The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-05

the depot, armed to the teeth and
supplied with CANNES of all breeds,
sizes and colors. At 4 o'clock the
vicinity of the livery stables was
crowded with impatient Nimrods and
shortly after the rumbling OF carriages
and the pleasant greetings informed
those who attempted to sleep that the
invasion had begun and the column
had commenced to move on the terri
tory OF the game fowl. All day the
smell of gunpowder tainted the air and
the cracking of firearms reminded old
veterans Of skirmish in the CO.'S. OF
the hundreds who participated in the
hunt it is safe to state that at least 80
per cent were disappointed. Those
who were not were those who went out
for q good time with or without'' and
bagged a bird or two foolish enough
to tempt Fate.
Otto Snyder was one of the unfortu-
mates who got lost. At the first stop
he hunted mile or more and then at
tempted to return to the carriage but
lost his way. He travelled until his
Trilbys gave out and he ''met' a hay
stack when he laid down to sleep. His
party hunted for him some time with
out being able to trace him and as a
last resort uncorhed bottle of
"Schlitzs Export which was held
aloft that the breezes might watt a
scent to their missing comrade. The
wind must have been blowing from
wrong direction for even had Snyder
been asleep or dead, had the aroma OF
the beloved beverage struck his nos
trils he would have awakened or come
to life. Leaving him to his fate the
party moved on and it was not until
the shadows of evening had begun to
gather that the forsaken barber was
discovered. Then a haggard, half
starved figure was seen stealthily ap-
preaching town, taking all side streets
and alleys possible and carrying one
lone Bird He will hereafter wear a
bell when he gets outside the village
limits .
Jim Hartman, who took charge of the
battalion at the last annual hunt when
such effective results were secured IN
platoon firing, was out as an under
study and distinguished himself by
shooting-powder. A chicken, whose
brain must have been diseased, walked
so PAGES ahead Of Jim for a mile and
!, lthree-quarters, during all of which
: time the recorder kept up fusilade
J, and it was not until 'black-edge'' fell
besidesher that she smelt danger and
took to- the brush. Jim denies this
story but gave the editor a cigar tc
keep it out of the paper. Most Of. the
cigar is still in evidence.
} Another unfortunate (this one was
from point at least so miles from
, Princeton) abandoned the study Of
, ORTHODOXY to take up mammalogy
During his travels he came upon
small black and white striped ANNA
and called his companions attention
to this squirrel. The other remarked
that that it had peculiar gait ant
3 could probably be easily captured
} Adjusting his monocle the student o
nature made rapid strides toward hi!
prospective pet. The race was short
3 sharp and decisive. The squirrel
D switched his tail sharply, the air wa
D filled with the delightful aroma o
3 onions, assafetida, sulphur, etc., ant
D the monocle retreated. He als'
5 walked to town, ate his supper off tn
= head of a barrel in Landlord Newbert'
annex and slept with ''Royal Jack" il
, in the barn. When he left town Mon
= day morning he was shipped a.
''perishable'' at second-class rates. HI
5 finds himself temporily out of society
7 L. Pauley had his usual luck. There
n has never been a time since chickens
grew in Princeton that he took his gul
l home intact. This year was no ex
4 ception and the UNION has it on goot
/ authority that for two hours after the
4 accident, pieces of birthstone fell il
- that vicinity ranging in size from ;
U pea to hens egg while the leaves OF
5 the branches overhanging the bugg,
& were burned to crisp.
Some of the parties who assisted il
I the celebration were:
U Will McCuaig, John Peterson, F. L
= Small and G. S. Neuman, of Princeton
D Robert Manford, r. A. Paulson
F. Gudrian, And. Hoglund AM
Charles Peterson, of Minneapolis. ,
o Chris, Miller and M. H. Crawford
of St. Paul, e. M. Chapman, JOIN
Moriarty, Otto Schneider, E. D. Clag
: gett, of Princeton.
r Frank Huna, George J. Rank, Chris
t Figge and W. w. Dunn, of St. Paul
J. John Brennan and M. L. Carmody, O
Princeton.
l. L. H. Juergens, John Wells ane
g Frank Funk, of St. Paul, J. L. DOLBY
! and L. Pauley, of Minneapolis, Will
4 liam Nicely, William Cordiner, J. w
: Hartman and j. Corey, of Princeton
5 and Frank Head, of Boston.
d G.. w. Tanner and w. N. Murray, O