The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-07-07
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
The Only White Bufalo-A Curious but
jolly Sport -obeying His
Master.

on the plains brought in stories of hav-
ing seen at different times and In differ
emit places, and always in the center Of
large herd, white buffalo. They had
used their best horses in the effort to
overtake it, but to no purpose, never
being able to get anywhere near the
animal. At first we did not pay much
attention to these stories, but still it
kept cropping up from different camps,
and at last, in the fall Of 1875, myself
had chance to verify the truth of the
report. had been sent on duty north
along the Red Deer river and was camp
ed near large band of Blackfeet, who
were hunting south of that river The
buffaloes had moved north in vast num-
bers, and the prairie was black with
them.
l had gone out one morning with
party of Blackfeet to see one of their
hunts and also to try to kill for myself.
My horse was good one and much
faster than any belonging to the Indian
hunters. / had got detached from the
party, becoming tired of the slaughter,
and must have been at least 30 mikes
from camp, when / made for a small
clump of timber not far off, intending
to build fire and roast portion of
some buffalo meat had on the saddle
with me. AS approached the wood
band of about 100 animals burst out of
the brush and made off to the south,
and, yes, most certainly. in the middle
of them was a white buffalo. Although
they were a quarter of mile away,
there could be no mistake about ii. He
was there as large as life and quite
white and running like deer There
was no time to much more than take
in the scene, but 1 gathered up the
reins and was after him, determined to
bag that buffalo or kill my horse.
Oh, what race it was, mile after
mile And, although all the band, with
the exception of about dozen, had
split off and gone in different directions,
the white animal, with his bodyguard
of about dozen, kept at about the
same distance ahead. could catch a
glimpse of him now and then. and there
was no doubt he was snow white. Get
within shot could not for many miles
AT last they began to tire, and, al
though my horse was tired also, had
good hopes of coming up and getting a
shot. Alas, for such a chancel OF a
sudden my horse lurched forward on
his nose, sending me over his head on
to the prairie and turning somersault
himself, missing me by only few feet.
He had put his foot into badger hole
and brought my hopes of white robe
-
Every one knows about the use Of
email wooden boxes for rooms of doll
houses, but how many mothers have
thought of what nice little shops can be
made from this material3 Let boy
who can use simple tools fit up gro
Gerry shop by painting such box on the
outside, then painting or papering its
walls and ceiling and staining its floor.
A neat little design can also be made
out of strip of wood and fastened over
the front of the shop
A cigar box without its lid, sawed
carefully in half lengthwise will yield
two counters. Sets Of shelves for mer-
chandise are easily put on the walls.
Meantime the little sisters are busy
getting ready supply of bottles and
small pasteboard boxes to serve as recep-
tacles for candy, rice and such matters.
They are also rolling long, strips of cloth
about thin bits of board from one to
two inches wide, to make them look like
miniature bales of calico, muslin and
wooden goods. Last of all little set
tee can be made out of cigar box wood.
A stepladder a few barrels and
churns, some little iron rakes and hoes,
all purchasable at small toyshops
among the penny toys, !" will add to
the stock. A set of scales may be found
For from 10 to 25 cents to set ON one of
the counters Over the counter a spool
of coarse white thread is slung by a
cord from the ceiling Of the little shop
80 serve as twine.
Such shop can be used, by way of
variety, for grocery, dry goods shop,
and in summer time, when there are
plenty of flowers, florists This last
plan will delight small lovers of nature.
Empty spools will make nice pots, with
sprig of a bush or Towering plant
cluCh lutO Uue uOle Vi Tue EpOOl uOWeI-
pot.
Another use for box is to make q
little theater of it. The boy with me-
chanical skill will like to construct a
stage and to experiment with various
devices for raising and lowering a cur
tain. If he does not care to use the the
alter after his thirst for constructing it
has been satisfied, his sisters may like
to produce plays upon the tiny stage,
with china or paper dolls as actors.
Few mothers know about the posi-
bilities of the great boxes in which up
right pianos come as playhouses for
children. One mother utilized such a
piano box as dollhouse. She had a ear
penter fill out the top, which is always
slanted off, so the whole was a great
square box. He also put in partitions,
which made two upper and two lower
rooms, all very large, The box was
placed in her children's room, and
rod with two silkoline curtains shut it
off when they were not playing with it.
This house was for dolls but piano
box will make a real playhouse that
fbo obi1dray, 4boYnco1x,oo co,o GOT into II