, 1880-08-20
The Joke on HOefich.


sitting in the Gould g. Curry Office read
ing about the dumping Frog of CAL
veras," when the idea occurred to him
that some sort of trick like that would
be splendid thing 70 ring mon Maur-
ich Hoeaich, theshinihg expert Hoe
fitch is about the eoRcea q good deal, and
whenever. she takes lunchiw Mackey.
he is sure to SET in some sort of dis
pute and offer to make a bet. sAlAckey
cont like betting, and frowns II down,
unless he thinks people are trying to
bluff him. AT last he determined TO
cure HoeRich of his habit, and began
to watch him good deal to deter
mine where the weak spot in his ar
NOR Law f
One day he saw Hoefich on the stoop
playing with an enormous grasshopper,
which he was learning to jump. Hoe
fichs grasshopper could jump % feet,
and it wasn't long before heremarked to
Mackey %EN gp@kTt ar@
'Gn bet two dollars dot you cand ind
hil-secs to peet him., NJ
Mackey betten dollars Shat he could
beat it, and Hoehich raised him twenty
dollars at once. The bet was closed at
these figures, and Mackey said he would
have the hopper there in day or two.
He then sent trusted emissary down
to Carson Valley to secure a contestant
for the winged steed of HoeAicn.
The man spent nearly week rowing
around Carson Valley catching hoppers.
He finally sent an official report to
Mackey, stating that he caught over
$1,000 grasshoppers and put them
through their PAGES The best gait any
one Of them had was III feet. He
doubted if bigger jumper could be Sc
cured. On receipt of the letter the Bo
nanza Prince telegraphel to the man to
bring him uD anyway. The next day he
arrived with dozen ,hoppers from
Father Treadway's and Mr. Mackey
gave them quarters in his room like
Vanderbilt would stable his stud. Each
hopper occupied cigar box, and every
morning they were taken out and put
through their laces. 1t was impossible
to jump over ;ls feet, although aLlsorss
of invigorating diet was given them.
Mr. RMackeyA in despair, but one
morning d hopper snitfedSat bottle of
amonia ON the table and immediately
skippsd 80 feet. a After making a7few
experiments it was found that one sniff
of amonia SO enlivened the hoppers that
they made Jumps thasswere almosbI In
credible n Next day Mackey1 y1annoupced
to Hoefich that he, was ready for the
match. The expert was on hand at the
Gould & Curry office. at Q o'clock, an
hour before the time, with his. ,petrhop.
per. Not fHding Mr.. Mackey In he sat
down in his study and there noticed the
bottle'of amoniag While he was exam
ining it Bridget, the old faithful demes-
tic Of Gould & Curry house, came in
with s.@aR~ -w
"Don'sbeftechiR II thaf hsmonia, Mr..
Hoetlick. It's to make Mr.. Mackey's
hoppers rightly. Bedads l believe, by
the robes Of Saint Patrick, he's out Of
his sinces since the pump broke at the
north ind" sryyE hfary 8supH q
Hoefich pumped the domestic and
soon knew all about Mr.. lMackey's
game. u u.w,- gaOq ea 18
A light broke ON Hoefich, and grab
bling the bottle he rushed up town to
PerkinS drug store, threw away the
ammonia and ordered it filed with chic
roforni. In ten minutes he was back,
and leaving the bottle where he found
it got out Of the place as fast as he could.
Mackey soon arrived with half dozen
mining superintendents whom he had in
vited up to see him have some fun with
HoeAich. ''l 'pl ~ "E e. s ,,.' ,''
They were hardly rested before Hoe
fitch came in with the hopper in q cigar
box under his arm. om #ff r'7adET o'
81 wash lietle late, Mr. Mackey,
but ] anu here NIT de hebber and de
CON-" .a.a4s5grr 1853. aunHu
lie laid down his money, which was
promptly covered. ~ p L
Anybody else want to pet2"
Joe Stewart laid down one hundred
dollars g o. ag s e1 '3F "
John Kelly put'up fifty dollars.
Warren Sheridan stepped in for two
hunlred.d ,aR@sf E ~
Hank Smith ditto. 4 aa
Sam Jones only had sixty, but he put
it up
Then q few got into the corner of the