The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-24

- ing IN ihe ooalu Il iurrlc once rtaulni
about the Jumping Frog Of Calyeras.
4 when an idea struck him ths. some sort 0
a trieklike that would be splendid thin,
d 10 ring in on Maurice Hoeiiich. the mining
b expert Hoefich is around tho Office 4
p good deal, and whenever lac takes lunch
with Maoksy be is sure to get in some sort
e of a dispute and offer bet Msckay
don't like betting and irowns II down mn.
r less he thinks people are trying 10 bluff
him. At last he determined TO ours Hoe.
| aich OF his habit, and find where the weak
spot in his armor lay
Ono day he saw Hoefich on the stoop
playing with an enormous grasshoppcr,
i which he was teaching TO jump Hoe
flich's grasshopper could jump twenty
, three feet, and il was not long before he
remarked to Mackay:
I'm bet you 80 dot you oau't find =
: hinsect to peet him"
| Macksy bet $40 that he could beat it,
and Hoefliek raised him $40 at once.
The bet was closed at these figures, and
Mackay said that he would have the hop.
per there in day or so. He then sent
trusted emissary down to Carson Valley
to secure contestant for the winged
steed of Hoeaich.
The man spent nearly week roaming
in Carson Valley catching hoppers He
finally sent an official report to Mackay,
stating he caught over 1900 grasshoppers
and put them through their PAGES. The
best gait any OF them had was seventeen
and threc-quarters feet. He doubted il
bigger jump could be secured. On re.
ceipt Of the letter the Bonanza Prince tel.
egraphed to the man TO bring him up any
way.
The next day he arrived with about
dozen hoppers from Farmer Treadway
and Mr.. Mackay gave them quarters in his
room as Vanderbilt would stable his stud.
Each hopper had a cigar box to himself,
and every morning they we're taken out
and put through their PAGES. 1t was i'm
possible, however, to get one to JUMP over
eighteen feet, although all sorts Of invig-
Grating food was given them.
Mr. Mackay was in despair; bat one
morning hopper shifted at bottle OF
ammonia on the table and Immediately
jumped thirty feet. After making 'ew
experiments it WAS found that one Whit Of
ammonia so enlivened the heppers that
they could make jumps that we're almost
incredible. Next day Macksy announced
to Hoefich that he was ready for the
match. The expert WAS ready at nine
o'clock. an hour befsre the time, with his
pet hopper. Not finding Mr.. Mackay in
he sat down in his study and there noticed
the bottle of ammonia. While he was ex-
omining it Bridget, the old and faithful
domestic Of the Gould & Currie firm, came
in with:
Don't be techin' that numonia, Mr..
Hoedich. It's to make Mr.. Nackays
hoppers sprightly. Bedad, / behave, by
the probes OF st. Patrick, he's out O his
sinses since the pump broke at the north
ind"
Iloehich pumped the domestic and soon .
knew all about Mackays game
A light broke upon Hoeflich grabbing t
the bottle he rushed up the street to Per- l
kin's drug store, threw away the ammonia,
and ordered the bottle filled with chloro
form. In ten minutes he was back, and
leaving the bottle where he found it, got
out OF the place as fast Ms he could. il
Mackay soon arrived with half dozen 81
mining superintendcnts he had invited up a
10 see him have some fun with Hoeaich. d
They were hardly seated when HoeAich "
,ame in with the hopper in cigar box s
lnder his arm. 10
II vas leetle late, Mackny, but I'm it
lerc mid der hopper and der coin. il
He lsid down the money, which was b.
overed promptly. c,
"Any one else to bet'' ii
John Stewart laid down 800. n,
John Kelly put up $50. in
Warren Sheridan stepped in for 5000. th
Hank Smith wanted like amount co
Sam Jonos had only fifty dollars, but he sh
ut IT up. dc
Then few got in the cornor OF the room th
nd concluded it was ashame TO rope in ou
oohinAkin that way, and finally agreed
give the money back after they had mi
on it. Mackay then baDtercd Hoefich jed
raise the pot one hundred shares Of pc
nion Consolidated. Hoefich wrote an th,
der on the broker, and remarked: wa
Oars no limit TO de bets, gentlemen, do
coin speaks" Su
Nearly every man doubled his bet, and raj
en- Mackay got behind Sam Jones and do
his hopper sniff Of the ammonia bottle ees
lieh held Haehich's chloroform. sell
Time being called, tho hoppers were has
sced side by side on the piazza, aud at cd
0 vorp ''go" each insect was touched ON wc
e back with straw. Hoofichs grass oni
PIPER described ssmi-circle in the air
a scored twenty -four feet MLckay's am
We lazy lurch Of some four inches, and. at,
ding its legs across its stomach, fell cal
4 asleep. Jones svore that he could in
Ar 1t snore. con
Hoe1ich walked back into the room, the
ept. the coin into canvass sack, and and
.ciay wrote out an order for stock. and fesl
'efiich went mp the street with his sho
pper under his arm. leaving the others ly a
asianished 10 speak. Sheridan put hea
ammonia bottle TO his nose, and called for,
Icksy's attention TO the smell. mai
Chloroform, by graeiousr for
Then tue Miiesian woman who WAS the goo