Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

urbs Of Chicago, snd now feed az prl-
vate house not far from the grounds. 10
saves car far and gives more time TO
see the exhibits, which are out OF sight
aud no mistake.
like the specimens OF taxldermy
best Of all. 1 can stand by . stuffed
bear and enjoy IL for hours.
Sometimes the work Of a taxidermist
Is not successful. / knew An army OH
Ger who used 80 fill up wild animals
with arsenic and autumn leaves, but
they kept getting ripper aud opening up
like q boil Of cotton, 50 That the serV-
ant had to keep putting back the au-
tumn leaves. The officer also poisoned
three private soldiers by keeping his
arsenic in solution In = deserted gin
bottle.
he stuffed a mountain lion, or puma,
once, and placed him on exhibition AZ
headquarters. The commanding officer
used 10 shy when he passed by 10 as =
delicate compliment TO the taxidermist,
but he almost knew IL was not a Wild
animal. No one was fooled by IL except
a man who had been seeing things Tor
over a week In tho guardhouse WINE
suffering from alcoholism.
The lion was represented 70 DO In a
| crouchlng attitude, and as time went
by he seemed 70 crouch more and more,
same as an ice cream elephant does
udder the steady gaze OF the iresh chill
air. He had widely distended jaws ana
fiery gums. Farther back one couId
discover the autumn leaves.
Spiders spun their webs across the
roof OF his mouth ana from fang 10
fang, and mice made their nSsts and
reared their young in his abdominal
cavity. | never saw anything that
seemed TO teach me as be did the ter
~restrial nature Of earthly things.
Moths gave him a bald spot on the
stomach, and one eye came out aud
gave the other one q keen, searching
glance.
| was a justice Of the peace, marry
ing people ever and anon-people VINO
afterward introduced the white breed
into the aristOcracy Of the west.
A friend who showed a good deal OF
genius IN this matter gave me q stuffed
bird which combined the aerial aud am
phlbious qualities OF this beast. IL had
the fierce intellect and carniyorous head
and beak OF the eagle. and had his TAIL
loaded With lead to keep this massive
arrangement from tipping him over
He had the feet Of y sage hen, the torso,
or trunk, Of the csnvaIkeck DUCK anu
the tail OF the blue jay.
II was great sport TO 3 hunIsIs
TO look st il and tell me what no OF .
bird IL was. / collected 10 cost
iii -. Ian1 ~ hand arg. ntn
between sportsmen over this bro, ana
would have collected much more out
the constable could not collect mileage.
and so disclosed the truth ~ the end OF
two years.
remember a bitter and acrimonious
fight that grew out Of the discussion OF
this bird one bright May morning. be-
tween = man named Lyons from Vtpe-
gar Hill and another named Soiled Muir
ply Of the Tai Mainland, since 20
ceased.
Mr.. Lyons was IN the Office As = wit
ness in another case, aud Murphy In
his great specially as q drunk and dis
orderly. We had just concluded the
case and | had stepped down the wool
sack ans hung the judicial ermine
across a cnair, intending TO put some
more wood 10 the stove, when the AZ.
tentlon OF Soiled Murphy was attracted
to the bird.
asked him, as an old sportsman.
what he thought Il was. He stated u
was what wa called the canyasback
hell diver, With abnormal head, bat
Lyons claimed that It was an alkali
kingfsher.
Other hunters who had hunted free
drinks all the way from Julesourg 70
Yuba Dam bad told me how they had
killed hundreds Of them on Pawpaw
creek and south OF Dirty WomAn's
ranch.
solled Murphy said they used TO tust
swarm on Hutton's lakes while they
we're molting, and lived on horned
toads. which they swallowed whole Tor
| the dellrious Joy they experienced ~
the toads went down.
The feeling got more partisan I'll
Lyons made a pass at Murphy with .
box Of fresh sawdust that had been put
there when / opened court. II was OBJ
tanned from Valentine Bakers collector
OF abandoned furniture and bad debts.
solled Murphy then bit him over tho
organ OF frmness with the judicial
scales, which had tboughtlessly aid
across the woolsack.
In the afternoon / tried the case, Ly-
ons trying TO get a change OF venue on
the ground that / was ~prejndieed. l
denied the motion, telling him that l
never allowed anything 70 prejudice me
In q case. / was not only perfectly FREQ
20 try It. but would rather try 10 than
not. Having seen the fight, now could
I be ~prejudlced. Lyons was found
guilty. for why fine . man like Soilet
Murphy. who had no money?
l was always against capital 10 such
cases and rarely hDed . poor MAD. 1
was Always the friend Of the poor man,
ANYWAY. and where / could mos get th'
costs from one Of the parties ! had
rely on county orders a. 60 centkep
dollar.
I was rs-slectsd twice before
lltlcal policy was discovered.
Before / leave / may write
| other letter from here rer
fair, giving you more inf
garding IL
The dance I spoke OF
before 1 could get IN
known 10 was really not
never would have thou
but Pitcher, our schof
here ~ the expense
trict obtaining ad
siudYins rational
said Il w. 1-',T
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