Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1882 — Trouble in a Silver Mine. [ARTICLE]

Trouble in a Silver Mine.

[Laramie Boomerang.] A few nights ago a well-organized effort was made to jump the Centennial mine, which came very near being a success. The parties who under too a to jump the mine were two Rocky Mountain pole cats with a bad record. Almost as soon as they entered the tun nel from the east the men in the mine began to suspicion that somebody with a bad breath was in the lower level. The suspicion grew uutil.it as»um*d about the size of a bale hay. It Was resolved to drive out the intrude!* Mayor tfbwney went kown and threw a chunk of free milling (IfUanz Vt the enemy. Then the Major went back to the rest of the party to hold a consul-

lotion. " The rest of the partv didn’t S em so tickled toseebirn-as he thought toey ought to be. Thev shunned him and evaded him, and told him that his presence wasn’t agreeable under the circumstances. Although thetoiue is a very valuable onej it was almost decided at one time to abandon it to the jumpers. At list, however, everybody made a grand rush for the tunyel aud demolished the euem.v with longhandled w shovels. Major Downey bunded down the information into the office with a long pole, He also told a friend tbit he would go out of town this forenoon to a quiet spot, beyond the graveyard aud change his clothes. The R >cky Mountain polecat, before it is domesticated, is not prized as a song- 1 ’ ster very much; but he has a way of making his presence felt wherever lie goes, and even Ju death you can not forget him. There Was one of these docile creatures got into our cellar once a good many years ago, aud, the ventilation of„ the cellar being very poor, the air was soou vitiated to such an extent that the clock stooped. We don’t care for death iu auy form|iu which it may come. Those who know us will agree that we never weaken. We have faced the deadly watermelon, wtieu strong men were falling thick and fast, aud we have stood at the muzzle of a daily newspaper and mowed down spiiug poets like broad swaths of timothy hay, and never weakened or squealed; but the dappled quadruped witu the a'l pervading presence appeals to our valor iu vain. Our victory over him has altvays been vicar ous.