Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-27
WINTER SPORT IN THE MIS-.
SISSIPPI BOTTOM.

While the ivy cings 10 its trembling form,
WINTER SPORT IN THE MIS-
.SIS.SIPPI BOTTOM.
%
ny fAaHAs WIDE
The sxtens;vs tract ~ Iow,ord Co.,
cst and swamn known 40 thc M;ss;s
aim; "Rottom ia one Of the rar;ons
regions r5 in d;fsrsnt nuarters Of bo ths
glohe IN which ot ono t;mo ana an %
Ether I have rcsortod in soaroh =,
snort. for there ~ certa;n seosona - %
tbs var an ahnndont ra,;o,,, 81 ,.a,,,a "
;s ~ he snnnd Tha po,to, !; % no, so ~
ho recommendsa 70 anrhod,. 90 ~ ~ ~
r;uht nlacc to 30 o;tbar;n tbasnmr,a,. NOV
or in the EeIl e. a. thasa ' osons ,ha
nnfartunatc so;or,nor l. so soraI,. a.
a;c,cd with ma ,ron;cal mont tho oora
and ma n,snn;,aol anl n,hor ,IsaS uS'
sucL;na ;nsad,s os 20 moLa i;e, ao.,,
wslI n!ah ;n,o,erah,e ,nd [ dao,h h,oaa Nm
aI ao,;Is pa.''.,.i' IL ~ e.. - .n : o,o'',
W;n,ar,b,. ',,.as"'s, @ .u .;,ana i Lau';' 'n " "
g. 49, wy Wv . ,s' s,a.,,ha In. ~ Dvsa,' ahu a
,Ua, w ~ ,e,.as n' .on;aI si,,. . ea,,1, .a .n'
;n1 ",rnoS,'hora ro .vJve o"a, shy nnu h,, p.au'
S teSS,;torv y oy,Io,a 80 ,In, I .. s..
Nc orn T., ,,.n;d.,, - .L,..J.
MS gun IN variety ana abundance,
and last, though not least, very good
living, that man will find in the Missis-
sippl Bottom all these attractions. II
has been my lot to shoot on both sides
OF the river; but prefer the eastern
shore, although the mallard in Arkan-
sas has always seemed to me to bc a
bird OF bigger size and brighter plum
age than his kinsman of Mississippi.
OF course, that is nothing more than .
mere fancy. At n distance from any
of the towns, the country on the Ar
kansas side is sparsely settled, and my
recollections Of 1t are not the pleasant
est. Many weary mile have ridden
in search Of a cup Of cold water, and
often have l turned away from rude
cabins and log huts almost always
with the same answers scowl, and a
slam OF the rickety door But have
found an excuse for such rude treat
ment, similar as i was to the inhospit-
atty Goldsmiths "Traveler" may have
experienced,
..x.hsrs .mxhsrs the ras: corin!hisn bee.
% '. - Wv c'.'.s s' 'aa. y, ''.', s
,hs s s;cLmsss ' nrsva;,;na % % .rv 'ya :, ~
,Ie e Snr ali sop,n ~ 60 ha nam s apa .nJ o
p,e, .oa a., so9 NJ, ~ ~ wan III, anu .noM,
a.d "a. 80 oas "" '""s "'''" '"0 '''o'
""N as. .,.-.,,. M
~ Dusn 'IH.aD's a.,'i.a., oNpe,isueos mn
-. ~ ny roeoneo''1l' a'..;an " m,sslss.PP'.
,h;y,;PPy any ;aPPy ny. S;an s,at. ~ =, ~ v
s u.;,h nso,,;at,' =, . ha nai,ed an rcad;a
hn, % ,hars ;s ncth;ng IN 4 N ~ renel any
one as somswbat nsed 10 ronab;nr h md
not af,a;d 10 wet bis ankles The
tswneratnre @ AZ th;s season of Tho ysor
IL apt to he chanreoble and the I'D ~
the morn;nc Il melted NJ noon A
roey;no ,og frc 10 verv desirable AZ
n;cbt esneciallv in The airy frame
honses ~ The Bottom ra;sed off tha
cronnd on trossols 40 ,hov sorne,;nas
arc 70 keen them free from The damn
Neyertbelcss Il "a No d;fficult natter
IN mt oneself in a ncrsn;ration tramn
;ng tbronsh tho woods n the davt;mr
M, whas n county n ia sor snort
yhsn once the anna;;c h;rda horlEn lEt 70
Az so,thI Here thow fnd nreat scoro
~ onon wo,er ond ,re.t scnna NJ corn
Se,d. Tbe crons that arc grown in
the Bottom are corn cotion and
ar,hnn, Az oo,.n ,.r..;r AK.
so,s coat h;,h a.a ~ ~ .a..on aor"sns sn'
,oos h'sa, ,,,Sa sn' s"o oo'.on . ny ~ ~.
aau ;.t Wv ns.. .s'e' a' ~" ~ sa uouD' ". ny.
wi'n ,o.'on ny ~ ga.nercu pu' "
.ne ou,;sas.u '"', ;,s 's',u ~ - s'e pa.vn m ~
.plhpa,,son Win IN sno 's oeh'en. Voup'ou W
,nc swamps, 'ne woous ana .nc cane
S. Srakos, Eet me ary 70 acScr'oe 'ne
'eI.uies T.u.. a. Il. . .uu regI1n tt,a A. , ~.
.ns.y Ii,nsa,nte'y ooi,ne .,n, ,no 'cyvo, .on, r
s.luc.ea i,,. sokSep tnc = ~ !, a'ncrol : W. mh.ers
M Will" pounus' s"Ile N.Y.. 70 Snolany "n, NY,
proes swamp, ou' " eos'o"~oou ~,
~ 'Ss, 49, ~ ~. oah. .ansa IVtns
% % ue.'e 'n". '',a" on norsepa.N nAs
s,t = nanu a"u pa'ma, yoy :" ~ !" ~.
.niJusn 'n.l ianss, .no whno .noy
sonaas' @ s s'gorDas .,s., past,."uo Is. on csery
Po's y, s'S 'uen,oss pouy our M,
nv may ,am W pens.rn'e. s, en'hu ~ .h 'nvse ..,.:
a","d soIds M "a AZ .,ao,s nc nc .nI .'hssS oi
;nrn 49, !. | nL,ah I ,ta n. ~ naV.a =, s No. ~,
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