SOMETHING OF A STORY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1536, 19 April 1887, Page 3

SOMETHING OF A STORY.

At^an illuetration of iho ' colossal liars ' of the Weat, Gen MoCook relates the following : He waß travelling among the Rocky Mountains and straying one merging from the trail, stood for a moment ent-anoed by tha magnificent landscape spread bJore him when he w&b aroußed fro*n hia meditation by the footsteps of one of the guides who had followed him lest he should ltcee Ulb way. 1 Is not this munificent Bill,' exclaimed the General, anxious to share his delight. •It's mighty purty, Gineral,' said the guide, ' but I kin chow you bigger sighta nor this. Why, one time Ksneaa Jim and me had been trampin' three days and nights, and we came to a plain, and right m the midst of it waß a forestall turned of solid stun !' The gereral smiled and remarked : ' I have heard of petrified treea, before, BID,' The guide did'nt change countenance but; oontlnued, ' But that warn't all, Gineral ; that- war a buffalo on that plain, and he war petrified on the clear jump, and his hoofß had kicked up a bit of sod, and I'm blamed if that wasn't petr!6ed m the air. ' The General turned an amused countenance on the narrator, and aaid : ' Why, Bill, the Bod would have fallen to the ground by the force of pravity. Without hesitation Bill answered, 'Well by-—. Ginera 1 , the gravity war petrified too.'