The Phoenix herald., 1880-07-23
VULTURE VARIETIES.
Yarns From The Herald's
 Correspondent.
[coRREsPoNDENcE OF THE HERALDl
VULTURE MINE, July 6.

not b, out of place to let your readers know what we are doing The Fourth was a beautiful morn
 ing, the Stars and Stripes foated
 defiance on the breeze, in New
 York or some other place, we did not show our colors here, for the
 good reason that we had none.
 A Imaginable, alchough serious,
 circumstance occurred here this
 morning before breakfast. It ap-
 pears that two of the boys had got
 into a quarrel about something or
 other, one of the parties being
 fighting drunk, the other sober.
 The hombre who had partaken too
 freely of the intoxicating cup, un-
 dertook too smooth down the sober
 man with a shovel, this was too
 much for human nature before
 breakfast, and the defeneeless man
 yelled out for a pistol. This so
 enraged the inebriate that he threw
 down his shovel, and rushing into
 the first house, grabbed up shot
 gun which he immediately pre-
 sented at the other man. who was still unarmed. A quick change of position unfortunately threw your humble servant between the bellig erents-at the time, I could swear that the barrel of that gun was 24 feet long, and calibre enough for a man to creep into-at this stage of the proceedings, when everybody was expecting a tragedy, a Mexi- can, the owner of the gun, came up and coolly took it away from the man, then a startling discovery was made. it had been a gun, but now it had neither
 LOCK, HAMMER NOR TRIGGER,
 And could not be made to harm a musquito-what a sell. In the evening I paid visit to the saloon of Messrs Strout 6 Peoples; they were doing a rushing business, although the boys were getting boozy. An old eccentric, who has been on a spree since the 4th day of July, 1876, had the floor; it appears, as usual, he was broke, and the boys had just made a subsorip- ton for him that he would call them all up to drink; he got the money, studdied a minute to refresh his Irish wit, then as, bold as lion he marched up to the water barrel and called out, come up and drink, if any of yes don't like water yes needen't drink it. I retired very early, in fact too early, ,or I awoke about three o'clock in the morning, and could not get to sleep again; I got up and went outside to breathe the fresh air and guess at | the time; the sky was clouded, neither moon nor stars being visi- ble, everything being still and solem. l felt a nervous sensation come over me, and almost instantly my eyes turned to the spot wLere Mexican
 HAD BEEN LYNCHED
 Only the week before. Horror of horrors! What did 1 see before me? It was too dark to distinguish correctly, and imagination magnifed the figure, it appearieg like a man twelve feet high. and coming toward me; it looked top-heavy, as it plunged from one side of the road to the other, like ship in distress; my poor legs shook beneath me with fear; my hair, which $ curly, strengthened out like "quills upon the fretful porcupine;;" the Lord preserve us, I exclaimed, as I dis covered his ghostship had four arms; I sank to the ground. but only for a moment, self preserva- ton being the first law of nature, I gained my feet and flew to my quarters, and closed the door. For a few moments my heart beat like the big drum in the
 PHGNIX BAND,
 Then I heard a well known voice, hic-hic- ic-fourth-hic -hic-July I had recovered from my fright, and opened the door, when I saw a compadre boarn high up on the shoulders of a swarthy son of Sonora; they had been having good time, one of them being over come, like Jacob, of old, found stone for pillow, and took a nap in the road. His roommate found him and was carrying him to bed, and my ghost vanished.
 EGG MATCHING.
 The foreman of the mine is owner of several fine chickens. A small oox stands at the foot of his bed, n which he keeps eggs, one or two lad been left in the box for some ; ime. What was his surprise yes erday to find that one had actu- lily matched out, and with its for [ ner resident chirping around quite ively. Another came out to-day, ' nd was given to a neighbor who las a hen with a young brood. Io hen had ever set on the eggs, i; nd they were not covered up. The s thermometer is at about eighty de ,rees at it's lowest in this room. 2
 The next room is occupied by f dr. T. Bedding. About a month s lgo little bird came and built it's lest on a shelf few feet from the loor, and close to his bed. The ] ,ird would not be driven away. q