The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-19
AN EXTENSIVE STORY.

A correspondent at East Baton Rouge,
who has been nightly taken with story in
the New York Spirit of the Times, writes us
as follows. We think the Spirit is fairly
Hoored.'
in looking over my last number of the
Picayune, among other remarkable Incl
dents and adventures, noticed one signed
IS. II c., headed Tall Shooting relative
to the tall shooting of his grandfather in
New York. Now we will acknowledge that
New York can surpass US in some things,
but not in shooting. Among the first set
| tiers of this part Of our State, was Mr..
lYerberge, great hunter, who lived near
Galveston, on the river Amite; he was fond
Of relating his exploits, more particularly
the following:
He took down his favorite rife one morn.
ling, during the fall of 1855, and proceeded
into the forest in search of game. uDon
which he chiefly subsisted; but after wan
lderlng about during three or four hours,
without meeting any thing worth burning
powder for, and being then near the river,
he concluded TO rest himself awhile under
the shade Of tree on its bank. He had
not long been seated, when, looking mp the
stream, he discovered on large log floating
SLOWLY down, two pelicans, and almost at the
same moment, and on the opposite side of
/ ihe river, fine buck made its appearance.
The thought occurred that he might kill the
Ipelicans and The buck at the same shot:
accordingly he levelled and cooked his
rifle, and as the pelicans aoated in the range
lof the buck, be fred, and the pelicans and
ithe buck fell, as matter of course, for he
never missed his aim. Being somewhat ex.
lcited, he threw down his rife and ran across
1.-THE river, wishing to secure the buck first,
which he did, by cutting his throat. Find
ling the ball had passed through the buck,
land looking forward in the direction of the
ball, he discovered small stream of some
liquid issuing from bullet hole in large
tree, and after nearer approach found It 10
: be honey. Being snll more excited BY this
discovery, in running towards the tree, he
reached down for something to make plGg
to stop the waste of honey, and catching U
a rabbit instead Of a piece Of wood, and be-
sling vexed at the mistake, he threw the rab
biz with such force Is TO kill fifteen par
J trdges that were in flock near By. Pro
iceeding to the tree, he climed and plugged
) llhe hole; then climbing little higher, 81
/ That he missed his hold and fell 20 the bot
: tom, on the inside, where, to bis utter as
. tonishment, he found huge bear writhinl
! lin his blood, pieiced through while eating
delicious dinner, by The same hallthat killel
I the buck aud the pelieans. Now, though
! Mr. Yerberge, how shah get out2 81
/ the tree being old he soon cut and brok
Through. and hauled out his bear and lai
! him By the side Of his buck; and gatherin
.-tup his rabbit and paFtridges, laid them s
4 The same pile. Aud now having becom
q b little more collected, hescould not accoun
|. for the manner ID which he bad crossed Ii
i riyer---Eor the Amile at that~place was eve
+ nayigabIe for small vessels Upon exam
nation, however, he found that be Ia
s erossed upon the vine of e pumpkin. al
& Fecrossing on the same bridge and walkin
\ some fifty rods further, he found pampki
Il growing, Or grovns upon The vine, aud
r tie inside found Q SOW and Ten pigs, thi
n hadstrayed away two months heiof
d Mt, YeFbeFge alua sboasis 81 this d Il
e best days hunt 10 ever made "a SubScr
d Der q East Baton Rouge