The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-16
From the Wild West.

: Prom the Chicago Inter Ocean.
/ A tall, bronzed man, wearing big gFa
E sombrero and otherwise fairly well clsC
stood at the corner Of Washington an
) Dearborn streets Saturday afternoon il
; animated converse. 1t was A. 5. Trud'
Just in from hunting trip in the vicinit.
of Yellowstone Park. His audience con
sisted of State Senator and smatter
! ing of plain, every day citizens, VIII
/ were attracted by the eloquent counsel
lor's description OF his adventures b.
flood and field, hair-breadth 'scapes, an,
all that sort of thing.
But after all, said he, 'for real game
fish give me the cold waters Of Northern
Wisconsin. Pm going-hello, Frank
"How dye do" said ex-CongressmaE
Lawler, coming up and shaking hands
"Why, what are you doing in town to
day? Why are you not at the picnic p
queried the counsellor.
@What picnic ?" said Frank.
"The County Democracy, you know, al
Columbia Park"
MY friends" said the ex-C Congressman,
as a panied expression roamed over his
features, and he produced some cards
and handed them around, "yoH will see
from this card that am now in business,
Just read 1.-THE Fianedy Back-water
Valve Company, Manufacturers and Pro-
prietors Of the Fianedy Patent Safety
Baek-water Sewer Valve You viii see
from this" continued the ex-Congress-
man, sternly, shat have left politics
and gone into the sewer business"
'Merely a continuation of the old
business" /" suggested Counselor Trude.
Then that tired feeling came upon Mr.
Lawler again, and goodness knows what
would have happened but for the arrival
of another retired statesman, Mr.. Pat
de San, erstwhile Of the Second Ward,
now of the plumbing business.
When ne was questioned as to the
cause of his absence from the Columbia
Park jubilee, Mr.. de San expressed him
self forcibly inlregard to the County De-
mocracy. Beautiful language Aoated out
till the air became 50 thick that the cable
cars stopped and citizens with offices on
the top floors Of high buildings ceased
work to listen 10 what they thought was
the rehearsal of a Wagnerian opera.
Counselor Trude was just about to pour
oil on the troubled waters by taking up
the broken thread of his hunting exper-
fences, when he espied a reporter sizing
up the picnic and fed to his lair
knowing the lawyer to be a mighty
hunter and full of good stories, the scribe
trailed aim to his Office, and was reward
ed with the following narrative:
EARLY N JULY"
said Mr.. Trude, II began planning for
my summer trip. The usual supply Of
tents, cots, camp stoves Of different pat
terms and sulued 10 the Farlatlons OF the
wind, cooking utensils and all that sort
of thing, was laid in, and then began
figuring on the party that l would take
with me.
eve left Chicago early one Monday
morning strong in numbers and full Of
confidence. There was my father, my
wife, four children and myself Then,
too, there was young man known to US
by the name Of Monte Cristo because Of
his wonderful tales of adventure, who
accompanied the party TO attend to the
culinary department Ny wife's maid
also accompanied Us, and to make the
party complete desired to call her Mer-
eedes, but to that she entered objection
and / was forced back to plain Bridget.
"At Denver We were joined by a num-
Der Of Iowa friends who had planned to
make the trip with Us. At Salt Lake
City we took the new railroad north, and
in comparatively few hours were travel
ing along the famous Bassett trail through
Idaho. We finally pitched our tents on
the banks Of Shotgun Greek near where
it debouches through a rocky pass into
Henry Lake.
FISH THAT ACTUALLY ACHE
From this lake and this stream the
hotels in Yellowstone Park procure all
their fish. am not exsggerating in the
least when say that brook and salmon
trout in these waters fairly ache to sdorn
the gridiron. 1 never saw so many
splendid fish, but strange to say, they
have none of the game characteristics |
expected from them. To one who has
caught the frisky mEskallonge, the Idaho |
trout presents no inducements. He is a
stupid fellow, fit only to be eaten.
Having spent few days fishing We |
broke camp, and employing competent
guides departed for that country south Of /
the Park where game is known to abide
the year round.
at is with considerable hesitation that
l speak the truth about the ducks and /
geese Of that country. Ny reputation
Tor veraeity has never been questioned,
but I am afraid it will be if tell the
half Of what / saw and did in that coun-
try among the web-footed birds. Several
nights while we were there We were
kept awake by the squalling of geese and
Of ducks that crowded about
our camp, greedily devouring the scraps
that had been thrown out by the cook.
At times, through sheer desperation, We
we're forced to drive them away in order
hat We might obtain q few hours Of
'lumber.
An 20 OREIDE LIAR,
IS you might be justified in thinking me,
I l tell you how a. one time a flight Of
sild geese obscured the light Of the sun
or i've minutes. More than once have
been out for couple of hours and re-
urned with at least one hundred and
lfty pounds Of grouse and ducks strapped
o my horse.
"Are there drawbacks to the country
5 q hunters paradise7 Well, YES, there
re several. The greatest, however. is
be number Of bandits that make their
Iome in Tat vicinity. Il is absolutely
nsafe for small party to 90 there look
~ for game. Unless enough men are
resent to stand guard, and in other
Tays afford each other protection, rob