The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

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tell many jokes Oh one nnother. some
of them 80 good that they will not
soon be forgotten. The description,
as given by one of the returned
''molmtaineers," OF Col. -, clad in
his hunting garb, loaded to the guards
with gun, rcvoiyers, knife, Ratchet, tin
cup and matches, in the early morn,
starting out on hunt for bear rith
his rife on oae arm, Is so full Of the
fire OF youth, a due appreciation Of
the difficulties and dangers attendant
on such lAllt, that one feels at once
a thrill Of delight that he numbers
among his aclulintances such bold,
intrepid soul. The gentleman, too,
whd stood on u log for thre long
ho4rs, with gun in readiness to send u
bul llct through that mountain sheep
that the ''boys" were to drive right
by the log, displayed an amount OF
perseverance and stick-to-tlle-log abil-
iiy that should have induced that anx-
iously expected sheep to have walked
up to the required distante Of the log,
even If those irksome boys did only
play sheep while In reality they
were calmly and jutlicionsly picking
blacklHrries all those long and sultry
hours. Such a display of confidence,
on the one part, and an utter dlsre-
gard of the common eivilities one
nlountaineer owes to another, as eX-
hi3itctl on the other, brings Its own
reward! An excellent story Is told at
the expense oftwo learned professors,
who, by the way. are pronounced as
jolly company rs ever climbed q
mountain or SWAN roaring torrent.
As they lay snugly efsconeed between
their blankets one evening. Just pre-
paatory toclosing their eyes in sleep,
one of the professors raised up in bel
and remarked he smclt something,
and asking bis brother professor, who
was his partner for the night. If he
couldn't smell something that tasted
awful rough. The answer was lmsat-
isfactory, inasmuuh as it was Il dcclar-
alton of failure to get u scent of
anything more offensive to tile inter
roSated's olEactories than the usual
aroma emitted by the interrogation.
OF course such I'm answer let professor
No. ] ont, and he quietly laid down
again; but that smell Of ''somethin'
dead" stuck to him, and he soon rear
ed up again, and queried his chHm a>
to his ability tn smell any peculiarly
strong smell in the vicinity. This
scotclIing around In the night when a
man should be asleep, didn't set well.
and professor No. was ordered to
hang bis snoot OH the mules ear and
go to sleep But a few minutes trns-
piretl after this last episode, before
professor No. 2 changed his position
in bed, which lie had 10 sooner done
than an overpowerlng smell Of some
thing dead struck him, too; whercup-
on he suddenly, and without any re-
gard to the proprieties Of the occasion,
spang TO his feet, and marched boldly
ayd detiantly away from thar, uttering
his belief that there was certainly
something 'rotten in Denmark" !"
That bed was r;lnsacked, and alter III
igrnt search the truth Of the assertions
Of both the professors were clearly
proven. and the before shaken conf
dence OF their fellow-mountaineers in
their veracity, fully restored, as from
4 pocket of a garment upon which
they had pillowed their heads was
drawn forth a pint, more or less, of
dead and mashed crickets. gathered
some days before .by one of the gen
tlemen, placed in said pocket for fiji
ture attention and forgotten. The
professor will he exceedingly careful
hereafter not to carry dead birds
around loose in his pockets more than
a week at stretch, without 'irrigat-
ing the lot with scentin' stuff. The
party who stole the demijohn and ap-
propriated its entire contents to his
own Use, will long be remembered by
the sufferers as fiend in human
shape, who should, BY all the rules of
propriety and deccney. be condemned
to everlasting redelnptiou--alnl even
longer. There were an immense
number of people, from Linn and Ma
rion counties, camped al along the
route, all Of whom looked sun-bumt
aud rough, but expressed themselves
delighted with the scenery, the
springs, road, hunting and fishing,
etc. Dallas Price built o trap, and
was very successful In catching sal
mon trout, contributing greatly.Io the
enjoyment Of those in his neighhor-
hood. As to game, the boys report u
great scarcity, owing, as the hoys
aver, to the small poK scare" Some
cnterprlsing man who will run line
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