| Show OUR TRIP we gyrated from a point just six feet north from the door of our office on oil friday last in a west direction for the purpose of gathering items greeting friends buying some meat for also to find anything that may have been lost affert walking about deett feet we discovered that the ditch in east temple street was being cleaned out through gh the energy ot of the gentile merchants who reside upon that street A short distance from that place we discovered the carcass ot of a dead cat said cat lad a hole through her bead evidently caused by a shot from avis a pistol in the hands of some unknown person but it is our opinion that this caffe cat fell 11 a victim to lo his bis lusty passions and deserved deserved all a 11 he got we met many friends who glad gladly y rushed out from their stores shook us by the hand and invited us to drink which we did in evelyin every instance we pro preceded ceded it in this manner addlin the same conveyance as far as the post office which Is situated near the california 8 stage t a gis office between the blacksmith shop and the corner got several letters the contents of which abich ls is private except one from our aunt which recommends us to wear red flannel and gum shoes we returned over the same goad road and had the good fortune to total fall in with our friend jacob jaca Su artze whose jolly red face reminds us of our lung lang syne friend st nicholas as he appeared in ill the picture books we took several drinks with him bought the meat tor for our he be refused to ea eat t because it was friday returned ned home after ter an absence of one hour and thirty three minutes in the same game delightful fix we started only a little more so and feel to bless god that vie we dwell in the valleys of the mountains where 6 euch 1141 things can be done without the ear r of i losing osing life liberty and conscience |
