The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-11-04

The MODERN CRuSADERs.-lr
was in view of the usual fall
slaughter among the poor unprotec.
ted wild fowl in the Western part OF
the State, that the tender hearts OF
Bill" Dean and Don Casad were
touched, and they determined to or
ganize society for the prevention OF
cruelty to ducks. They would in,e-
rest few kindred spirits in the no.
bic cause, fly to the haunts of the
swimmers and waders, and then,
should their missionary labors among
the inhabitants fail to show them the
evil of their ways and stay the cruel
slaughter Of the innocen,s, the mod
ern crusaders could at least make an
effort to scare ali the ducks out of
the country.
The idea met with favor and the
company was soon raised. taking the
modest title of the Modern Crusa
ders,' or the " Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Young Ducks. y
Like Dunno Brownies famous Mack
erel Brigade, everybody held office.
On Friday, 22nd ult., Surgeon Cen
eral Siubblefield moved forward to
select sani'ar. camp ground; while
the main force. consisting of Com
mander-in chief Dean, Adjutant Pol
ley, Quartermaster and Commissary
General Shearer and Chaplain Casad,
marched twenty-four hours later cia
sleeping car on the N. w. railway.
The newspaper representative was
placed in command of the rear guard
and followed verv cautiously in a
couple of DAYS. Arrived in Green
county, the Chaplain found his du-
ties very onerous, and Ed. Young
was recruited as assistant, after which
the real work Of the Crusade at once
begal.
We can not follow the details of
the expedition for obvious reasons,
but the Crusaders soon found the ma
tives incorrigible beyond either en-
treaty or menace, and turned their at
teniion to the ducks, ct al. With
these the missionaries tried to estab-
lish a kind of brotherhood by meekly
padding on the edges of the ponds
during Mondays rain, and then roos-
ting in the water Monday night, with
a gale from the North and the Their
mometer near zero. This heroic ef-
fort, however, seemed to have more
effect on the Chsplain's nose and the
Quartermaster's rheumatism than on
the ducks. At this iuncture coun-
Gil Of war was held. The Comman-
der-in. chief was in favor of offensive
measures--his voice was for war, for
at once proceeding to scare the poor
birds. The Quartermaster voted to
serve subpoena on 'em, the Chap
lain wanted to send TO town tor more
Rocky Fork, the Adjutant was in
favor Of having the boys let the wind
blow and the Rear Guard went for
putting out pickets, and going into
winter quarters. Everybody's ad
vice was adopted. and the result was
that after four days vigorous effort,
forty or fifty ducks that refused to
scare were killed, and all the rest
driven clear out Of the country. The
Chaplain's devotions at the warm end
of q haystack were intruded upon by
a fierce goose, which that officer was
acquitted for killing in self-defence.
The only three cranes which refused
to step over INTO the next county were
tried by court martial and shot tc
death, aud when the Crusaders turned
their faces homeward it was with the
proud consciousness Of duty fully
done-and also with two shoe boxe.
full of game which didn't cost grea,
deal over two dollars per pound.