Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-08-22


Our Mystic Lake Trip.
AS we left our Office lest Thursfla,
morning for trip to the much talked q
of Mystic Lake, we were .mintletl of a stor,
our distinguished Prototype, Horace Gree
ley. 1t is related tn..t on certain coca
sion, when the front portion of the T,1bun
building was undergoing repairs, and i
was Impossible for people to reach tn
office b. the usual route, Mr.. Creole,
wrote Entrance on Spruce St." on slil
ofpaper, which he sent by an office boy t.
painters near by, with verbal instruc
lions to the painter to paint a small sigr
aud nail up ut the front entrance to til,
Tribune building. The boy delivered tn,
message and slip, and returned to his office
When done with the job he had in hand
the painter picked up the slip and en-
deavored to decipher it, but was puzzled
for nearly an hour before he succeeded
He then painted the sign and nailed it up
as instructed. The mingled feelings Of
surprise, anger and modification that over.
than described, when, on passing that way
the next morning. attracted by the crowd
in front OF his building, he walked up and
read, Editors on a SPREE
The fact that tor the first time in eleven
months we were about 10 absent ourselI
from our office for a longer period than
twenty-four hours, might lead some of our
old acqlaintances to think we were on a
spree; but. while on the hurricane deck of
a bob-tailed cayuse we might have felt
somewhat eXhi!erated, we can clieerfully
testify to the fact that we did not feel any
Of the depressing effects that invariably
follow even a moderate indulgence in arti-
fetal stimGIants.
There We're just ten of us, and leaving
town about noon Thursday, 18th inst, on
the Fort Ellis road, Immediately after
passing the residence of Mark Burton we
turned to the right and took a road that
leads directly to the foot of the mountains,
from which point We followed = tolerably
distinct trail TO Mystic Lake. We arrived
at the lake early in the evening with no
of bottle of beer. 1t was found, how
ever. by some Good Templars in the rear.
who. when lunch time came, managed in
some mysterious way to dispose of it.
How so few Good Templars could manage
to get on the outside of so much beer in a
very short time is what completely stumps
lis; but, there must be something in the
absence from civilization that demuralizes
some Good Templars and makes them aw-
tul thirsty.
We campcd on tile south side of the lake
on nice, level spot of ground, and had
mountain grouse for supper. 1t rained
that night and remained cloudy all the next
day. The fish not biting well. we took
of the occasion and picked
most of the day from the
sides OF the surrounding mountains. The
weather the next night and day was COM
paratively the same. and while some OF us
devoted our attention to catching fish. 9TH
ers explored the surrounding country, Wis
iting other lakes in the vicinity, etc. After
noon half of our party decided to return
home. fearing heavy storm that night,
and got started for town soon after one
o'clock. Those remaining at camp fished,
md climbed the mountain west of the lake
and had nice view of the surrounding
gOrges, etc.
That night it rained somewhat heavier
han before, but the next morning the sun
shone clear, and we fiattered ourselves that
We would catch lots of fish. The men in
our party all went fishing, but were not
very successful. the fish being a little too
sharp to be taken in. While fishing, how
,ver, several flocks Of ducks cafnc flying
n from various directions and settled down
IN the lake. While it may have been their
'egular meeting day. and some would con-
ider 1t ain to disturb the exercises, our
rack sportsman. Ed. C.. Anderson, consid-
red it too good an opportunity to be lost.
lie got his shot gun, and going out on the
AXE on small raft, in fourteen shots,
Tiled sixty five ducks in less than three
hours.
After cleaning the ducks, and sailing
hem and the fish we caught. we ate our
Inner and started for town, where we ar
lived early in the evening.
We were absent from town nearly four
laws. had all the Euckleberries (bOth black
nd red), Strawberries, serviceberries, fish,
rouse and ducks we cared about eating.
With buckle berry short-cakc every day for
Inner, and good time generally; and
rought home with us, for future use.
yer 20 fish and 81 ducks, thus making 1t
nth a nloa On Mt and nrOfifah1e trim