The union Democrat., 1870-08-13
GREAT FIGHT AT CHINESE cAMP!!
TWO WOUNDED:
War Among sheup'. Hessiers aad Drivers :
wfTn REFLECTIONS ON Tus cosxocoSY OF GRE
ALTON.

ALTON.
The Yosemite stage was full Of passengers
in front of the Garrett House, at Chinese
Camp. 1t was all ready for the start. The
inside was filled With nobby hooking men
from the East. So was the outside. Also, a
keen. clever. backeyed souns Woman. appar-
emily sister of nohby looking young man
who sat by her side on the outside. Every
body had taxen their last drink. Tie Stage
waited. Suddenly loud tumult, Eoise of
grinding and dragging. conglameration of
blows. oaths and curses arose inside tie Gar
rett House Bar-Room. It was continaed mo
ny moments.
CHAPTER 2D.
The nobby looking young men inside the
stage jumped out and ran into the house.
The uobby young man on the outside did SO
also. The clever. blackeyed young woman,
who with great difficulty had clambered to
the outside seat would have liked to have
gone in. But owing to the prevalent. absnrd
style of female wearing apparel she couldn't.
The Garrett House entrance was blocked up.
| Front seats were at premium. The interi-
or tumulr still prevailed. Still the Yosemite
Stage waited.
| CHAPTER 3p.
The cosmogony of creation is great thing,
if one can thoroughly comprehend it. Man
is in himself an epitome of all organized mat
ter. Man is prone to evil. So is woman. i.
Boomershine is one Of Shoup's crack drivers.
Boomershine was there in the Garrett House
Bar-room, the successful aggressive party.
Bnomershihc, next to driving elk in hand has
a speciality f.: putting heads" on people.
Boomershine was d"ing it. And still the
stage waited. But the cosmogony of the
Universe is stupehdous item for weekly
paper.
| CHAPTER 4Tu
The horse is n noble animal. So is man.
So is woman. There was jar, disturb
ance. dissatisfaction an unplessantness be-
tween Shoup's hos,lers and drivers at Gar
rote No. l. The horses were not properly
curriei So said the drivers There had
been rautterings in secret. At last the con-
tending forces moved toward Chinese Camp.
They met in the Garrett lIcuse Ballroom
And while tine stage waited the battle com
menced. Yet even all this, trifing as it may
seem belongs to the cosmogony Of Creation.
CHAPTER 5TH.
Passion is tickle. The first skirmisa with
the first hostler. resulted in an immediate
treaty of friendship. All hands. participants
and spectators took drink. Still the stage
waited. At this moment Germany unf,rtu-
nately interfered; Germany represented by a
German hostler. Germany put forth an in
Counts" bar Immediately broke up. Boom
er>hine instantly took mp strong position,
swung his right and left wings. advanced his
centre aud "put another head" on Germany.
The second battle wps much harder than the
first. A number Of outside Powers came
near interfering. Blood flowed plentifully.
Still the stage waited. 1t takes thousand
years for light to reach MS from some of the
fixed stars. But the contestants at the Gar
re.t House never allowed their souls to soar
to this tremendous truth. They had other
fish to fry.
CHAPTER Gru,
War is q blot on civilization. Still since
history recorded mans actions, have man. Is
angry passions risen. They will probably
| fn r,e e.
has always been tears, blood, tora clothes
blackeyes. Also appliances being conven-
lent, drinks. So it proved in this ease. The
second battle between Boomershine and the
tos,ler being concluded, every body took a
drink. Still, the stage waited. Ths nobbv
young men outside and inside were not dis
pleased. They expressed their willingness
still to delay their Yosemite trio, providing
more fights, equal in quality to the TWO last
came off. 1t was grander than the Yosemite.
The bhckeyed young woman was however
impatient. She alone, on the drivers box
could hear the sounds of contention, but not
see. Scch are the contingencies of wo-
mans existence. 1t is no great advantage to
he woman. Out of ten points in the game
OF life, they lose nine. True education con-
ss,s IN seeing and learning oil that goes on.
Woman as u class does MT know half that's &C.
ing on. So she remains permanently unpost-
ed and an inferior adjunct of the cosmogoDy
Of creation.
CHATTER ITu.
/ No more hCstlers or other men were pres
ent desiring ''hesds pot on" them. This de-
partment Of Boomershine's occupation was
gone. lie had no more worlds to conquer.
s.. the stage no longer waited. The con.
querer came forth, mounted his box and gath.
cred up the reins; the nobby young tourists
ence more entered the coach. The coach
drove of. The stage no longer waited.
rue ENDi!
England has heaten us agdiI on the water.
Ths race across the Atlantic Ocean was won
by the English yacht Daun;less. she arriving
x, Ea- v,.t ahnnt IL hours in nd, anca NJ