New-York tribune., 1886-08-08
COLORADO HUNTING.
SALT AS A DESIRABLE WEAPON.

ASPEN, Col, July 22.-In travelling through
the Rocky Mountains IN wagon person roushs IL Id
more than Iiis food Is necessarily lmpef'
focy prepared his he'd not Of tue sybarite Order ana
his soclety extromely crcumscrbed. But 1t Is on t"e
road that he roughs 1t botn literally and hgurauvev
When Colorado man tells you that road 10 good' no
means that 1t il worse than very bad New ior" o
Pcnnsy highway whom hs tells you IL 10 ia ITO
means thai n your horses are sure footed anu u""
enough TO climb over the rocks aud slip into tho
washOuts you will probably got through all ris" u"
less indeci the road should provo too marrow o' you"
peculiar sort of driving when then tho trees MY
feet down tue bank will arrest progress towa" ~
bottom OF the when he tells you II IA oao w"
WILL unless you are a man OF UNUSUAL !ortitude tur"
back AMI 20 some other way. At sada they told us
the road Monarch Pass not very bad We "c'o
sceptical. and took the moro southeriy rou'o owe.
Poncl0 aud Cochstopa PASSES At Gunnison VIC HUI
q man who had brought his sick wife over ny way u
Monaich. Was the road bzlt" asked "c''' nv
replied, drove nearly qnarter OF "iio 0" '"o ''
road track and had send my boy back t" oas ''p
tnat did not until was s." taf do"h '"' INV" W
could not get of OF IT. :"
Inst over Poncno tho San Luis Valley varginS
IN uidth from miles aud nifty milos long,
Surrounded every side By the great snowy peaks IL
4, one of the charming spots In the State IL was
here IN he sasnache River that found our first trout
fishing | had never caught many OF the speckied
erceuluc whol baited with silver dollars But they
tod us IN the valley that perseverance and dark
brown Ny would In nearly every instance NOOK hsh
I'm Saguache. After y wonderful display or patience !
eucceeded In landing small oDs, which 10 It's srue9"S
Oh tho uank hurt Of It's eyes My friend who had
Deen in lugins satirical remarks my mo ie OF hs
In, soon di ,coyercd the injured eye. DIDN'T tell
you," lie sad triumphanty. that your method OF non"
Ing fly would del.de nothing bat trout with SONS
optical defect in;o belief that 1t was succn'e
inscctl Since then have both caught many lis" ana
fine ones, too. Tho other night while camping along
Teyn in TIvlO n @
III all its hearings.
Suppose now." said. layn: down general PROPOSE
tion but giving special application. you were t'
catch Tomorrow trout that weighed fully nve pounds
woud you to tell anybody that you had caught ia
Texas Crsek a trout that Weighed ohr ponnisf
Cert ,Ely said ir and with the air OF man wuo
fcarel no Consequences
Don't you know thai II yon did your reputation for
veracity would be ruinei Orover Nothing plays snch
havoc with a mans character fonr pound tout II
In NE you snoui toll the person some unusna
story the first Thought that would arise IN his mini womb
be: Oh yes; hes tho man caught the four pound
front in Colorado But really. don't you think that
big one caught today ~ois ied four pou nds 4
SO" be replied. don't think It would 20 over two
The evidences Of decrease In wealth aud population
that me"s with In the mountains are Striking n
direction tho rests abandoned ranches
and deserted cabins The Jared wors' than
the country hcgiri which followed the collapse
OF the mining boom OF five or ak years ago Gunhi
son WAS then prosperous mining camp fn OF mcn aud
money whero ordinary laborcrs received - and
IS for days work Now 1t would serve as monument
TO osertan and decay. This will DO sooi towu ye'.
mark that there Is plenty OF niue al In Theses hills ana
somebody will strike it after whilo. said shopkeeper
10 II the Old story of hope struggling against
despair which is Characteristic OF this mining country
l thought tho dNryman met gave n moro truthful
picture OF us future whom ne said: DO yon SEQ those
fellows ccinc river, We'll they snaport their
all iS In do
around Gunn~ou now. ana when that s"nrcs OF supply
becomes exhausted as rapidly H. there won't bc inucb
left" Up Crested Butte whore they mine the coH
tat is most like tho Pennsylvania antiI Iscio. an old
pper said hundred teams used To pass along
.ae daily. We canpcd h:s caon one DAY and
counted throc teams passn: by.
