The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
A TRIP TO ELK MEADOWS.

On July 18th having made the nee
essary preparations which had con-
sisted of Doc. Hamblins mule mated
for the occasion with an animal Of his
pretentuous ears, and harnessed to
Docs. lumber wagon, a comfortable
kitchen outit, bacon, beer, -four, whis-
key, sugar, coffee, salt, pepper and
more wh'skey and force pump.
After many parting solutions Arthur
Williams, F. Brown, Maricn Thomas.
d. B. Hamblin and your .correspo ndent
seated themselves as best DIS they could
among the parephanelia above men
toned and started from Oakland for
the locality so often spoken of as
aboundlng in large ard small game,
aud prolific with excellent horse feed
and splendid water. By acclamation
the vetrian "Doc" was chosen leader,
while Arthur naturally acted as aid de-
camp. The fest days tramp brought
us to a fine csmplng place about three
miles above Rowan,s mill where we
succeeded in capturing enough of the
| fianv tribe from the from the limped
waters of the Caliipoa to furnish rs
with sumptuous supper and break
fast. There our keg OF beer gave out
aud the empty cask was left with the
wagon. There also our leader viii
his usual forethought secretly cachet
enough of the tarrantula juice to reyiv.
our dropping spirits on our return
Sunday morning at an early hour We
packed our animals and star ted up th'
Bohemia Trail, arriving at our Jour
neys end in the evening. During ou
stay, each one of the party succeeded
in killing grouse, making five, all th'
game we have for the week except III
occasional one of z up, euchre or pedro
We saw however, several deer, but TOT
far away and too soon out Of sight t.
do m,rs than provoke MS.
We saw the signs where many a hear
Had WallnWed in the grasses there
And left his tracks and m, ny hol o.
When he went into Waiia tNaila.
Those who had told us that larg,
game was plentiful about the meadows
must have been "little off" or thu
game was during our stay at least
which terminated on Friday morning
when our grub was nearly exhausted
and our whiskev entirely SO. w
made the descent to our first nights
camping place in much less time thar
it had taken to go up the Monda,
before, aud here our patriotical leade
was clearly manifested and brough
cheers from all of lis, Doc emerged
from the brush, triumphantly exhibited
an /. X, L. bottle filed with genuin,
Bourbon. There in the wagon reclinet
the empty keg that so sson had partec
us companyin the beginning of on
troubles, and pinned to its head w
found the pencilled lines thar accom-
pany this cornmunicatIon-''he er,
insert" 1t was evident to all tina
Mart Taylor's nasal appendage hat
scented out where beer had been, ant
well could we imagine lis better dis
appointment ;shen it found relief il
the verses enclosed. What a wonde
that with his terrible instrument h
bad not discovered the buried bottle
The team was soon in readiness t
make start, and | took my fshin
iod in hand and 6shed down to th
mill, getting enough trout fer tw
square meales, while the party drov
down to the school house near Nor
pariel where Mart Taylor was takin
in money and tickets for his show
After supper our party went to th
door and were warmly welcomed b
Mart, and listened with pleasure t
his interesting programme. The nes
day with no mishap we reached HON
with the opinion that our trip thoug
not profitable had been really pleasan
RALPH HAMBLIs.