The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-08-20

start graveyard, yet such receptacle is
seldom brought into requisition, and con-
sequently filling up very slowly; but
certainly one could not desire to take his
last sleep in more quiet, lovely spot,
than upon one Of the many shady kuolls
that overlook aud stand as everlasting
sentinels to the valley beneath The sun
will shine as brightly in this lovely spot,
and the long unnumbered days glide as
silently and swiftly away, to the uncon-
scious sleeper here, as in the more aris-
tocratlc shades of Greenwood Cemetery,
the flowers will shed their fragrance as
profusely, and the singing of sad requi-
ums by the wind, whistling through the
tall pines. will have as soothing sound to
deaf ears, as the sobs of the dear ones
left behind for my part 1 do not see
why one place Is not as desiarblc to be
buried in as another; yet great many
are fearful that, when they die, they
may be buried in some distant, lonely,
unseen spot; but as | am not quite yet
ready for burial, / will close the subject
The hot rays of old sol, together with
the exercise of horse back riding had
considerably sharpened my appetite, and
on arrival at the toll gate | was extreme
ly glad to hear that,
DINNER
was ready, and that could walk in and
hel p myself l found my companions
had already arrived, and were waiting
my coming, and were anticipating great
results to flow from their part of the ex-
petition in the way of game and fish. An
unpretending youth myself thought my
weapons of destruction already named
would carry conviction to every heart
that [ was con it., and meant '.hiz," aud
that if didn't 'stalk'' much l would be
on hand to scare anything that was
'scareable" by my military display A
Missouri treat followed dinner, in which
all participated smoking his own 'Eweed, =
and then the horses being saddled, trav-
ell of two miles was made to where our
stock of provisions was stored, which had
been hauled up on wagon a day or two
previous.
Our company, now augmented by two,
was indeed gay old crowd all good
natured, jolly, fun-loving fellows, ready
for anything and everything in the way
of adventure, and oh my. you can't i'm
agine what fellows to talk. 1t is no won
der my soul almost went into ecstacies
over the delightful prospect right before
me, and the first visions were of deer and
bear, with trout Interspersed to fill the
interstices between. Who would think
of staying at home when such seductive
influences are at work to lead him away
and besides plenty Of good grub. Hur-
rah. all set; now we are rs free as .'Teel
, upon the APPS Now we are in the
mountains. Let everybody whoop and
holloa. | love to train my fine musical
voice, and now is the time to do it; with
these thoughts running through my head
E | started in on Old Dan Tucker. when
say, look here-do you like venison
NJ sir, don't care a cuss for it. Well
but we do, and come out here for the
: purpose of getting some, and would GER
; tainly feel under obligations to you il
you wonld so discommode yourself as to
5 close that fly trap of yours, you'll scare
all the game away. Forbearance having
, always been one Of my prime christian
virtues, had to let Old Dan Tucker rest
but vowed vengence when | should ar
rive 80 or 100 miles from nowhere
Then l would pitch in all the harder
The hot sun Of the day previous con
i rinced me that pair OF buckskin gloves
would be useful auxiliary to prevent thu
r hands from becoming chopped up AM
sore, which were procured at Millers, anc
: before nine o'clock of Monday, July 25
VIC were past whisky Spring" and ia
: advanced up the dividing ridge befor
e spoken of; everything in good running
! order and going along smoothly, and fl
nally about noon reached the Glove
D Soda, short distance up the river iron
@ where the road comes down over the hill
2 to the Santia1n. Here we found oats an,
r hay for our horses, together with goo'
rich sweet milk Ca thing to be apprecia
; ted in the mountains) for our dinners.
Y The hottest part of the afternoo
Z found me eagerly engaged in the highl
). exciting sport of catching grasshopper
D with poor success, they fly SO far, an
Y always start Oft just as one IS ready t
:. break their back with stick, and at tn
# Lower Soda regions they are remarkabl
l. scarce. | succeeded however in captul
. ing the remains of one, after chasing hi1
d to Canyon Greek and back by circuitou
route, but was SO exasperated at his ol
h stinacy that when | did hit him, l cou
$ pletely demolished his upper works, an
f left him with bare poles, and his fore an
| aft rigging all gone, and demoralized
"a an unlimited extent waded down streaI
O over bolders, climbed along the ban
3 through thick vine maple, stumbled owe
o logs, crept in under the bank and fishe
= for half mile down stream, only to fin
i myself the victim of misplaced confidence
ia Didn't catch trout, and had only on
~ nlbble, was disgusted and climbed up th
!. steep bank only to find myself entangle
) in net work of vine maple too outr;
;, geous to attempt to explain; thought
. would hire Findley's boy to swear for M
}, but finally became convinced that h
v would be unequal to the emergency, an
.e concluded to- get home if | coulu, if no
> to content myself, and take clean" o
d brush for the night Finally made m
% way home with "isherman's luck" az
! went to bed without my supper.
IS The 'Lower Soda Springs" as the
are called. are distant from the toll-gat
some 13 miles, and are undoubtedly I'll
7, finest yet discovered on the road. tt
n proprietor, Mr.. Findley, purchased tt
-e claim on which they are located at a tot