Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-24

knowed twan't no rooster cause it was furry; an she runs fo' tn house holdin' it at arms len'th. She calls me, an sed f me [ get up quick, cause she had something an didn't kno' what twas. 1 gets int m pants sudden. fins a match an lit lantern an went out. An when I got thar saw't she was holdin' tn damnest 6ig skunk I'd ev' seen Ole lady, sezet to CT, hol' i'm tight'n I'll shoot i'm. She did it an 1 nailed i'm 'ith my six shooter-right thro' th' head. When l seen twas dead, l sez sezzi to 'er, Well, yo' sho' hay proved that th iel- Ter was rite bout holin skunk b tn tail An when she seen she'd had a skunk n 'er hans all th time I tho't she'd plum hay fit. l. sho done tn business all right"
 Recipe for Skunk Catching
 Huh; skunks is easy, said trap per-prospector. All yo' got t do is t get a old corn can. cat tn head crosswise with an axe ar' curl tn fo' ends inwards. Then run a string through tn bottom end az tie rock t it. Put in bit of chicken, r rabbit-meat T mos anythin ike that, an leave it out Tn skInkH come long anil smell tn bait, an is'll sao put his head int tn can. 4 skunk has a mighty small head, anyhow, y kno An when he gifts his head in. he can't git it out again, cause tn ends O the can ketch him jis5 back Q tn jaws. Then hell begin t raise the 1 ground around there an n tn mornin' i you've got MT Skunk. Course, t~on' t 1 smell pretty aroun' where he was a wallerin'; but all tn same you'll have am. g
 The man from up the Hassayampa then asked if any of us had ever seen what is known as a boomer-usual- ly a family that moves from place to | place in an old fashioned prairie 1 schooner. We all had Its won. derful," he said, how habit grows on one. Now l remember one time was ridin' thro' tn country, goin' [ , some new camp other. an I met up with some boomers. There was two wagons O them, one goin' one way. ! t'other th' other. As l com alon' tn wimmen was a-talkin' with their heads outn tn wagonsheets. I stopped a bit, an while l paid some tension [ the men-folks. twas the wimmin that 1 intrested me th' mosf Pret' soon one 0 them sed, Hain't v got a new wag- in since l seen y las?' Yes, was tn an'ser It's kinder strange bout I that Fer var CT mo tn ehillun kep ! a-gettin' sick rite along. an we could nit stop it 10 way. Emily We traded ] of tn ol studebaBer an bout a Bain-- ! an sense we've he'd this wagin tn FhiIiun's been s well 8 possible Now, y see, th' waggin was home t { 'em, an tn first wagin had got kinder oI-like. I reckon: an they think of aE ol' house that was damp-like."
 On Truth Telling
 We've got regular" in the camp an old-time placer miner who has ! been everywhere and made more stakes then one could shake a stick at He's a thoughtful kind of fellow too. and pays much attention to gen eral conversation, and reads with the attention of a close student. The other evening we were all talking be fore the fire, and he "butted in Said he wasn't no poet but that he had some poetry that was worth while because 1t pointed cut several morals that would be we'll to hsed-and this is what he sprung on us.
 Says Henry Smith to me one day
 I've got a few short words to say,
 The which. I want it understood.
 I'm teilin' you for your own good.
 An so I'll say, mos free an frank,
 Tn way you act is something rank.
 You drink too much, You smoke an
 chew,
 You swear like common sailors dc.
 You gamble, too, an lead a life Mos aggravatin ( your wife. ] An folks Is sayin all th time Tn way you carry on S a crime.
 Why don't you straighten up? 1 would
 I'm teilin' you for your own good. } SaysI to Mr. Henry Smith;
 2 Sense We are just like kin and kith , An sense you toi ne where ! fail . An why ] ought to be in jail. I'll speak a little word or two,