The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-04-04
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am, replied Mr. Clover "Iou have meihing
TO learn In driving coons continued The sirang
or. "My father at one tine followed diving
coons and wild pigeons. We started with about
seven hundred coons, and going through some
large timber their feet being sore they made lor
the frst limbs. After waiting three days We had
TO commence cutting them down. We fellcd
timber that covered two ncFes ofgrOuud. Father
concluded there must he some remedy. The idcl
struck him that II q coon had choice between
tree or hole, II would prefer a hole. The next
drive he tried the experiment, took holes enough
u accommodate the whole drive allowing eight
cOons 10 the hole
Mr. Clover says be- adopted tie idea, and @!
taking hOiss along he has on several occasions
driven from six O'Clock IN the morning ul ten
O'Clock nj night.
We will leave Florida aud come 20 Penus!,-
Sanin. Mr.. Clover, where are these coous iTomg
Tie says he collected two hundred and iifty.or'
In his own county, aud twenty seven in two adj
joining counties.
XciDENIs.
~ passing through Brush and Ppnu'. Valleys,
two stray Ell un but red FOX and three coOn-
jYin,l the drive. When he reached MillhCm,
TOW eleven miles East Of poliers OH Fort, hc
found /, necessary To stop THREE d1!s, rs their
feet were getting sore.
ln passing through Pcans vallr, Narrows.
about two miles above tho eastern terminus,
four prVngcd buck aud two does joined the
drive. In going through llarleion, a town I'VE
mills this side Oi the narfows, Mr. Spigglemuy-
tr's hound took fancy 10 the buck, and drove
him over the hills out Uf sight. However, Ie!O!c
the drive reached MillInburg the buck rCjointd.
IN passing through Minnburg perfect order
was kept men, women and children iuing both
sides OF the street. mile above Low sbutg hc
was met 10y the iurgrss and town coGGciii aut
the h0spitaliics Of the town were Glrs. -
u Sccuts the citizens Of l.rwisburg RLd Nl,iH.t.
reflect sone on the Burgess tor not CON; c.hnr
all To tie their dogs whru tie rabbit drive Caiuc
thus forcing the dive 10 20 by New bgI.n. Nr.
Clover intended 10 cfos, ai Lewshurs bat ihr
slush ice prevented the use ~ The F,uy. TIL
drive tanie ia hy the NAY 81 Winfield furnace.
Ia passing the iutnAcc tie noise Ol tap Cngint
scattered the cuuus, aud ie Whs much indebted {"
Young man. runntviCd Niih H., furnace, who
hsplen,'l 10 h. Un a sorrcl hursr. lan cXcciicu'
eoIs man iuo WIN kindly a.ssi,d ia hiukin-
over Chrsinu, Ridge. Tue drive arrived "a, the
vASKlgK nIrsg.
about clock. T.. VI. Ahuui O'Clock ihr
holes ucie arranged, aud 10 short time not q
cUon could be sern The next morning one Oi
the cooas Was missing. itappcafs that ia sLig-
mishing OF prospecting, he iouud his way iuiO
the barn. anh got too intimate with pet bear
bslongng TO Mr. Nankirk, rs 1t had evidence oi
the bear paw upon lis bead.
Mr.. Clover say hc once had u pet Tear that
was perfectly tame, AMI 50 niirciionaie tlni o.
wouli snLriee everything within his reach hu'
II would never tolerate coon. lie thinks II o.
IL cause the bear cn,,s tie length and 'aTirFn
tel colUrs oi tie voons tail. Shakespeare 10 d~-
srrhing IL, says
"The racoon has a hushy tall.
The pOssum's has no hair.
The hear. be has no tail 40 an.
And, OF course, paSt Is bare
The drive left about nine O'cior, Yesterday
morning. The cooas are not ior sale, Jas Mr
Clover Is only filing an order for ilr l:ununi.
of New York, who intends attaching a coon gar
den TO his museum.
CONCLUSION.
Some Of your readers may doub, the pfacii-
cabiliy OF driving coons, as u few did even
doubt that rabbits could be- driven To sucl
let me say, if had told them thirty yc'f-
ago that could converse with friend Ouc
thousand miles of By the use Cf lightning, !
would have been called n fool II had said tu
such that have seen dispatch dated in the city
Of London, published in a Harrisburg paper.
and read in Northumberland before darA i,,-
same day, would have been considered i!ti
man.
Why, nothing is impossible. Il was only The
other day, that man, wife and two children
exhibited in our place a trainedoyssr. ltwOUli
climb up twelve foot pole, turn forward aud
back summeFsaulls performed several tricks
with cards did no, play a bad game OF euchrc.
aud could tell the difference between Boyer and
Bourbon whisky. GUST.
NoRrH'D, Jan. 81, lsGs.