The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15

II VS. Strong oider.
.1yee that some modem Munehaaser
has beeb telling tAat b drank vine cha
was old when Christopher Columbus VA
kid" said David Nicholson, ~ no Lex
the corridor man into the Botthern Anne,
topses if any Of that aaoieat viqtage hal
been Imported. Nov that WIS 4 trul,
remarkable atory-too remarkable to b
true. Ever since the days of Marco Polk
travellers have been. too much inclined t.
indulge in poetic license. 4 jar Of wine
even though hermeticajly esealed. viii
solidify in $50 years. # he had told Y.
that he ate vine of that age the prevari-
cation would have come within the range
of the possibilities onld haye been an
artistic fiction. / am something ofarlial
myself, but believe in the unities Of &c.
ton. .
The oldest liquor I ever absorbed was
cider that was made about the time the
owner of the little Ratchet got CORVALLIS
in hole at Yorktown. Ny gfest.gra6d-
father was Marylander snd~a faithful
subject of Three eyed George. He was
a great lover Of the unadulterated juice
of the apple. About the close Of the
Revolution he made kegof cider for his
individual use, boiled it, added little
mustard and put it away in his old stone
cellar. But the good man did not live to
enjoy it. My grandfather did not love
cider; peach brandy was good enough for
him. My father kept the keg until the
anniversary of Corvallis surrender,
when We put it on tap. 1t was 100 years
old and had doubled its strength in q
ratio Of geometrlcal progression. 1t was
more searching than French brandy
dashed with absinthe. We did not know
it at the time, but we CLEANED that knovl-
edge week later, when the neighbor-
hood had sufficiently sobered up to In
quire whether the State had been shaken
up by an earthquake Or overwhelmed
with land side.-St. Louis Globe Dem
Ocrat.
How the Woodcock Carries Her Young.
For long time naturaists have as
serted that the woodcock when her brood
was in danger, would lift them, one at
time, between her feet and fly with her
burden to some safe cover, but until late
years sportsmen have been inclined to
discredit these statements. Now, how
ever, it is an acknowledged fact in nat
ural history and many hunter in Mary
land, Delaware and Connecticut has be-
held it with his own eyes.
The woodcock comes. north early in
April and makes his summer home along
our eastern sea coast going as far inland
as Ohio and illinois, but never selecting
= northern latitude. He migrates early
in October, taking pains to get off before
frost if possible, for his entire food being
worms and insects if the ground was hard
he would fare badly. Unlike most wild
birds the females plumage is very nearly
as brilliant as her mates, and in size
they arc also very much alike. In ad-
dition to their wonderfully long, sharp
bills they have large eyes, eyes that are
anything rather than bird like, and full,
protruding breasts. In weight they
average 121s ounces, and are famous
llyers and swimmers.
An eastern naturlist aud sportsman de-
scribes the flight Of the mother with her
young As being one of the most pathetic
things he had ever seen. 'Grasping the
little one between her feet, with low
call to the others, she f1uttered
her wings and rose from the ground,
trolling her burden higher aud higher un-
til it was supported between her thighs.
She few very rapidly and in an incredibly
short time returned for another, and so on
until the whole brood Of ave had been
safely disposed of in distant thicket"
As it is the gameist bird so also is it
the most Intelligent, and gwen to all sorts
Of misleading devices. It is said that no
other bird possesses such powerful ma