The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-30
cAMr L1rE oN THE orNr1prpE.
A Buffalo Hunt-Lively Bulets-A King
In the Party

A Buffalo hunt-AAlNeiy Ming
In the Party.
Your correspondent few days ago had
occasion to take a short trip out ON the
line OF the Chicago, Texas Il Mexican
Central railway. facetiously dubbed the
Centipede by our friend Paddock, of the
Fort. Arriving at the camp of the engineer
corps on the north bank of the placid
Muddy in baptism of mud and rain,
we found the boys, surrounded by shaving
brushes, blacking brushes, etc, busily en-
gagged in adjoining their handsome persons
as though they were preparing for some
grand reception, when they would capti-
waite and laCerate the hearts of the
fair denizens of that salubrious locality.
1t seems that these festive young centipedes
had received pressing invitation to attend
Il reception at the residence of one of the
prominent citizens on the limpid Muddy.
We were invited by the assistant engineer in
charge to accompany the boys on their ex-
cursion. We were informed before we
started that it was but a short distance from
camp. We concluded we would accept, and
after yoluminous toilet, having our face
clearly shaved by the deft fingers of one 81
the boys. and our bangs neatly arranged
over our architectural forehead, we did
look lawful sweet" and Marx having lit
the electric lantern belonging TO the camp,
we took up our line OF march for the short
distance indicated; the night was so dark
that an average assembly of black cats
would have created an illumination, and
after gentle promenade with Mother
Earth converted into mortar of the con-
slstency of printers paste, which hung to
our precious persons with the tenacity ofan
ancient maiden to her first love, we
began to grow tired, and wished we
were at home, but atterward we Were glad
n
ments we came to the aforesaid residence,
when there burst upon our view such
galaxy of youth and beauty that we ina
gined We had suddenly been transported
t. the heavens, and were reposing amid
constellation of heavenly boiieS. The party
was to have been What they call here a can
dy pulling, but the atmosphere and the
space in the house was so permeated by
the fair and lovely damsels of the neigh
borhood, that the boys hearts were so
pulled and lacerated that they declined to
indulge i'll a saccharne amusement Dane
ing being prohibited, they all being young
Nimrods suggested that they would then
improyise
BUFFALO HUNT.
And although we are not much of hun
ter when we looked over the cane-brakc"
and saw the character Of the buff
falo about to be hunted, we wished
We were q hunter This lis game
that had been originated to take the place
of the dancing that had been prohibited,
and as the early aboriginee always INDUCED
in the festive dance after a successful hunt,
in this they combined the dance and hunt
in one taking their chances for success dur
ing the dance. One Of the royal family,
who, by force of circumstances and his heart
felt interest in the success of the "Cent-
pede," had joined his fortune to the camp,
threw his "kingly" person into the very
hottest of the fray, and while the young
"Bullits" flew care!essly around the timid
game while shooting" at the buffalo, this
King would frantically make rush for a
timid buffalo and strike centipede, and
the amazement of this scion of royalty, at
his mistake, was so supremely ridiculous
that the young buffaloes were convulsed
with laughter that they, without further
hight, allowed themselves to be
taken then it was that your
correspondent wished he was a
brave hunter or owned correll One long
tired, lonesome Built, which had been
Tying around the zane rather promiscuous,
finally struck young buffalo, when one Of
her comrades remarked that that tired
looking Built might "FitZ-you, but would
not suit her as she knew if she should be
struck by a Built, she would be sure to
have Fit, one thing we observed and that
was that several of the young centipedes
showed signs of mutny and dcSertiOn
They had heard while school-boys, that
there was Of the Lords chosen people, one
who was so good and pure, that he could
be, with impunity, thrown into lions den,
and one of the fairest OF that prophets fam
lily being at this reception, there were sew
eral of the boys who were determined to
join Daniels family in the den, and take the
risk of being devoured by lions, and to tell
the truth, your correspondent could not
blame them, for with such fair inmates
of that prophets family, we would be will
ing to ever be somewhat atfectionate with
1.-The king of the forrest, in order to be close
~ allied with that historical family. The
wit of the camp, however, lost his align
ment and got lost among the buffalOes, and
his lordship NJ de Cour, from Cork, got
his level ont of adjustment and lost his
proper elevation on the line, which was the
only serious accident that befel the party.
Altogether we enjoyed the trip to camp.
MIR. Elliott, the engineer in camp. has Sc
cured good line, and the people in this
locality hope that they will shortly he in
communication with their metropolitan
city. Although they are little impatient
Waitc-ng for the train, but they feel more
encouraged now than ever, owing to the
fact that the management is under the di-
rection of practical railroad men, and the
appointment of Mr.. 0del as general super
intendent, gentleman of large and prac-
teal experience in railroad building has
given renewed confidence in the enterprise;