San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-13

were taken care of by Capt. q. L.
Fild, the acting general passenger
agent, and his Chief Clerk Capt.
j. A. Mcknight; and the two
clubs were taken care ,of Capt. II.
n. Gibson, the commercial agent
of the Mexican International rail
way in this city.
The first train to return to Mon
terey left at s p. m. and the last
one at 2 a. IN. Monday morning.
Everything passed off pleasantly.
There was not a single accident to
occur to mar the pleasure of the
day or night.
Our railway company will have
grand celebration at the San
Juan Park on the Fourth of July,
due notice of which will be given.
oNTHEIR BICYCLES.
On the morning of the 4th Capt.
Fred C. Burgdorfer, the president
of the Monterey Nail Factory,G. p.
Pripsham and William Schell, all
from the factory, left Monterey on
their bicycles for the San Juan
park. When ten miles out, Shells
wheel bursted, but the others kept
on; they got lost twice, and went
ten miles out of their way, but
they got to the San Juan by 2 p.
m. considerably out of fix. They
travelled over 40 miles.
HOW THE OPOSsUM FOOLED THEM.
A short time ago one of the men
who is getting out black marble at
the Topo Chico Hot springs, cap
tured a female tlalauche (opossum)
with seventeen young ones. AS he
did not want to be bothered with
her, he sold her to a railroad
man who is taking baths at the
springs, but he did not say word
about the young ones that she car
ried in her masupial (pouch.)
That night he tied her in his
room and went to bed leaving the
lamp burning. During the night
he woke up, turned over to take a
look at his roommate, and great
was his surprise to see her, covered
all over with young ones. He
jumped out of bed, turned up the
light and when he turned round
to take a look at his Opossums. She
was laying on her back grinning
at him and there was not young
in sight.
He again turned down the light
and went to bed. In about two
hours more he woke up took a
look at his OpOssum, aud again
saw her covered with young ones.
lie jumped out of bed turned up
the light and there she was again
laying on her back grinning at
him and not young one to be
seen. He then began to rub his
eyes to see if he was awake or
dreaming, and found that he was
awake and all right, but somewhat
nervous. He then picked her up
and examined her, looked under
the bed and all around the room,
but could not find young one. In
order to steady his nerves, he
poured out a little Kentucky hard
ware, drank it, turned down the
light amp went to bed.
At about in the morning he
awoke turned over to take look
at his opossum and there
with the young ones he jumped
up, hallOwed murder, rushed out
on the gallery and would have
cleared that fence in one bound if
some of the men had not caught
him.
They then took him back to the
room, picked up his boots shook
them, picked up the OpoOssum,
and showed him that they could
not have any. young ones on his
back; examined the room and
could not find one. The man be-
gan to turn pale and would have
rushed out of the room if they
had not stopped him.
The men concluded that they
carried the fun far enough so they
told him that the oppossum car
ried their young in their pouch
until they were large enough to
provide for themselves. He shook
his head and told them that he
was not tender foot, and that
they could not stuff him with any
thing of that kind.
One of the men then picked up
the Oppossum, and took one at a
time out Of her pouch and set
them on the table, and told him
to handle and count them which
he did, and he counted seventeen,
when he got through he told them
that it was his treat, they could