Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19
DEER-HUNTING WITH DANIEL WEB
STER.

Correspondent OF the Forest and 8trean.l
In the winter OF 1884 deer were
quite plenty in Plymouth woods. Dan.
iel Webster was then at Marshfield.
Word was sent to him that the Kings.
ton gang was going on deer hunt the
day before Thanksgiving, with invita-
ton for him to join US. and all wore 10
meet at the old taxing place at Smslt
pond at sunrise, sharp. BY 8 o'clock
his honor appeared with gentleman
friend, and Samuel and Waldo F., Tn.
Gle Thomas b. and my father and NY
self. We all had old fashioned Kings
arms, percussions. except Mr.. Webster
and his friend, who had double guns!
1t was fine. frosty morning and .Qaf
Samuel and Waldo wsre TU. 70 tsss srss-,,sr; q.
hounds and drive Watson's valley.
Uncle Tom was to drive over and take
Nick's rock stand. The rest Of as Were
to hurry over to the Carver road and
string out at the guide board crossing.
We had scarcely reahed our places be.
fore we heard the welcoming voices oi
our hounds in full cry and soon the
laundering echoes of two kings arms
at the head OF Watson's valley and ths6
echoed down the valley came '.Whoopl
oh! Whoop-oh! Look out, look outlai
The hounds are coming directly toward
us. soon detected something coming
down the blind road at my right, and
when within forty yards Il stopped ber
hind bush. shot at the fellow lAW
when almost Immediately two deer camS
out of the bushes at nay lett aud ioroeo6A
the road within o low yards q ~
Mx- fash xph sph AA
Mr. Webster and friend. who stood q
my left, all fired and .One deer dell.l
ran into the woods where had shots
and not finding anything. returned. 10
lind that Mr.. Webster and friend had
jumped into their wagon and ran their
horse to West Pond road boa intercept
the other deer at the crossing. a. the
dogs had gone on in track Of the other.
Father advised me to hurry on andihe
would stay there with the dead dear,
and wait for Sam and Waldo to come
up. Uncle Tom. had come up and
kept on in his carriage toward West
Pond, and while he was driving the
deer came within gunshot and he shot
a, it from his wagon. The deer, slight.
~ wounded, now came back directly
toward the guide board crossing again.
|. hearing the dogs, hurried back. The
deer jumped into the road some ninety
yards off and we all fired. The deer
iell. but gained his feet bounded away,
falling at every jump. Running mp the
road we all chased it except father who
reloaded ,and running the old mare over
took and shot the deer. We nov had
joyful lunch washing it down with some
thing good from Mr.. Webstsr's lunch
basket. Then we concluded to start
Tor home, as it was about O'Clock. We
decided that Mr.. Webster and bis friend
had shot the buck and my father had
shot the doe. Mr.. Webster gave as 81
each, and he and his friend took the
buck, which was a nice ono, and iather
gave the other two men so cents each
and took the doe. as three OF US were at
my fathers. l, feeling little dissatis-
fed at my first shot, took one OF the
hounds and went up the blind road
where first shot. The hound, snuff1ng
around. soon found large red fox
dead within ten feet Of where shot
at him. We now took our bells from
our wagon boxes and returned home
ilngling, as was the custom II success