The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-09-08
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DEAR touGnERy:
A few days after the election just past. two
certaia noted individuals, one the editor Of a
very rampant Democratic newspaper. and the
other the captain OF one OF our crack Lake
boats, neither Of whom live more than thou.
sand miles from Jefferson, made their appear.
ance a, my rancho early one morning, ;.,r the
purpose Of calming down the excitement of
The reccntclcc.ion. by few days spen, in the
calm quiet, aud inyigorating sports Of country
life. In other words, they intended to cease to
be denizens Of our Bayou Mart and for the
time being become rustics. rustic each. or
as our ancient friends at Rome wero,woni TO
express II, Rus.ieus--a rural booty, a country
boor. Mark the similarity in the pronuucia.
ton Of the same terms, b. the ancient Romans
and the present generation. The former styled
an unknown countrynan RusticUs, and the
latter Rusty cuss. But no more OF this, lei
me return to my two friends and visitors
As soon as they had reached my raacho,
dsmounted and entered my den, drew my
jug, filled the Meerschaams and endeayored to
make them comfortable. Smoking ended and
1t being several hours Ill feed time, we rode
around the plantation TO examine the crops,
your correspondent in the interim, delivering
I learned lectures upon the growth OF Oregon
Peas, Hungarian, Rescue, and other grasses ;
winding up with the proposition (though IF.
teen days in advance OF the season. Of trying
the birds" ~ the afternoon. This was readily
and eagerly agreed to. especially on behalf Of
the Editor, who informed Us that albeit he had
no practice since 40 yet, he confidently hoped
that he would not only a-touish Us by his
skill, but that we would be enabled 10 pick up
some new items by few days shooting in hs
company. To this ! said nothing. The Captain
only grlnned very ineredulous grin. So after
dinner we uncased the manions. filled the
TASKS and pouches, selected caps and wads and
with our true and trusty dogs betook ourselves
to the fields. The dogs soon nosed' some
fine coycy- almost grown They flushed and
flew beautifully and all three Of us were soon
banging away right and left, but With very
different success a, every FIRE the captain
and myself succeeded in bringing down cur
birds, whereas the birds aimed a by the Editor,
just kept nying on as though nothing at all
had happened AT sunset We hauled oil, and
the tally Of the day work stood thus
The Captain : Brace,
Your Correspondent 9 do,
The Editor 90 eurs.ng his gun.
Endcayoriug to console oar friend, the Edit
or for biz bad luck assuring him " tina, il
wasn't every one who could shoot well, &c.
We betook ourselves to the rancho, determined
to pay our respects TO the birds again early
next morning. AT the first grey streak Of the
dawn the Captain and myself were again
among the birds, knocking down brace after
brace TO the right efi, rear, and front. Not
so however, with The editor. Stuug hy his III
success on the previous evening, and by our
rslery tlerea,, he did not accompany Us 10 the
lu, I,..ff i.x
bird.shoo,ing as an uninleresting and unmany
sport he shoude rcd heavy deer rifle and with
a surly and delerminrd air, betook himself 10
the deep forests and green glades of Tony's
Greek that paradise of the deer stalker, sing.
ing as he went this fragment Of the song Of
the Choetaw Hunter;
ie, Eastern scene. and ocean wave
Tn, classic ia nj INSPIRE
Whki The hunters danger brave,
The woolman. las, desire.
The worlds ray cares Yirw ~ Ah seorn,
Her lpmp and stately dress,
The Mid luue blast the tFnrifmans horn,
The deep mogii,ed hounds caruss. Ac.
As he wound over the hill, the captain re-.
marked that he saw the devil in his eve, and
that he would either repair his ruincd character
rs n sportsman. 10y bringing in a buck or
" burst his hllern And so having filed our
bags and wishing the Editor q pleasant time,
we returned 10 the rancho where, after bathing,
drinking. &c, VIC concluded TO take few
games Of old sledee to pass away the time un-
hi the Editor returned from deer stalking, We
were .'hoss and boss ON the FIRST rub. The
Captain had marked FIVE points, while ! was
six aud held the deal This you are aware is
the grand crisis in the game. II was just nj
tais stage when one Of my neighbors, an hon
est. Woodworking man, (tha' nohlesi work Of
God) rode up Atler offering him glass Of
red-eye and chair he told us II We wanted 10
see fun, Just to goto the back Of his field, and
We would see what he expected we had never
seen atore, n editor, newspaper man pnllln
fodder" Upon asking for an explanation, he
informed us that "lhe newspaper man had
come to His house n litter alter sunrise, and
offered him dollar TO 20 out and Kill him a
deer. aud that he had told him that he couldn't
DO 1t. as he was bound for To finish pullin
fodder that day aud that then the newspaper
man agreed to give dollar and pull fodder IN
his place while he was out TO Nil him the
deer, and tha, so he bad lei, the editor there a
pulln, and from the fuss he made among the
blades, he guessed he ver'nt rs green about
work "a he lot ON TO be. Dot" said he,
ave killed the deer, ,nd as newspaper iolA, is
fond Of Jokes, think III take IT To- Jefferson
and dispose of it, reckon the editor wont be
much mad"
| As he turned oil with the deer towards JET.
terson, wished him God speed, when | dis
covered tina. ne Captain had fdtHisd By the
I time could administer three or four doses of
SAINT patrick's eye water, and sew several but.
/ tons Oh his vest and pan,aloons, our horses
we're ready and lcapng into the saddles. We
( made for the back OF the field ia 7, ~ lime.
Fastening our horses IN thickc' near by, We
cautiously approached the scene of the editor :
agricultural operations Thar b. ic"s coming
I directly towards rs, two rows at time his
hands Gu, and bleeding, the per>plraiion rolling
in streams from his forehead, nose. and chin
IOl it was a sight upon which could have
gazcd aud laughed, aud laughed and gszed ioT
\ all eternity but the captain required all my
attention. was fearful thai he would break
A blood vessel, if we stayed another minute
So wc returned home.