The Republican journal., 1880-09-16
The Remarkable Leap Made by a Car
son Valley Grass-hopper.


Some week. asu John MAckay was slttin, IN the
Gould lF Curry oIIiee reading about the "IumDins
Frar of Calaveras. wheu the idea occurred to hitn
than some SOFT of a tr.rk like that would be a
Sgpudid thing to rinr In oil Maurice Hoetilch the
mining expert Hoeilich Is about the office good
deal ana whenever he takes luuch with Nackay is
sure To get in some sort of dispute and offer bet
Mackay don't ike betting and trowus it down nm
less he thinks people arc trviug to butT HIM At
last he determined 10 cure Hoefuch of his habit
and began to determine where the weak SPOT in
his arnor Law
one day he SAW Hoptljch on the stooD uIayiu,
with an enormous grassaoppcr which he was
learning ID iuIp3 UoeUirh's graSshoaorr co1I
iump twenty three feet aud il wasn't opr before
he remarked to Mackuy:
"l'H bat Two dollars do vol cand hud hiusect
TO peet hln
Nackay bot teu doIaIs that he could beat ii
Ana HoeHich raised him twenty dollars AT once
The bet was closed at these tg,,res AMI NAckay
said he would have the hopper there in a day or
a. He then sent a trusted emissary down To Car
son Valley to secure a contestant for the winged
steed of Hoenich
The man sDent nearly a week rovin.r around
Carson Valley catching hoppers He finally sent
an official renort to Mackav STATING that he had
caught over three Thousand grasshoppcrs AID put
| them rhrauph chair rares The bast pait any one
If tLarn baG was l. : tent lie ]onbted 4 4 no
,,er nmnnr could b. secnred On recent of Tie
Intter thr Honanza princa telagranhed 10 the man
| tn hrin, hir IN ANYWAY. Thn nayt day he arrived
rith aGnmt j IoIeI hnnnars frnw Farnrr Treaa.
ways and Mr. Mackav tave them quarters In his
rnr,,n as vanInrhilt ,rnuIa stahln NJ stud Fach
hnmnar ocrrniad ], ciyar IN nnd everv morning
tlt e ,,fn,, ,,t Mi ,,nt tbr,,lrl tI,;, ,,,,.ns
II -, ;,nnnssiIlo hIu,,1inr n ,.t nnn i, i,1,n,,
nvnr Is fent althonb an snrts Of inyi,nratint5 diet
vas ,,;vcn them
Nr Nackav WAS i'm disna;r but oue 1norliu., \
honnar snffed at a bottl. 6f ammonia ON tha taI1e
ana ;1nmadiaiaiv skinned thirty fant igtar NAL,
nr fa,v evnerimenis If vas f0uud thar one Whit
| nf ammonia so enlivcne6 the honners thar they
| made iumns that were almost incredihIe NEXT
| dar Nanlav announceo IN II ,cNich that he was
49,. for ma match Tha nxnart ,yas IN hand At
tbn i.auid I Clrry orcn At . o,ciork an hnnr ba.
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Jopn 'jeIalu paIiau ia,t a.,t uoS i' 5o ~ 'iV0
y0nn WIN neiiey ai prt up s'o, :; g., 1000
H. 49, Htt oi.t' iuan ste ~ ioi T''
Earl Hanh 1o omth wanted lea a.id iike . amount.
Ta Thni 'oees e olly llau ioo put ne Pu' ~. 1t "p