The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-03
MEADOWS.
Our Correspondent Goes on
a Rapid River Ramble.


hbAboNSj ouly o., 1910.
ED. SIGNAL:-On Sunday evening
John Hancock arrived in the Mead
ows, and by prearranged plan he
and the writer started bright and
early Monday morning for Rapid river
on business combined with pleas
ure. While the writer was catching
his horse John went over to Whites
and hired a spy glass to take with us,
and 1T is unnecessary to say that
John had the glass to his mug most
of the time, as he is so afraid Of rat.
tie snakes. We saw Jim Perkins and
he borrowed look through the glass
at something far away on the hill, and
| think he must have found it, as he
had very satisfied smile on his face
when he lowered it.
We passed Messrs. Hinkley and
family and Denney, who are on their
way down there to live. We passed
John Wilson place but did not stop,
as he was in the Meadows, and of
course | had to look out for John, as
he is a married man and is bound to
keep from flirting. Dick Lyle's place
looked lonesome, but he has nice
garden and good crop of rye, be-
sides other things. No crickets on
his place. We passed Dave and Will
lie lrwins places on the other side OF
the river, and rs John is somewhat
nearsighted he used the spy glass and
was sure lie saw a rattle snake, but as
John sometimes has those spells
thought no more Of it.
We arrived at Bill Clarks at sup
per time, and by the sigh John gave
| guess he was glad of it, rs on the
way down he rode in every inconceiv-
able way. We met 'Grandpa" Don
ahue, Clark's foreman and fine old
man; also Ed Gage, who is tending
sheep camp, and Jim Eddy, who was
working hard AS ever. Perry Eddy
had just come down from Pollock ba-
sin with the moving machine, an Ohio
Buckeye Perry goes all around
cutting hay for the ranchers.
The next morning we started for
Ike Eddys, and after considerable
hunting we found his place on Shin
gle creek 1t is nice place after
you get there, but it is HI getting
there, and we would undoubtedly
have missed the place if we had not
used our spy glass frequently. We
stayed at Eddy's for dinner, and did
ample justice to the green peas and
new potatoes. On our way back Jim
Eddy came with us. We stopped Il
few minutes at Stan Lewiss and then
came on over White Bird to Sam
Evans 5, where we stayed for supper
and inspected his garden, which goes
far ahead of most of the other ranches.
Mr.. Evans has been laid up with
rheumatism, and is still in bad way,
but he has a wife who is a jewel, and
she can take the praise for the beau
tiful garden they have, and she be-
slowed an everlasting obligation on
the writer for the elegant supper, con
sisting of green peas and new pota-
toes, which she cooked to an elegant
finish for our especial benefit After
supper we pulled on to Jim Perkins
place, and as John was very tender
he and Jim slept in bed while poor
me slept outside on my saddle blank
cts, but slept sound as boy.
On Wednesday morning we pulled
our freight for home, where we arrived
hungry and tired, although we had 9
most excellent dinner at Tom Gould's,
in Round valley left John at tn,
saloon looking at an empty beer glass,
but heard he left soon after for Price
valley.
LOCAL ITEMS.
John Hancock, who was up from
Council last week. snYs TINT Hunt nnd