But for rich treasures of friendship,
formed with many ladies and gentle
man of first rank—nature’s truest
types—l have gathered richest stores,
not to speak of the souvenirs and
presents that will help to store my
cabinet and boudoir, and ever be
cherished most dearly. In short, my
visit has been an unalloyed source of
enjoyment and happiness.” It can
not fail to be gratifying to the people
of Colorado to be assured that “Gus
ter” will not ridicule o£ find fault
with that people when her lecture on
“The Northwest” is delivered ; and
we congratulate that people and that
Territory that they are not to be
made ridiculous in the future lecture
by a female.
St. Louis Letter.
Southern Hotel, I
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 25, ’65. /
Ed. Leader ;—1 will give you a
few Items, Which I hastily Jotted
down, of the magnificent buffalo
hunt I enjoyed last'wevk.on the mod
ern style adopted in hunting them.
Our party numbered about one hun
dred, and as we approached Sheridan,
our train run into a herd of at least
5,000. Every body were on the qut
vive, find during the excitement sev
eral guns were accidentally discharg
ed and divers narrow escapes may be
here recorded—one for your servant,
the.undersigned. As we rather slow
ly approached, the animals run along ‘
side of the train in the effort to cross
the track ahead of the train. Whang
—bang, bang and one continual suc
cession of reports—enough one would
suppose to annihilate the whole herd.
