Wichita eagle., 1889-07-21
PISCAToRIAL EXCURSION.

quite crowd Of gentlemed, mixed as to
ages but all eminently respectable, left
Wichita last week overland for sojourn
on the Walnut, being piloted by John No
BILE and 1ehued by Henry Brown, who per-
formed many astonishing and unheardof
exploits with whip, frequently accomp-
fishing the dangerous experiment of driv-
| ing double team single and as often driv-
ing them in the shape of a capital T., the
near horse directly across the road in front
of the off horse. But in due process of
time the crowd of bronzed faced and
hoarse voiced with cheering the driver)
nimrods came to a hating place in a
beautiful grotto washed by the plucid
| current of the ripping Walnut,
whereupon bivouced eight lively Wichi-
tans for the rest of the night as the jour-
ney so far had worn we'll into the hours of
the coming morrow. Each one OF the
party had his own hammock and each his
own private bottle of ginger beer, so
swinging amid the singing of the musical
mosquito. and lodging and veering while
ginger-beering they wore the night away.
In the morning many of the party wit
messed the grandest sight their eyes had
ever beheld. viz: the rising of the sun,
which had to be explained by several of
the gentlemen who professed some
knowledge of astronomy, as some
present grew nervous over the strange
phenomena Soon after this disturbing
cause, at the under tree breakfast the
second phenomena presented itself in the
shape Of one Cathewood, who astonished
all present with his Sullivan-like capacity
for coffee, he having drunk eight cups be
fore the others had one cool enough tc
swallow. Cathewood spoiled the ripplings
of the beautiful stream and noised the fish
into deep water by his splashing as he
STROBE upon the bank full of hot coffee.
Cathewood was rolled, after which the
fishing began in real earnest, but owing to
the short pointed make of the rods many
had to wade into mid stream, and
the costumes on this occasion were
grotesque and fun provoking, except one
or two old-fashioned fellows who ''coost
their duddies to the work, and linkest IN
their sork, and as a result of the on
slaught many pounds of splendid fish
were soon rustling and cleaning amid
the grass grown banks. A general good
time was had and an abundance of excel
lent fish caught, among them being
black bass weighing six pounds. The day
past and again the nimrods were swinging
in their hammocks. The third phenomo-
ma which presented its self and which
was disturber OF the ripping stream was
Guckenback. senior, who in his sleep
rose from his hammock and run a
race with the mosquitoes which were
around him to the river, a distance of
about half mile. Once upon the river
bank he awoke and for some time was
pale with fright and motionless as a
corpse. He gradually recovered his senses
and started for camp with sore and
bruised feet. He wandered around among
the trees and sunfiowers until the night
was far gone, and finally was saved by
white horse that CHANGED to be in sight.
The last and final disturber of the har
mony of the crowd was caused by the
doctor and the printer, who came into col
lision over the charms of rustic beauty
with whom both had become enamored,
each unknown to the other, the result be-
ing that the printer, as usual. won the
charmer, rendering the crowd somewhat
dismal on the homeward journey owing
to the moroseness and fault-finding of the
NJ. D., whom rumor reports
as yet being very nervous upon the topic
of the rustic beauty.