Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-30

- ~ - $50 a84# A&@ IAIk UEGWI
so liberal aB 10 give nineteen and suffer
8 set back 10 that extent.
The casualties, 60 fer, have been few
and of q trivial character. Yesterday
tho medicine man came 10 with a
skinned nose, the result { both barrels
OF bis gun having been discharged al
once. And this morning. while . mem.
Der was standing near the headquar.
ters fire, he saw q squirrel reeonnOIteF-
Ing the enemy's position, when the
custodian was instantly deployed as q
skirmisher, the engagement winding
up with q dead squirrel and another
peeled nose. The Caterer has daily
performed the duty Of taking the Orc.
gon trout from the line, and In using
hia hand for adisgorger, has had 3 lev
bites that have raked some slight fur
rows in the cuticle Of his fingers.
Everyone Is In good health and ex-
uberant spirits. The quarters are COM
iortably located. The two sleeping
tents face each other with q large hall
between them, covered by an immense
Hy. This hall serves for q dining-room
during the day and the siuing.room q,
night. We have formed the acqualnt-
anCe OF a fisherman to The manner born.
lie has staked the mouth OF the bayou
upon which We are csmped, aud ex-
pects 10 have O fine catch Of fish when
the river declines enough to let the
water cut, II that should occur before
the Spring noods. He was engaged In
this business when the Fair Play rau
up 10 the bank TO discharge the Club,
aud the proceeding was so unusual snd
tho crowd so large, the man locked ~
though 1t would not have required
much more 10 make him take 10 the
brush. Since then he has become
recOncilrd. aud seems rather 10 fancy
the part, while none Of us can call to
mind az instance in which he has re-
fused to b. d1ctored for snake bites.
This afternoon be became 30 friendly
as to announce that he knew of q hid.
den lake about two miles back Of his
house that abOunded in trout, aud
stated that II we would pull up to his
residence and arouse him early 10 the
morning he would conduct us to this
desirable spot with great c%heerfulness
About four disciples Of Isaac Walton
are booked for that expedition tom Or.
row morning unless It be raining
pitchforks, or something Of a similar
character t%ranspires.
And now the rain has ceased, the
moon shines out occasionally through
rifDsin the clouds, the lam grow dim,
the S4ucho Pedro men have trouble
.eeing the spots on their cards, and The
leaning seems TO DO In the direction of
The comfortable beds inside, where,
perchancc, for all the interest this let.
Ter may contain, the writer might as
well have been long ago. d II. r.
WEDNESDAY, NV. 81.
I open this letter 10 add = 2 =. or
ten the P. S. ls tho most important part
Of a letter, and so | imsgine It Is In this
instance. This morning the four Isaac
Walr,us ran up to Mr. Hamilton's
house with q good supply Of nice miu-
nOws that bad been transported all the
way from Clear Greek, near Bovins,
and were conducted 10 the hidden lake,
An active chHb attached to the nice
split bsmboo rod, that for a while
graced the window Of Lee Richardson
& Co., had barely touched tho wafer
"a foe il was dOwL the throat OF an el'
egAnt trout that was in due time flop
ping OH the ground. From that time
ill our minnOws were exhausted there
was . continual splashing In the water
from stru Cling 6sh, the catch sum
ming up inside Uf two hours about one
hundred trout aud white perch. On
coming back to camp We found only
The Caterer at home, who, seeing the CIV.
idence Of eur luck, threw his hat in the
river an came near jumping in him
self. The hunters have been making
the woods ring, and our CUES, Is thej
have game. Tho day hss been propi
tous all round. We are delighted
that we doctOred Mr.. Hamilton ioI
snake-bite, and have offered him the
} freedom of the camp aud everything IL
It, but he Is a modest man, aud 20 fsI
has declined all our oT,rs beyond thu
suake-bite antidote. B. II. =.