Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25

MEXICO.
ness gives it its name, and it deserves it. 1t
takes an axe TO fell each tree, and as the
quality OF tho different trees is always the
same, and that of the different axes is not,
even this ratio has to be changed occasion
hlly, and always in favor of the tree. There
Is story creeping around through the cac-
tus here that a tramp who wandered into
these parts Cramps do sometimes get lost
and find themselves in Sonora just oncC)
with the usual appetite applied to a place
For something to eat, and he was told that
If he would get out o certain number of rails
for rail fence that the proprietor would
give him weeks board. 1t was a days
work about that had been assigned him, and
bright and early next morning he sailed
put with his axe on his shoulder. Unfortu-
nately the most tempting tree he met was
an iron-wood; and he swung his axe and
sang the songo "The Tramp and the Tree"
Very late in the evening he returned with
The broken axe-helve on his arm and with
that tombstone tinge of countenance of
tramp hurrying from a box-car, gave an &C
rount of himself
"How many rails did you split to-day!"
was asked.
II didn't split any, but hewed out one"
was the reply; and then he resigned his
position.
When we got to Torres nobody seemed to
know any thing about wild hogs. AS the
train stopped here for dinner we had plenty
of time to talk it over. 1t then appeared
that wild hogs were to be found all the way
from Guaynas TO Nogales, but that in gen.
eral they were very rare birds at this time of
year, appearing only in twos and threes and
not in droves as in earlier or later months
In the year. In droves they are pugnacious,
and viii easily bay: but In pairs or so they
gre more tiuid, and not until they are ex-
hausted or overtaken by swifter pursuer
will they show fight. No Jd5difs could be
depended on, and as ! had only a day TO
spare, determined 10 move on TO Carlo.
where the prospects seemed better, and
which we reached IN time for supper. This
over, we busted ourselves about our horses,
mules, guides, dogs, etc. The superintend-
ent OF the railway st Guaymas had kindly
volunteered to telegraph 70 any point and
secure Us o YaQui Indian or two to guideus
after the wild hogs and any number OF hun
dreds of DOGS to bay them II needed He
said he could guarantee the dogs (and so
could anybody else who knew any thing
about Mexican village, but he felt duoi-
Gus about the Yaqui Indians.
Our first destination was TO ranch two
miles 10 the southeast OF the town owned
by Colonel Munyoz. Here we would get a
Yaqli Indian for guide and learn the latest
quotations as TO the peccsry market.
Shortly after rising in the morning
heavy clouds were seen in the northeast
which kept spreading and coming nearer
and nearer, with vivid flashes Of lightning
ana loud rumblings Of thunder, Until just
about the time we were half way to tie
ranch OF Colonel MQnyoz. it broke all over
IS with the full fury OF Sonora thunder
storm Its worst feature was its everlast-
ing persistency. never saw thunder
storm hang on for six or seven hours be-
fore in all my life, but this did. much to our
personal discomfort, and worst of all to
the serious detriment of the hunt Arriv-
ing n the ranch We found that the Yaoui