Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-23
SAVED BY AMMONIA.
How Little Vial of It Was Used
 by Hunter.

In 1884, after two years prospecting for the delusive metal, found myself in the little mining town of Clifton, Graham county, Arizona, in that finan- cial condition known as busted" It is true that l still possessed about twenty dollars in ''long green" cayuse plug (pinto and aged,) Win chester rifle, a siX-shooter and tur- quois complcXioncd burro, named for his Castilian prototype Santa Anna, but l saw no way in which to invest these belongings with any hope of large and speedy returns. While pondcring over the fearful uncertainties of prospector's life and fortunes was approached by tall and bearded pard," who suggested that l return with him to the mountains, and in- stead of hunting for silver apply my talents to hunting wild animals He gave as his reasons therefor that there was always market for jerked venison, as well as q demand for bear and other belts; besides which the territorial bounties for destructive wild animals scalps were a consider atiOn not to be overlooked. His argu- ment in favor of the game against silver had it's effect, and in twelve hours l had invested fifteen dollars of my twenty dollars in grub, ammuni- ton, etc, and become the running mate and "pard" of Charley Johnson, eX-ranger and professional hunter. He invested like amount, and packing Santa Anna and Johnson's burro, a companion piece to Santa Anna, with all our property, including a dog tent we left Clifton one bright October morn ing for the hills of Graham county.
 After about two months of wander ing in the mountains near the New Mexico line we crossed over into that territory, and made camp within ten miles of the border. The place chosen was in a wcll-watered canyon, inclosed on either side by thickly wooded hills, on whose sides and summits we hoped to find everything available for slaughter, nor were very far wrong in our expectations. In three weeks we had killed, butchered and 'jerked" tWenty-thrcc deer, and had met and mastered seven bears and three noun tain lions, besides having kept our lardcr well supplied with fowl in the shape of wild turkey, numbers of which fused" in the locality.
 It had been our custom for each man, after getting an early breakfast, to mount his horse and start for the hills, with no settled time for return. If he found no game within five miles he could ride ten, or twenty, and if sue cessful, when his kill was more than his horse could pack, he would hang the carcasscs and return for the burros to make q load into camp.
 ,l. I H., January Johnson and l had left the camp together on one of our daily ex- cursions, and after riding together five miles or more separated, he taking a northerly direction for some pine parks in which the blacll-tail deer grazed, and l going toward the west, where juniper growth hourished, and where I expected, from signs" had recently observed, bear in some force roamed and fed. I had progressed about three miles, and was nearing the edge of the juniper strip, when l came upon large herd of wild l turkeys, out of which I succeeded in | potting a fine gobbler. This bird hung up by means of stout cord to a gnarled and stuuted oak tree, just on | the edge of the "bear park" intending | to take him into camp when l returned | in the evening.
 l was fairly successful that day in l my search for bruin, and when the sun was some two hours past the meridian, started home with the hide and scalp of large specimen of the berry-loving Ursus, silver-tipped variety. I had not l forgotten the dead turkey, and went aft CT him, though where he hung was some
 what out of my direct road to camp. l reached the neighborhood, and began | searching for the tree in which the
 bird had hung, which I soon found, but
 l was somewhat nonplused to find that the ordinary Thanksgiving feast had
 flown, and had left his head behind
 him. Some animal or influence had re-
 moved the gobbler, but what specific
 one I could not tell. The bird was
 hung too high for either bear or noun
 tain lion to have disturbed it, and tc
 have thought the robbery the work o1
 an eagle would have been erroneous l from the fact that no feathers or blood
 were discernible under the tree. Some.
 thing with four legs or two hands had
 climbed the tree and pulled the turkey
 down. I left my horse, together witt
 my rifle, near. the tree and began tc
 pick around among the grass anG
 powders with the hope that. might
 sec some traces of tho thief or his
 booty. had walked perhaps forty
 yards from my horse, when I found
 the mutilated remains of the prize O,
 the raffic, Thov were lying close be