Among pc opls VINO havo travelled thronSn me noun
.aus there will denial of tho fact that tho pro'an
ny heard tho neichbotnooi OF sr mule team Is the
most lurhi and sulphuIons to bc i"und III C"i"rH'"
ptrn wanted kR0 to reason OF THIS ana at Cie'tei
Butte had gooi OPT Iortuniiy Ia iind It, nuo team
was st.us gliug up little h II amidst voey OF oaths
'why do nue drivers s~eAr 40 viS"ronsyi Asked
OF the fountain head of this bla,phemy. Wo L. he
said. mule won't pull at all thl you sweat at him
Then, tho second place. I've got tou more coai on
hoe than these mules Oushtor pull. don't load tho
wasol I'm expected L, pnll 1t TO the town II 20"
Vas driyrn' what woud yon dol Throw OH the extra
toni II you did yond ho bounced tho next day ku
make them mules pull two than you with
your whoa and git up'" what splendid subject
you are, thought for powerful tract On the sin OF
swearing"
A few days camo TO thc deer cOnntry. My
friend was generous enou; to aow Ia shoot the nrst
deer. Decr-5talklmg WA 40 now thing Ia him Eight
Years ago he had travelled with two companions
through this region. which then nothing moe than
IL solitude. They los, their road. and would have
sai we'd death but :or small supply Of beans which
were apportouct ally anons tho monitors OF tho larty
Their ammunition WAS ucariy SpcnL ani they dare not
use the residue shooting game. O"e day we met
some la hans vino hunting" he told me We all
thought we hal seen for the last time. But
they FOR they told us the way ovor
the mouutains.
| WAS delighted with the chance OF furnishing tho
Damp with tho hIst venisoo. During the day wo Id
sceu a number OF Dumbrr of Indications OF bears. and
ons memibcr .. tho ciHnaivu Drawn brood of that
Interesting family mad been discovered JiSt AS We came
over the ,row vi u hi few miles ivm A,pcn We mad
s~en no deer.
Don't you tank this would bs good place TO cani T.
asked my friend came de- VII into tho valley.
repc that Thought IL would bc. hut hal aecici
Icens That, compared VITA to nnmber OF gronse ana
deer ,hc pi-ondefahce % 'crs in'ererch c"hsiornoy
with tbs chai nm r'ct"re'qnencs oi tho ilI.soape
eight years ago" SAID friend. .
Di obey attack yo' r. asked anxioas to get al
the Information could about thcsr siamins. couic"l
crcures very comic al when tic shan "onc
with tho hears tai toward you
No." ho auswefed' but there IA ono thins you want
10 remember when you out nantinA; oven II pear
don snoo' 1t him. because II you wound
keep nli,d tdat you not hunting hears
-On. sha do That, assure yOu." sad: haven I
lost heare"
good deal Of clamJerne among the trees
foumi u deer tho trail Gown which tho Iaino
Ia water. - frequently travciloi that no
erts upon IT, We dctc mined that after sundown
would Ouisce,s IL and await the COMING
the victims An Lour ei0Ic sunset wcio lying
III looking for the advent Of the deer The
moon aud sui lao game aJ pc,ref
We're tho wrong Al lie: tue wind IL blowing from
Us 10 sard the tmlcr,' said my companion.
moved To the other sic - tho trail and short
dstaucc II. Presently rIstIing noise heard
II only fox, but 10 my imagination excited by
th- Vision that bear, lc hat The piolot ons OF wolf
An hour laIer heari the tramp OF deer. 1t n
huge buck win enormous antcrs
Don't shoot him" sai my iricnl. hos the or
of all the Aspen cOl0ny OF der and rs tongh low
cry porfcri0usc src,k When yon nre aim at u small
one " Iour more Immediately came along Shoot
the trIrd ono" hcari whispered behind me-
Il seems a pity % kill such little beauty as that
dOc.ut ilI' sad.
liz l,1cuu f breaSflst nncss YOU shoot deer, was