Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-03
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pr aTh Il. tAf Il Gauandsd awaS. afraid
F!nai.t =, si,Ta, ~ho vas wearing u
Nhs,. sat APRON. triad his hand aud
the de* :. s,stg!Eg the familiar skirts.
whl&.a Up II h.rn s.attaliy and Allo~"
ed h::1 I T. TAX a0ld Of In collar. J.
hin!an made IL. captare of the timid
animal. doat'iy sure hy getting a firm
hLid 0u the rar Of the creature and
whtls they ~sr- debating what Ia do
~tth IL, a man with q rope appeared
ana announced that IL VAS a pat Of
District Clerk S~seundino Romsro's
aud that /. had escaped during the
night. III. trembling animal vas turn
ed ever I him and be returned II 20
Ii. corral,
10 IL remarkable that nm one with
his hide half full AZ whiskey had not
run AGREES the fawn during the night
and filled IL fun Of holes. with the I'm
preston that II was a wild one fresh
from III hills. The capture II the
deer started a number at stories.
among the older residents concerning
similar affairs, some Of which are good
enough 10 he retoid,
Bear On Eighth
A poor hombre was walking up
Douglas avenue one evening several
years arc and as he turned the corne
nj the La Voc de Publica, he was, "a
put II mildly. astonished 90 M a bear
coming down Eighth street about ten
fee; away. He gave a yell that was
heard at the Santa Fee depot and ore
up the road towards town until people
on the street thought o cyclone was
coming. After he had gone three
squares he looked around to see II he
was gaining and could observe moth.
Ing. Pete Roth. the butcher. missed
his pet. a cub hear. a little later and II
was finally found up q telegraph pole
at the corner Of Douglas avenue and
Eighth street. which II had Skinned up
when the man let out the yell and the
poor scared cub could hardly be coax.
ed down.
Via the Round House
Another hystander related how O
jack rabbit entered town by the way
of the Santa Fe round house by mis-
take about a year ago and was finally
chased by a dog. Every dog on Rail.
road avenue joined In pursuit. and
soon all the CANNES In the south end
Of town were hot on the trail. The
rabbit went up Sixth street through
the heart Of town three jumps to a
square. followed by almost a half a
mile of all sizes and descriptions OF
curs, baying and barking at the full
capacity Of their lungs. Dogs Joined
In along the line Of march and the aw-
ful commotion was o o heard going
north Of town. The jack headed the
procession far past Green's lake and
II was neon before the rear guard o!
the pursuers began to return to the
city. red eyed and with swollen ton
cues almost trailing or the ground. No
rabbit fur could be discerned on their
chops. so bunny undoubtedly got away
For once there were no dogs in Las
Vegas and for a while there was more
commotion than any raid that was
ever made.
Found Ais Beaver
The final story COPIED them al,
Many years ago a resident Of the town
had a pet beaver but one night the ari
NAL got away. The owner searched
high and low, but never could find
hide nor hair OF him. A short time az
forwards Billy Woods was cuck hunt
ing with a patty up the Call;nas. AMI
seeing SOUe " icCt iuoFt1S thtouSA
the water, shot at it and was the MOS
surprised man n New Mexico when he
found that a beaver had fallen victim
to his gun. He brought the AL ma
home and swelled up until his friends
could hardy recognize him AMI pro
claimed himself d risnty Nimroi in
cidentasly he skinned the animal all.
sold il TO a west side hotel for an opos
sum. and one Of the widely advertised
features of the hosiery that day wa
a 'possum roast. He rested on his lau
rels for three weeks and no n coult
figure out how a beaver ever came t
be in the river at that point until on
day he told the story to the .wronl
man. who informed him that he haI
shot a pet that be could have Gale
up and killed with a club by whis
ting.
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