go further up aud have his hunt
out.
Before he started I made him
drain to the bottom the cocktail bot.
tie, knowing he was 10 have all the
work to do for the rest of the day.
As soon ns lie was gone made N.Y.
self snug in the bunch Of tulcs, ready
for any game that might fly near my
place OF concealment. Frank h.d
not been gone twenty minutes before.
10y Jove! bang, baig!' went both
barrels of his gun. peeped eau
tiously out Of the tulcs to see If any
ducks were coniing'my way, but none
appeared. ! then ventured to rise
up and take a look up the lake I'm the
direction OF the firing. At the dis.
tnnce OF less than quarter of mile
| saw Frank standing back some
four or five rods from the lake, load.
Ing up his gun, by Jovc ~ II the
devii WIS after him. Wondering
what In the Old Nick lie had bee a
firing at. stood and watched him.
He soon had his gun chaIged again,
when he pulled off his hat, threw II
aside, and with his gun ON IA level
with right hip, and In half stoop-
ing posture, began creeping forward
I'm the direction Of the lake. In front
Of him, and forming the shore ut the
particular point toward which he
was SO stealthIly moving, was IL ledge
of rocks about eight feet in height,
and descending perpendlcularly to
the water. When he had reached
this ledge of rocks, he lowered his
body, and lying MT full length, ere pt
along on his belly till at the very
edge Of the ledge. Raising his head,
he peered cautiously over for u mo-
inent, then quickly brought up his
gun, took deliberate aim, and almost
nj the SAME instant fired both barrels.
As the smoke lifted, ! saw him raise
head. gaze an instant into the waite, ),
then roll over and over back wards
some half dozen times, till few
feet away from the edge of tire ledge.
when he arose, and bounding like
deer, ram back to his old position.
and again began loading, like mad.
l could see nothing flying In the air.
and the water In his vicinity appeared
as smooth rs CLASSIFY Joye2 / was
puzzled. He seemed To be firing aI.