Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-02-20

As .Mounseer' woul,:: say, 'ene grand,
masni6que. pretty good deer hunt. came
off few weeks since In the mountains of
Morgan coun.y, Tennessee. The party.
made zap of tie best material. consisted OF
Judge A., J. VI. w.. J. A.
and some two or three veteran hunters.
rife for sport and full of fun. As nv OBJ
iect j., not To give detailed accom-, If The
hunt. hut onIv one ni its incidents, shall
content myself with merely saying, that
after four days hunt, the si,ree gentlemen
named. returned with twenty pair Of haws
and divers specimens "f small Try. J. A.
killed fine buck arl6O yards. of hand,
shooting at the head and hitting it. Judge
A. IAN arden, sportsman and splendid rife
shr,) also killed al long ssw. ~ But u truce
to this. and NOW for the incident. 4#
A. every day hath its night, and every
rose It's thorn. so this mirthful party had
tia pest. in the shape of huge. raw-bo-
ned. Inquarious Irishman. who, uninvited.
had Chartered himself in the camp. board
ing and lodging at the expense OF the crowd,
| and contriving IN countless ways to render
himself a nuisance when aw axe, and when
| asleep accomplishing the same praisewor-
! thy end, without any cOntrlvalce at all
ii being natural gin, and used by the pos
SCISSOR with most lormening effect. THE
man snored-and hoW he snored will
presently appear; suffice TO say, more nn-
miligated nuisance was never abated in a
more summary manner.
They soon learned by his conversation
and behaviour that he was afraid of sna keS
generally. and 'oo4M snakes in particular:
indeed. ! think that the sequel warrants
the bold assertion that he would have Civ
Ell long odds in favor Of q Stock Creek
gouy ing, rather than Iace an lS inch moe
casin with bells on his TAIL as he terme(!
rat,les. The man had heard some av full
snake warns or tales since his 'laving the
sod; this was evident from the morbid dread,
yes. horror, he felt of the crawling tribe.
Well, with the Queen Of Sheba, he nigh,
truly say, that the half had not been told
him. after nights experience 9! hun
ter's camp in Tennessee.
On the second nigh. Of his intrusion, he
made himself more than usually welcome
by getting. sir, somew hat, sir, shot ? as
Tom Murray said when an ounce Of leat
took up its lodgings in the fork of hi:
hreeches. thinking Gf lead can) no doubt
iha: it had more room there than in the
powder bed of an old BRASS borng iron
He told long, dry yarns, all having a more
or less remote bearing on his own proves.
Of skill. and more than once insnuated /;
desire to make Il demonstration, by having
the use OF the skull of 'ony jin1lemen pres
ent, and a two fuI thorn, fur mi"it -
: Well, all this was very pleasant and
have no doub, perfectly satisfactory. so ia
as the individual was concerned. but will
his hearers it was quite different thing
yet still they endured it; but the cup Of pa
-tienee was nearly full, and that night
overAowed, bearing off on it's boiling cur
rent the cause Of the rise to regions ia
awaV and unknown. Alter he had wea
ried himself with his 'blalher,' and show e'
synp,oa.s OF turning in, Jim A. toll
him a f"W yarns bearing on the mucl
Dreaded snake subject. and particularly o
their size. variety, and amiab'e temper il
those parts. Dwelling a, length upon ,hei
apparent 500 iaI disPoSItlOn, assumed onl,
- With full intent to those whose nearer ac
qnaintan"e they sought. This eviden,l,
did not sit we'll o.. The excited stomach o
This pugnari"nS sprig Of shlllalah. as wa
, manifested by the turlive and uneasy CLAN
res he ever and anon cast at his bIanke
and 'l"cation.' But bed time came. an
= after accommodating has sleeping ground
he prnceedfd to count his bradS. and lh
chances of being SNAKE hit before dav
4 then ',urkin in his blanket and wishin
the sOWlS UV all snakes in these parts i
pur,h'culer.' in country where. TO ga
the very least. ,"ey would have but a slit
chance (o~ indnIging in their natural torpid
ivy, he fell asleep
: Aud now The storm began. His snorin
grew fast and furious. loud and long; occa
sl"naily sort of half snort, half grunt. tel
minated with 'snakes, by jahhers, bias
their sowls! Ugh ugh = when lher
y came the variation or chorus in the skap
: "i grind oil hts teeth. that threatened +
drive them through his jaws, or crush Their
10 powder: by way of variety he woul
hold his breath few seconds and the
snore again. and such snoring my stars
OF that could spell ii! II was a sort of eros
between the breathing of an aslhmatic ele
phans' and the braying of a snperannua,e
donkey. whose will lasted longer than hi
wind. Well, it thus continued with III
regularity of The whip poor-viIrs cry. ur