The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-01-03

y number OF gentlemen III ana aFOuHu oltaWa
are banded together for certain bloodthirsty
purposes and call themselves The Audubon
Club" These fellows are all alive, or were ut
last accounts. Audubon is dead. Ii he were
alive we rather think he would not be particular
ly proud of the chaps in this locality who have
thus taken his name in vain, and in a moment of
Indignation might seize his little club and bust
our Ottawa clubs ear for it.
| These Ottawa lavericks assume, like Nimrod,
to be mighty hunters" &c, especially the So
forth. They 20 out with bloody minded pur-
poses to murder the innocent and stupid rabbit
the amusing chipmunk; the lively squirrel; the
| pensiyc owl; the industrious woodpccker; the
wrathful blue jay, and the meek pee wee; the
proud prairie chicken; the musical pheasant;
the cheerful qaail, and the noisesome polecat-
anything from the disagrecable skunk found in
the fields to the other sort found in euchrc. An
nually they elect two captains, who choose sides
among the shootists, and they 90 forth to
slaughter beast and bird, and the losing section
pay for supper which they all partakc Of Such
a performance was the order Of the day last Sat
urday. Hon, Wash Bushnell commanded one
wing OF this army and Capt. Kellogg "bossed'
the other As our weapon is the pen, which is
mighter than the sword and double barreled
shot gun combined, and as we never turn it
against any innocent creature whether man or
beast, bird or fish, We did not join in the cruel
war, nor did We partake of the subsequent ban
quet because we hold that in such cases the
spoils should go to the yctOrs. We are there
fore compelled to report from hearsay. Here is
the record on
BUsHNELL'S SIDE
Dave Hall and Geo Porter hunted together,
because they were afraid to go alone-afraid of
bears and stitch, They got "a prairie chickens
and one rabbit. Two dozen chickens is sugges-
ted, because they are always sold at wholesale
by the dozen.
Chas. Harvey reported p. chickens, p stands
for pruirie and rabbits. All dead.
Frank Sweetzer found l teal, 3 malard and 3
other ducks-other in this article always means
tame. He also frightened rabbit to death.
George Avery got IL yuails from blind boy
for dozen, and spring p. hens, 30 years old.
Card and Ieeluf shot all the quais tina, the
grocery men had on hand-52, and also personal
ly superintcnded the killing of Nell Flaherty's
drake" and one other duck for which they
are to be sued. These two ducks were depended
upon by the owner for feather bed in the
spring. They also captured 8 rabbits from
barn where the boy who caught them had hing
EN- up to bring to market
Jessup and Alderman each shot half a rabbit.
Martin Kavanaugh caught four rabbits by
sprnkling salt on their tails-an old but exceed
ly successful method. This valiant marksman
also borrowed chickens and ten quails from the
cook at the Clifton, and also produced SPUR.
res ear.
Henry Nash came in accompanied by NAL.
lard and one other duck,
j. r. Cooley came across warren of rabbits
ana caught tte ahlmaI5 aslcep-5 of 'cm--and
scared hHwk SO badly that it dropped quail
winch IL was about to make breakfast of.
Y, II. Hook and his four hired men got all the
game that could be found at Utica, viz: 90 quails
I chickens, and II rabbits, and spoke for such as
might come in for q week.
DR.. Wilcox slew rabbits.
DR.. Clugston surrounded and captured rab-
bits and quails.
John Clark convinced ducks that this is the
last of earth" he also intcrfcrcd with quails
"Clum" Clugston made hash of squirrels and
, chickens
VIM Bargrr went to Bureau Junction with a
gun borrowed from Ebcrsol. 1t was empty
Bargcr went to the woods and sat down on Il log
He was nervous. He hadn't carried such thing
AS deadly shot gun for 10 years, He looked up
into dead tree. He thought how nice it would
A., I,a
fly on limb Of the tree in easy range from where
he sat He put cap on one barrel and said to
himself I'll snap it at that tree top, just to get
kind Of used to taking aim. He aimed his gun,
when, o, horror! There he saw huge bear on Il
limb coolly looking towards him. He was sciz-
ed with agony, He would shoot. Shutting both
eyes he snapped the cap, when horror of horrors,
the bear came running right down on the gun
barrel to attack him. In CONSERVATION he threw
down the gun and ran away. The bear was a
spider, who for four years had resided in that
gun barrel, and being annoyed at the manner in
which her residence had been joted about That
morning, had come out of the muzzc of the gun
to see what was the matter, when the cap snap
ped. She had started down the top of the barrel
because she was alarmed. Bargcr came home
with wagon load Of game from La Sale, where
the market was easy.
Mr. Bushncls own count was too numerous 10
mention.
KELLOGG'S SIDE.
| Jesse Dicky, quails and 3 rabbits.
| Thco. Gibson, 3 rabbits and quails-
| &C. Hathaway, rabbits, all blind, as well as
deaf and dumb. Any one could have caught 'em
! Jim Cross went into Hoes grove and found {
red headed woodpccler tapping at the door o.
Mr. Worms's house, in dead tree. Jim coaxet
the bird down with a handful OF shot He also
upset two tame doves and couple Thomas cats
which he caught in an argument on his bach
porch one night.
Cherrcr and Phillips got away with 6 rabbits
and a squirrel.
Trimbie chased rabbit Il hours and triumph
ed at dark, while the little beast was asleep from
fatigue
! Kellogg committed " manslaughtcr' on j rab
bits and dittoed i P, h-s-p. stands for prairie