Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-04

found near the foot hills, where
there is brush and timber, and
when flushed they will fly to the
nearest tree and stay there until
all are killed or you 90 away.
The jack rabbit will interest you
if YOU are IL good rifle shot so as to
take him at n distance, for when
he jumps mp he is runner. There
are also the cotton.tail and the
squirrel The gray squirrel, a
short, chunky fellow that burrows
in the ground, is SO plentiful that
YOU can get all you want. The
steel gray mountain squirrel, much
larger than our squirrels, is found
only in the pine forest, and very
sly, and if You get him at AL it is
at long range.
have told you about the hunt
cr's paradise, and now | will tell
YOU what can be done with the
rod and line. will begin with
the trout, the 'gamcst fish that
swims. He is very shy and even
after you have hooked him it re
Quircs the experienced angler to
land him, and when YOU see the
spccklcd beauty wriggling on the
grass You are almost sorry OF his
fate. The salmon is not sought
after 10y the angler, but can he
taken with the seine in any guam
tity. There is IA fine sea bass that
is caught in the surf on the sea
beach The black perch is a fine
game fish and is found in the in
land lakes; the pickcrcl is found
in great numbers, and there is II
fish called the yellow tail, that Is
caught with troll, and when you
find school of them YOU have
plenty of fun. There are many
other kinds of sea or deep water
fish which cannot now recall. II
is enough to say that the sports
man is at home here.
Now will go back to my story.
Dad and and several others start
ed for the MarIpaSa country, and
after we got over the Coast noun
tains we were then in the great
/ San Joaquin valley. BY this time
Dad had practiccd with his lasSo
until he thought he was the best
one. We were now near the San
/ JOAQUIN river, where we discover
ed a small herd of wild horses
Some willows prevented them from
seeing us, so Dad tied his lassO to
the horn of his saddle, put spurs
to his horse and away he went at
break neck speed and was among
| the horses before they discovered
him. He gave his laSso Il swing
and caught an old stallion, but
he was so much larger than Dal' :
horse he seemed to have the best
of it, and was dragging Dad, horse
and all, and Dad yelled for help.
When we came up to him and ask.
ed what the trouble was, he said
GIVE me knife to cut the laSSo. y
He could neither hold the horS,
nor turn him loose; SO he cut the
laSso and the old horse went gal
| Looping away. This ended Dad ,
career as cowboy.
The SpaniardS caught Il great
many of the wild horses They
built Il corral at the lower end OF
the valley aud extended wings out
on each side; then il number oI
them would 90 out forty or fifty
miles and station themselves along
in relays and start the herd i'll tn,
direction of the corral, and n
fast as their saddle horses would
give ont the relays would come in
and SO on until they were III tn,
corral. They would then selec
such us they wanted and let thu
others go.
Dad went on to MarlpoS;
and went to work III tn,
mines aud returned to the vale!
to wind up our affairs and in IA few
weeks started alone to join him il
the diggingS.
Next week | will tell of my tril
alone to the mines and of the hi!
trees and of Joaquin, the SpanlSl
| bandit,
(TO RE CuNTlNUEDD