Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-01-07
CORRESPONDENTS.
DoG-FENNEL BEND, Trinity River,
New Moon, 1871, il sight.

The abundance of game throughout the county
is attributable, no doubt, to the failure of all
kinds of nuts and berries, scarcely any of which
ever matured.
As to size aad quality, my two friends of Cam
non Creek-Els and Hank-are entitled to the
palm, no doubt, for what they are daily slaugh-
tering, but when it becomes narrowed down to
quality, we are ahead up this way-decdedly.
The boy, who saw two hundred and forty thou
sand blue.jays at a glance was in a very poor
game country to this. Varmints of every kind
and size, had almost taken possession of the
premises; they would crawl over the wood shed
and the house Walk up and knock at the door,
peep through the windows at you in fact, all
outdoors seemed to be nothing but varmiuts.
1t was about time to do something or vacate
So Mr.. Yonsing went down to the shop, had a
steel trap made to order; set up with the
Smith until it was finished, came home planted
the Institution and retired. | was first up in the
morning and looking out, saw a veritable old
coon fast by the fore paw in the trap. Walked
Mr. Honsing, who had some doubts until hecame
to the door. Says he, "just pass that iron
poker out and let me hit him a swat (what-
ever that is) over the head" did so. The
swatting commenced and pretty soon Mr. Coon
turned up his heels to all appearances dead,
dead, DEAD.
We left him with pain, still fast in the trap
and went into the house to congratulate on our
success as trappers. After smoking l told Mr..
Yonsing to ablute his profile as breakfast was
ready to dish-up. lie opened the door to go out
but came rushing back excited after the poker
What's up Mr.. Yonsing says Another coon
in the trap by golly So he swatted him over
the head left him for dead, and came in to eat
his breakfast, Mr.. Yonsing was elated. Says
he, that's the way to do it-thinning them out
handsomely.
After eating he went out again, and if there
wasn't another coon in the trap. Well, after
swatting him pretty we'll over the head, Mr.
Ionsing thought it was about time to begin
skinning, and it was not until then that he dis
covered that it was the "same old coon all the
time" He had never unloosed his paw, and the
swatting had been badly managed some way,
and Mr. Coon had rallied each time.
If the boys Canyon Creek wish to trade
bars-ile for kcwn-skins by the quantity address
Mr.. Yonsing, Dog -Fennel. Got to be a little nice
too as Mr.. Yonsing is a little sensitive on the
coon question till yet, aud for this reason pre-
fer that our names should like the Shepherd
Kings of Egypt, remain a myth.
MAsToDoN.
In digging ditch last week, we exhumed the
bones of monster mastodon of the Nebuchad-
nezzar species. The bone | send you to be placed
on exhibition in the JOURNAL Office is one Of the
metacayP3 bones of the spinal column which
joins by a serrated suture the o. s. FemordS with
the SeIla tursica and is used in masticating hay
at $40 per ton Here is little story about Old
Buck propose telling.
After serving faithfully for many years a proc
lama!ion was issued by his owner, f., that from
and after that date Old Buck should have his
liberty.
Old Buck wandered from post to pillar until
one day he CHANGED too feed a little too close to
a certain morass for his strength, and there sank
to..rise no more. Some Ceestials passing that
way, made the discovery, took off his hide and
Immediately started a butcher shop. The next
evening S. stepped down to his friend F.,
!
side of some fresh beef. Says F., after this
shall give my meat trade to the Cinnamon, why
only paid cts. for this, and the other butcher
charges 16 cts. To be sure it is not very fat
but cheap is no name for it. S. could not hold
in any longer, he had to tell F. he had been
buying and eating part of his own OK.
THE MINES.
The mining summary of this section will foot
up about as follows; Went prospecting yester-
day. Sampled five or six pans of gravel and got
about as many colors as William II. Seward
would get votes in this county for President
ddn't see anything. Now, my dear old friend
the JOURNAL, don't get huffy and blow fellow
into fragments for making remarks about your
Presidential sign-board.
My dear brethren:-With the above facts spread
broad least before enlightened and intelligent
world with mouth wide open and eyes closed to
all surrounding evils that beset mankind, sub
scribe myself a lifelong 60 Lordy) enthused
Repub., GRIMES, JR.