The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28
That Big Hunt.


, southwark on hunt. The said hangman's da.
was prOpltious. No man ever walked to the cal
lows under brighter sun than these gentlemen
walked under to the / l:30train, All were in higl
spirits (XX). Their mess chest and luggage gen
: orally had very imposing appearance. Gibson
was the point chosen for operations, and ava,
, went the train. All produced their tickets an(
had them punched when called on by the conduc
, tor. Every one seemed perfectly at home on tn
train. At Streator the trpnscr to the other train
was effected admirably, except the turning W
side down Of the mess chest by the express man
, These expressmcn ought to know, if they don't
that hunters mess chest can't stand too mucl
; banging around; the jugs may be broken by such
foolishness. Took dinner at Fnirbury-l5 min
utcs for refreshments, dcvoured in 5. Again the
whistle sounded, each nimrod wiped the cabbage
from his bill while some paid the landlord and
Others told him to just make a minute OF 1t as
they were late for the train. As the train trotted
away all eyes were fixed intently on the far oh
plain for flock Of something. A two year old
hcifer got up within easy range and scared away
A covey Of pigs lit near them. On went the train
and all was getting excitement Dickey twisted
off his corkscrew i'll his attempt to open his -
- liniment bottle, and MAYO put the wrong end
of his cigar in his left eye. On went the tram.
Game began to appear. buzzard lowered over
them and duck, geese and brant appeared out in
Indiana. Some experienced hunters on board
kindly told them to go to Hammond and not stop,
by darned sight, at Gibson Kellogg told them
if they desired it they would 90. New tickets
were procured and on went the train. CARD SAID
he thought the new deal very silly. At Burr Oak
| Sullivan farm) the strange hunters who pro-
posed Hammond to our heroes, got oft-they had
won the case and on went the train. Howard
suggested that The fools were not all dead yet,
and bought cigar of the train boy on time. Phil
lips took the caps off his gun tubes and said he
probably wouldn't have any occasion 10 shoot.
Card made proposition to an old lady on the
train TO contract 7S45900O tons of ice for him at
Windsor. Nose Osman got off between two Of
the party at Fairbury. At G:l3 p, NJ, the train
stopped at Hammond, and the party and their
luggage got out. The town was small. 1t started
III some three weeks before the boys got there
1t was called Hammond because Hammond didn't
live within six miles ofthe town, and Mr. New
keeps the hotel and welcomed the party to his
night shooting was generally the best all hands
made drive for somewhere. Dickey took the
wrong route and fell into the cistcln; Phillips
found his rubber boots too short for the ditch he
crossed Card said reaper with the reel on piled
upon ditching machine wasn't such nice
thing to 30 through, Aftera four mile walk the
halted and waited three and onc.half hours hunt
Gnrfr r1 al 6 n "a hat In
posed to be a flock of brant and swore he heard
suthin' drop. Upon diligcnt search a llnimcnt
bottle with a cork screw broke 'oh in It was
found near Card on the ground,
Back to the hotel with no game went the par
y Everything so far looked favorable and had
gone as every one expected. Early TO bed after
supper, good sleep and up at o'clock next
morning. Away went the party in various direc-
tions. Dickey and Card went in an opposite di-
rcction and avoided ci,tcm and bitches. Then as
the ponds and soughs were approached NJ the
boys the braut, geese and crane went out indJta.
panics, regiments, batallons and armies Ge,,
wasn't ii grand" the guns pcaled out on the still
morning air! Charge after charge H'2s TnlOaded
ut the rctrcntng bird. and when rcch came the
slaughtered game was gathered ami piled in one
grand heap, Then stood forth the intrepid How
ard, the irynciblc Dickoy, tHc winning Card, un-
dauntcd Phillips, unrclcnttng Mayo, fearless Cav
rnavgh and tirelcss Kellogg, and gazed down
with the pride of 4 odocs on their bloody work
twelve rocking cOrpses. The afternoon hunt
added eight more victims to the game pile When
the hotel bell summoned the boys to supper .hey
went and Mr. Newton and his wife stood back in
the corner and beheld a famine enacted there in
the. humble home. Eggs were swallowed by
the boys without tracturing the she'll enough to
prevent Matching. Everything was eaten that
was brought on. Every man seemed to have Il
family of tape worms in his stomach and Mayo's
mouth watercd when he passed Mrs Ncwton's
little boy. Hunting gives men keen appcttcs.
The next day being Sunday hunting was disap-
proved Of and the boys wandered around over the
prairie. There is no church in Hammond yet
Monday morning all hands sailed forth again,
and when the train started all of the party except
ing Mayo and Kellogg embarked for home taking
with them some forty head of game. During
Monday afternoon Mayo and kellogg. secured
twelve more brant and ducks, and on Tuesday
also returned 10 Ottawa.
To those who propose going out on a hunt We
will say that from the report furnished us by this
party, no place in the state can be foEnd with
better advantages for hunting and more pleasant
and accommodating people than Hammond. Mr..
Carter and his sons living near Hammond hunt
great deal and will accompany hunters either
in the duck or chicken season to the best grounds
surrounding this little town.
Prosecutions UNDER THE TEMPERANCE LAW
Mrs. Julia Mccarthy brought suit on Tuesday
before Esq. Fisher against J. l.. Piercue for sell
ing her husband liquor 50 that be became ntox-
icatcd and attempted to commit suicide by tax
ing poison, thereby being disabled from support
ing his family, *. The case, which occurred in
February last WAS mentioned at the time. Picrgue
lproyed that the man. who was employed In the