Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-12-13

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black; after an hour and a half of intense pa
thence, lodging the splashings of the water buck
cts of the "feIlers" that were washing the decks,
that we might keep our socks dry, we got a little
saucy, and | began to "trip" when Boots" made
his appearance and appeased our anger. StrolIed
out into the town. Opposite is a beautiful island,
on which about $500 Sandy Hill Cranes lighted
while we were looking at it. Let EN- sweat"
however. After breakfast got under way again.
Here we must make a skip in the leather
backed book. as It's Friday and time is press
ing. The hunters reached Red River about Z
p. NJ, where it seems they broke the regula-
ions of the wharf boat by talking and laugh
ing in rather a high key, and liked to have had
a knock>down with the landlord. At length
they got a skiff and started up the river after
the geese. We continue
"We found a current that laid Bayou Plaque.
mine in the shade. Had old A. at the oars, and
he pulled like a good fellow, but it was mo 60"
Rugged a ~cordeIIe, A. steering, and s., O. and my
self pulling they wanted the boat to brink back
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edo. and | taking it on foot. We had not gone
far in this way when S. shouted to us to return
He had discovered a small Lake near the river,
where, through the under brush, we saw thou
sands of Geese and Ducks! Our hearts leaped
with Joy. With bent bodies and guns cooked,
we started for the Lake. Had just reached it,
when the storm, that had threatened all the morn
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in torrents, and the wind blew a perfect Jimmy
cane-Last Island storm was no where with this
Red River storm. 1t lasted an hour-we were
perfectly wet through and half frozen got back
to the skiff, and found it nearly sunk-all our
baggage and provisions saturated with the still
beating rain-what was to be done? Concluded
to take a back track to the mouth of the river,
and there hold a consultation on board the wharf
boat, if ii pras'nt against the rules, and agree upon
some plan of operations. Forgot TO mention,
however, that S. shot a sick goose just as the rain
began TO fall-or rather, he brokeits wing and A.
caught it after a short chase he said that, under
the circumstances he'd rather trust his legs than
his gun! When caught, the broken wing looked
a wound too old for a fresh shot so it was
decided that 5. hadn't touched it, and that A. was
entitled to all the honors of the capture. This
goose was the tail end of a small
flock of six or seven hundred at which S. fred,
and who naturally concluded he had winged this
enc, as he didn't mount into the air with the
at the report of his gun.
Got back TO the wharf boat at half past twelve
results added up all wet TO the skin, and one
goose, in a debilitated condition. Made for the
baE-plenty of bottles of various colored liquors
S. wanted a brandy smash, A. a gin toddy; O.
called for "Otard" straight l took whiskey, and
was lucky. Had whiskey, and nothing else
"Nothing but whiskey ~ exclaimed A., why,
in that bottle 2" he said, pointing to a two
pit decanter-he thoughtit was gin, the old soak
"Genowine uncolor'd and undaIuted Kaintuck,
resi- from old Bourbon said the landlord.
sand what's that in the ether bottle ~ inquir-
ID O., it looked greenish!
That's tansey whiskey."
'In that other bottle ?n asked S.
"0range peel whiskey,' continued Hard Shell
found out afterwards that he was a Baptist of
hat denomination.
Couldn't help our fate-wanted drying-so
We bolted the whiskey, each to his choice took
turn round the boat, which naturally brought
s again opposite the bar : another horn each of
took a promenade round the boat in ,
n opposite direction began to feel orange peel
nd tansey in our legs; got opposite the bar on q
1e other side of the boat felt a little funny =
another horn each would make us a lit b
e %lunnier; took it thought it curious that Hard
didn't look funny too; getting dry fast; 7
as about to take a smoke, when bell rang for
"Another horn m said Al, Athat cuss'd whiskey
as weak as my own-come," he continued, ,
Inping up from his chair and siapping Hard
over his shoulders thought twas O.-but I
had got to the table swallowed a fourth horn I
the tansey, the orange peel and the pure Bour-
'n-landlord looking suspicious-and then broke
r the dinner, our queer looh6ng host following
Q. waiting and mouth watering. As it 4
as all whiskey at the bar, SO it was all catfish :
dinner-cat-fish soup, catfish stew and cat 4.
h baked, and a big corn dodger in the centre h
1t we were as hungry as wolves; so down we OF
t and began to pitch into whatever came first ~
t we were suddenly stopped in our work of r
by Hard Shell snorting out -
9Gainst the rules, gentlemen" ,
what, to eat o. asked S., laughing outright, {
tn whom and Hard She'll there had already (
some words about the "~rules.D 10
yes" answered Hard Shell, "before saying es
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