The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
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He Talks intei!igently of Cats. Horses
and Other Things.

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He Talks inteisigently of Cats. Horses
| and Other Things.
| Congress will convene next Mon
day, replenish their weasel-skins,
and adjourn for the holidays.
| MIR. Marsh, of Weston, has been
engaged to teach the "0nion"
school. School will commence
next Monday.
| Hog killing is the order of busi-
ness among the ranchers, and in
consequence the small boy is busy
and happy initiating the pig bal
loon.
Hans Van Smash has returned
frow two weeks trip to Webfoot.
He report having way up time
and feels considerably buoyed up
as consequence.
The patrons of the school enjoy
ed q Thanksgiving dinner at the
Twojinks schoolhouse. The visit
ors were entertained with pleas
ing order of exercises rendered by
the school.
As a general thing, it is all right,
as winter with its chilling winds
and icy blasts approaching, tor
shade trees to divest themselves of
their worn and faded apparal, and
arrayed only in their sombre robes
of forgetfulness, sleep through the
dreary months, to be awakened by
gentle spring to the necessity cf
again donning their gay attire. AS
before stated this is, as a rule, en-
tirely proper, but; there excep-
tions to all rules, consequently to
this. For instance, that locust
tree in front of the bank, should
wear clothing all the time. A pair
of bloomers would be very appro-
pirate.
John Foss, Tom Purdy and Chas.
Fischer left Monday on Wild
goose chase. Their destination was
the mouth of the Yakima. They
were we'll supplied with goose bait
and other accessories necessary to
camp life on the raging Yakima.
Reports say that wild-geese in that
vicinity are as numerous as grass
hoppers. 1t is foregone conclu-
sion that they will kill time and
catch bad cold, if nothing else.
Counterhopper Fisher will do the
gun work, while the other boys,
Deacon John and Tamarac Tom
will act as decoys. Iftheir venture
proves successful they will ship in
few car loads of wild-geese over
the w. & G; r.
| A few days ago the celebrated
bay filly, "Oregon Wonder" the
peerless trotter that Jim Hays
drives to his delivery wagon, wac
standing quietly in front of Kirk
lands store, apparently enjoying a
refreshing nap. However, a close
observer might have detected the
fact that the filly was snoozing
With one eye open, evidently or
the lookout for the red flag, which
she recognizes as a signal for trial
ofspeed. Her peaceful repose, or
cat-nap if you please, on this oc-
casion was Of short duration, and
was rudely disturbed by an unfore-
seen incident. Kirkland's cat was
in an unusually playful mood,
scampering and cavorting about on
the eide walk. Suddenly it made
a dash and ran up one Of the sore
gon Wonders" hind legs, presum-
ably mistaking it for tree or tele-
phone pole. Possibly it may have
seen mouse, though the idea is
hardly tenable, as Jim minipulates
a curry comb too often to allow for
the possibility of mice building
nests on horse Of his; still, what
ever its object, it don't change the
fact that the cat actually climbed
the rear limb of the bay filly, the
peerless trotter. This seeming
familiarity on the part Of the feline
greatly disturbed the equinimity
of the equine, in other words the
Oregon Wonder" probably wond-
ering what was the matter, became
quite animated and danced an ex-
agerated fandango to a finish, and
would have ran away only for the
timely arrival of her driver. Dur
ing the melee the wagon ran over
the cat, though without any salts
factory result, as il escaped unin-
jured. Thus, what threatened to be
a serious catastrophe, happily