Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-26

~ AGlAAe OF Two UA0beAUx AmAto0et
who Went Forth e Commune WITH
Nature.
A postmaster and . lawyer went out Of
town yesterday to Gather eversrecns to b.
used atsthe tableaux entertainment at tho
Congregational church. They walked. We
don't know how many miles, but finally
their seacrh was rewarded. Far up the eide
eta precipitous bluff they espied 4 cedar
,tree-one Of the kind which fastened It's
roots 10 the soil of Dakota at the begin.
ding Of the tertiary period aud. has contin.
usd to grow In spite Of the twists and shifts
to which the face Of nature has since been
subjected-it was a cedar tree, vigorous
even In is old age and showing just the
branches and twi2s which would make the
coming tableaux the grandest sort Of q
success. Therefore they resolved to possess
all there was desirable appertaining there
to. The postmaster boosted the lawyer and
the lawyer boosted the postmaster, and
both frequently declared during their
tedious ascent that they had their private
opinion of mountain sheep and other ami
mails chose that to Gamble on such a perpen.
Gicular green ss this. "How(h)ard 1t must
BE-" remarked one. you het," said the
other, as he wiped a swath Of muddy dust
from his legal brow-"though I'm a Gam.
bier l don't want to be one of those kind of
sheep. But invading upon the privacy Of
their confidential talk VI wander from the
crisis of our plot. The tree was reached. 1t
grew near the lsummitEof the %precipitous
clifE-so near that some Of its branches al
most reached the broad and level plateau
which extended backward from the abrupt
rise. The lawyer, being youthful and full
Of ambition, said he would climb the trek
and pluck therefrom the green twigs while
the postmaster was to gather them from the
ground and place them in the bags pro.
vided for their reception. This scheme was
carried out and in the due course oftime the
task was completed. Then it occurred &c
the legal gentleman up a tree that instead
Of descending over the same route by which
he had climbed to his position of eminence
he would move out upon a limb and reach
the level ground which seemed 80 near
He proceeded to carry his plan into execu
,ion. The lin, bent as he walked along
but rhe feared not. The limb cracked
and he gave no heed to the warning. TIL.
limb broke, and-well, the postmaster who
was resting OIL the pile Of bags underneath
says he has read of avalanches in the Alps
and has seen panoramas Of the same, ant
now he has a faint idea oftheir significance
There was a sudden and confused rush dew,
the precipice and the lawyer, the. postmaste
and the bags Of cedar twigs could occasion
ally be seen through the dust which marke,
their downward progress as they jumped
from rock to stump and crashed alon,
among the scrubby growth Of underbrusl
which adorned the hillside. There va
deep silence for some moments after III
bottom of the declivity was reached.
rest was nee essary. But after the excite
ment and fatigue Of the adventure had pass
ed away there was q pinning up of tori
clothes and the adoption Of a series Of lreso
%lutions IN which the participants set fortl
their determination not to say anything I
anybody about the misfortunes of the expe
dltion.