St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-21
GLOBE TRoTrERs.

"Nlr. Stiffier," said brisk reporter, step
ping into the Office of that eminent attorney,
''the city editor heard you had just returned
from hunting and fishing excursion out
west, and he thought perhaps you would like
to say something about 1t in our paper
well, yes. don't mind. O'Rouke Muller
and myself did make up little party and
went up on the Brule river, Montana We
didn't fish any. Too late in the season.
Spent all the time hunting. killed a black
bear that weighed $50 pounds. We just
lived on antelope. elk, deer and bear meat.
Never saw so much game in my life. be-
lieve IL we had had a boat we could have
killed carload of wild geese. Partridges.
prairie chickens. quail and sage hens were as
thick as wild pigeons OH the roost. That's
about all know about the trip. Good day.
SIR
"Mr, O'Rouke," again urged the industri-
GUS reporter few minutes later in a bank,
our city editor understands you had big
time UP on the Brule. How is it?'
ION the Brule. oh, l see now. Well,
Stifiler, Muller and myself made up a little
party. and went up on the Yellowstone. We
did intend to hunt some. but when we struck
the river and found the fish so plenty we
gave up the hunting part. We caught enough
black bass, pike, pickerel, muskalonge and
salmon to load Northern Pacific train. /
caught one muskalonge that weighed 126
pounds with an ordinary split bamboo rod
and silk and gut iiae. The fish came near
capsizing our boat We lived on fish till our
bodies resembled hat racks"
And Stiffler shot bear?''
"a bear?'
$50 he says
''Oh. yes; l believe he did kill cinnamon
bear that weighed about $50 pounds"
He says black bear that weighed $50
pounds. Guess I'd better let it go black
bear: lead off with this. and add your fishes
to it,
Sail right; you and Stiffler for it. The
cold truth is, aside from the bear. we didn't
see game enough to put i'll tea. But fish,
Bless you. my boy, the river was alive with
'em. Good day.
what kind of trip did you have up on the
Yellowstone, Mr.. Muller. or was it the Brule?"
asked the reporter at the Office of Mr. Mullers
grain elevator.
II guess you newspaper men have got this
thing mixed up a little. You see, Stiffler.
o'Rouke and myself took a spin out to
Pierre, S. D., on the Missouri river, for
couple of weeks. Stifher wanted TO look up
some land interests on the Indian reserya-
ton. O'Rouke carried gun along and
carried it the Lord only knows. We didn't
see piece of game bigger than
'.stiffier's bears''
''Bear:''
Eyes, big"
''Oh yes; come to think now he did shoot
young grizzly cub that he flushed in black
berry patch. We brought it to Pierre in
spring wagon; weighed eighty-four pounds"
And O'Rouke caught a muskalonge that
weighed l26 pounds?"
I'LL didn't think he'd brag about it.
Yes, believe O'Rouke did catch big fish of
some kind"
IN the Yellowstone:' Interrupted the re-
porter, referring TO his notes.
you saw O'Rouke, eh?''
Yep"
Il don't know but it was the Yellowstone
1t was in my head for while that it was the
Missouri
And Stiffler's bear weighed $50 pounds?'
"Well-um you must have seen Stiffler.
too. Put 1t down $50 pounds; 1 didn't pay
much attention to it. got interested more
in the pearl fisheries out there
H'Pearls!''
yes; they grow inside the fresh water
CLANS you know. 1 saw schoolboys taking
pearls out of those clans worth $4,000
apiece. hundreds of 'em. We brought back
about 5000 worth. It's better than
gold mine. Give US a good send-off in your
paper" And. as the reporter slid out On to
the street, Muller kicked over a tall stool,
and, grinding mis- teeth. exclaimed;
T II don't allow no Stiffier or O'Rouke to
get ahead otEme lying about our picnic.''