Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-04-05

our little marsh-pony, to Kill game
for us. One evening it came my torn
to hun:.; so away / went in canter,
with my pipe lit, and my double-bar-
rel before me, looking ont for some
thing to devour. Going over little
rise, | discovered near a qnarter of
a mile ahead Of me, two very tall
looking birds which / took to be
ostriches, Notwithstanding / knew
that this was not their latitude
They stood perfectly still for some
time and / began to think that they
we're tall stumps about eight feet
high, but when ! got within about
two hundred yards of them they be-
! gan to walk off on their own stills.
| put spurs to my pony aud away
they few, making about such a
noise as you frequently hear, high
up in the air, about the approach Of
bad weather in the winter time. AZ
ter flying few hundred yards they
lit in the high grass and weeds in a
marsh, but all attempts to get shot
were in vain, SO concluding they
We're not fit to eat any how jour-
neyed on. In short time / spied Il
large black Monkey climbing a small
pine, so let him hear from me, and
the news shocked him so much that
he never lived to get over it. Light
ing from my pony, ran to bis as
sistanee but be had made out 10
draw his last breath without helr, so
picking him up / started 10 my po-
ny, but the saucy scamp would not
let me get hold of him but capcred
off over the prairie. tried all sorts
of coaxing and clever talk Tut it al
did no good. He would sometimes
stand aud Craze until ] would almost
get hold of him and then be would
scamper off again. At length get.
ting the bride among his feet he
was compelled to surrender. Du-
ring this frolic the lest Of The COM
pany had passed me some distance,
and some of the boys set the prairie
on fire knowing that they we're in no
danger as the wind was from them.-
But l and pony had to look out for
ourselves and all our chance was 10
get round the fire on one side or The
other before it spread too Ear, and SO
We made tracks from that place in
double quick time. After a pretty
close race we got ON the safe
side, and looked back with complai-
sance on the vast rolling clouds of
smoke, and the lambent fumes which
were licking up everything in their
course, and which would have licked
US up If we had not been wide awake.
The evening was advancing and we
had seen no water since early In
The morning. Our watering had
had gone dry and we ere all lhrs-
" as well as hungry, aud had such
feelings as no one can tell exrsla
Hose who have been similarly situa-
led. Several days travel from
where, " itlIoui anything 10 drink,
and nothing TO eat but some bran
'lfted from corn-meaI and one old
Monkey; we still, however, had
'ome coffee and sugar, and muIss-
les. The b'hoys begag TO lock Sc .
ions, and ! expect some Of them
would rather have been home with
heir mammas. AT length wo
'ver:ook a small pond Of water aud
concluded TO have some dinner any
low. So sall hands aud the cook
rere at work, aud in about half sn
ouryou might have seen a hungry
Ell oi fellows sitting on ilIe ground
ound large pan Of Monkrr-soup (.
iickened with bran. After finish
" our brief repasi, Lieutenant G.
'ok the pony and Eager, aud set
ut on a deer hunt, Lu, with little
expectation Of killing one, Tor we
ad been out Of the range for some
me. The evening passed away
Ovly and orr team t,.ssed .In,.o