DAVE CAFFIN'S GROUSE.
Dave Caffin, who keeps a boai*ding-housc at Emigrant Gap, on the Central Pacific railroad, is very hard of hearing—can hardly hear anything that is not shouted in his ear. Dave is fond of hunting, and very often takes his gun and scouts about the mountains in search of grouse, quail, and other game. A Comstocker who was snow-bound at Cisco for a day 01* two lately, tells the following story about Caffin :—He had been oat hunting, and was going home with a grouse he had killed. As he came out of the wood and struck the railway track, he was overtaken by a stranger, who asked, "How far is it to Cisco ?" "Yes," said Dave, holding up his grouss, " I got one of 'em." "I don't think you understand me," said stranger; "I asked you how far it was to Cisco." "Yes, he's pretty fat," said Dave, " he'll make a very good stew." " You must be a fool!" cried the stranger. "Certainly, certainly!" gaid Dave; "there's a good many of 'em flyin' about, this year."—" Virginia Enterprise."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 41, 8 June 1876, Page 2
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181DAVE CAFFIN'S GROUSE. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 41, 8 June 1876, Page 2
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