Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-10-23
The Rnss LiHr nf RnN-

The non-exacgerating story teller was at it again last night in ihe usual resort for disciples of George Washington with Timber tongues. They were all hunters who had met with wonderful success and an array of startling exoer- fences with the rod and gun at intervals during their itinerant career. One had shot an elk ID the right fore" shoulder and the bullet did not emerge again tIll 1t broke the skin below the hook of the | left hird leg. A second, while hunting | in the Sierra Margaritss, came suddenly
 upon a monstrous she grizzly and three cubs in a thicket of chsppsrsl. He was so startled that his halr bristled with indignation, and his rife fell from his trembling fingers. The bear WAS rush. ing upon him with foaming chops, and he turned to fly. loud crash behind | him and dull thnd induced him to | glance over his shoulder, when To! bruno | with feet ID the ar, was struggling on | the ground ID the last throes of death The gun on falling had lodged on d bush
 the muzzle inc!ining forward. This th e
 bear had struck fairly with her brisket driving the hammer. against stone. The gun of course immediately exploded aud her hearts blood flowed ID exDiE-
 tion of her headlong rashness. Another
 tad, once upon time, fired at panthtr | crouchlng in tree. The panther came
 whirlng from his perch, bullet through | hls heart, and after him tiutterel three
 turkeys and goose that We're rOostlng
 farther up the tree. That's nothing" sald No. 1, "when I was out bunting one
 day along s crick In Minnysoty, 1 sot ! my UplIcs onto 6s likely a buck as I'd ever seed sfore, Now, says 1, mister venisOu you're my meat anyhow: and | rig up onto my marrow bones and tuck
 a studdy aim at the but of his ear. Jes' es pulled, muskeeter eer sumthin' lit onto my nose an made me dOdSe bit, l but down cum mister deer keyshump es
 ever you see Well sir, heered some thin whiz savage like. an down kum 0 ] big fat squirrel that WAS R settIn' on q knot ov tree jes' across the crick. Them knots are awful hard you know, sn' when l that bullet struck that ar knot hee red ! i'm wh iz agin, GnglIn' down toward the l groun,' an sech a rosrIn' an hollerin' l never lecTcu before CT sense. .umIoU
 an looked aroun' behinst me on tother 1 side ov the crick, an there l seen the 1 biggest buffalo on ther plains tsrin'
 sn' s tumblin' arOun' like mad. Purty
 soon he stretched out, an Il knOwed he
 was dead, So 1 stripped of my coat quick 1 an started to wade across tbet crIck 1 The water wus purty deep: cumin' up to
 my arms sumtimes. thO't l felt sort nv a coOlness mixed with 6 kind uv 6
 bulgin' and lively sensation behInst noe, but I tho't twas nothin' but the under
 current plain its..tricks with the seat
 uv my trousers. till 1 went to cline up | the Oppersite bank, when. lord save you 1 gentlemen, l culdn't budge an inch. l
 was that heavy behind had to grab B root to keep from tumblin' over back
 ards an' drownin'. An sech squIrm-
 min an wigglin' an tioppInH l thot l
 he'd the jim jams an had em bad. l managed arter awhile to draw myself up to flat place when I foun' out that
 stead of snakes there was bout fifty pOun's Of the purtiest speckled trout
 you ever see, cotched in the sect uv my | breechesr'
 Grim silence reigned supreme, and
 several chins were resting OD the floor
 in a vacant way, when the proprietor 1 lu2ubriously announced the hour for 1 retiring.