Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-30
TCKSBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 80. 1877.

boiled potatoes, bgksd hoanP, ooaee, sweet
mi 4. butter. mOlass0s, bisouiL UOrn brsad,
pear pics, canned pears, and several eide
dishes. too tedious 70 mention. And such
eatsrti Il would have done you good n
see the party buckle TO Il.
Tue hangutn0 member who made several
beta that be W"uld kill . deer on the "trip,
lnVelgled Mr.. Hamilton 70 take him on y
Dire hunt the other night They FOWeo up
the lake some seven milts and did not re-
turn Till near no0a the next day. M. Ham
ilton looked fresh, but the haFOoner was
pretty nearly exhausted. In startling o1t
they had gone less than q mile from campi
near dark, when they ran near . hlcE oil
turkeys aud the A. had four fair shots, but
the best report 90 far brought In is that
he made the feathers 0y. Later, when b .
headlight was cleaning from the bsW O.
the dug.Out, a pair OGeyes flashed through
the dark from The banE-the duS.out Was
gently round, d to, then four pairs Of eyes
u ca : e visible, the haTooner bIazed away
With biz buck.sh0I, there was q struggling
and scampering In the wonds, both "a ties
jumped aSuOre and ran Up the bank - md
aG cnnTmOus dead coon. Oi course no one
was disguised.
Day before yesterday, as the party were
seated aIound their log heap ere, the cook
Concluded TO diversity bis labors by cut
4 lux " 'Wu = bApus GV euAI "Su teG NSH
veraa'iOn that no one noticed John until
.Ome Que cri d out "lO0k out there" aud
this party barely bad time 10 look up and
see u gO0d-sized hackberry come crashing
dove upon the cooks 1TP, the table and
their pilVate tent, smashing up some Of
the cr0ckeIy and O%Verturning q large
bucketlul OF fresh buttermiIk presented
BY a resident Who lives q mile above us.
John was dumbfOunded, lie stood speech
lvss and roo ed tO tho spot. Then he
lnnked At the space occupied By tue tree
TIP, calculated the distance 10 bis Kitchen,
changed his weight upon the other leg, put
his hands upon his hip-, looked In an i'm
ploi InEIwsy q the crowd and apolOgetical.
" remarked that he did not think II would
reach sn far. Charley rolled rppn the
ground Ia fits OF uncomfortable laughter
i which ali hands Joined. Since then
John has cut down mIre trees but he took
the EdVice Of the Pioneer before be struck
them with the AZ
To-day Mr.. Hamilton conducted the
fishermen 10 another lake iull Of hsh, and
they came into camp laden 10 The guards
with uice white peTch. II is q matt Z Of
roget lhat the weather has turned su
warm " will not DO possible 70 send any
home. Last night was our cold' st, and
we rad ice IN Our water bucket this morn.
Ing, but the wind has veered to the South,
with higher temperature and indications
VI raid.
The chief annoyance has been from heas
which inGesL the sqnirrela. We don't have
any old. ashiuneh neA hunts, hut the re-
marks on the subject are various. There
II no loud snOTeT IN camp, hut one man
8, lts his teeth when his mouth IL not
studcd With cation during sic =, aud an.
other invariably ~Tctirea with such cIld
leet as TO throw his bed.iellJW int spnsms
AMI arouse every sleeper. There 10 an
other man with feet 50 cold he Ii always
calling upon some one u sleep upon them,
declaring they have MT been warm since
he followed JED nuvi1.
Mr.. DabLey stayed With US only " days,
No entrea'ie les wOu d induce him 10 remain
longer. lie was absent ON bis survey
but a sh RI time, aud had It o. arrOnged
that his work wAs Ia rs fiji progress az
II he had been present. say this ~ Il eel
your remarks touching the survey, The
copy OF the p per q ntaining which reach,
ed ne alter Mr. d .bney's depar ure.
The SunhOwsT Belle brought us nOarly
hundred papers from the nE~ Ofic'
and other friends, aud our absent member
Mr.. Warner, senl Us n treat in the way .
/. a large box " nice apples and canned fruit
The Club desire " return thanks 70 al
these clever fOlks.
: The boat which bears this, carries 70 on
thief, DR.. Henry, and Mr.. Cray, an cnoT
| nous coon there has been mucn discus
a sion among us AZ 10 whether these gentle
men Will relish coon, but as only one 0
the party here turned up his nose at II
the Inference has been drawn that tn
I chances are in favor OF their enjoying
: hugely, especially II served up In marc n
er style this coon Is one Of the tfOphl
; Of Mr.. MILLER, our gue.t from Indiana, VIII
after killing the munster yelled 50 lustil.
that tWn other members Of the party
hunting In the same woods, concluding b.
had Killed q d, or or WAS wrestling With
bear and needed assistat &c walked neaI
y ~ mile TO where he sai, chi y ling the dis
appointment Of the two tired companions
Tue penalty required Of him was 10 carr,
. the ami nal into camp, witch was not U
a penalty after all, when he transierrC
= his large string OF squirrels to anothC
man.
Sunday morning Windy and cold, wit
occasional TIfts Of rain. NJ TOT the men
beIs ure In Otmp Bprucin up, and chi "
a Ing the big fee In font NJ our hail. On
member an I our invited guest return I
d VicEsburg by the suBh ,wer Belle. While
a Is expected down during the day. Tn
o entire y rty will b home on tho FaI
Play next Thursday night, ia p eYentin
Providence. Unl 81 something unusu'
nrcurs betEeen this ana that time, tn
q will conclude tho chronicle Of thr Nj
n roUnels. u. II. p.