The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
One of Samson,s Rig 0n.,a

VHt VI SdiHSOn big ones.
On a chill evening in October. ~
ty-villagers and travelers-sat sro Pei
the box-stOve in the Office Of the Con- -i-~
House. at Conway, \. H, and storv IT
ing was in order. A traveller -
sef-important man-told several - 20,
large stories, his last being of an ~,
counter with a grizzly bear, which til
TO tree, to escape his furious dogs
where he shot it. eS'
Uncle Samson Head heard this ~
then he thought 1t time to open, which
he did, as follows:
"A good many years ago, when T uas
younger n l am now, l spent a sea-,
down by Six-Mile Pond. II was q -
season Tor wild geese. and they to- q
great fancy for that pond. Id rigoeJ
up raft for fishiu, and arter a f;T6s
trimmed II with bushes, so as to 90 a,+,r
geese on II. But never mind about tbat
From the winder OF the chamber vpbovs
! slept l could see most the whole -
the pond, and one dull, lowerv morni,,,
when | got out O. bed. and cast nv go
out onto the pond, l saw flock O. Wild
geese Jest hgthin' on the water avov
over the far side
You can bet your life, it didn't .oLe
me long ter dress, nor ter Cit nv, Ia
duckln' gun and fxins; and when an
was ready, down l went to where nv
raft was. As most on YOU know +Le
pond IS SIX miles long. and the gaese
were, at least, three TO four miles awav
so't l couldn't shoot at EN- from wbeye
i stood Wal, l was Jest maxim for my
raft when l spied a fox, not more'n fo,,r
rods of, lookin' at the geese. Nv fnst
thought was to let drive at him. but
thinks !, hold on. Let's see what he'll
do. And | held on, and it's plaollev
lucky did. And now III tell Won of
Jest the neatest bit of gamin' t YOU ever
heard on Listen:
That ere fox had got his eve on them
geese, and he meant TO have EN-. Into
the water he went s0immin' Is beautiful
rs you please, till he come to within
about rod of whar they was huddled
together, when he went down ont O.
sight, and the next thing l seed was one
o the geese drawn under in a twinkin'
Ha twas neat job, now-just as true
as YOU live Wal. the fox come 10 the
surface agln Jest about where he went
down, and then made for the shore. with
the goose's neck broke He made straight
TO the spot whar he'd took to the water,
and there he landed the fowl, right under
q clump o hazle-wood.
And then that fox set ont for another;
and went through Jest the same ma
MOWERS And-to make a long story
short-thar I sot. hid 10y the bushes o
my raft, and saw that fox go and come
go and come-go and come-til he'd
taken the }dl~{ one u hf fOft
And. as Mr. Fox landed with the last
goose, l Jest drew "a bead on Inn, and
let drive Good-bv, fox l went and
counted them geese, and found Jest
thlrty-nine of EN- Thirty-nine good,
fat geese, and rousin' fine fox
called II a pOoty good mornin's work
and done afOre breakfast, AT that !
picked mp the game and carried it home.
and If Their weren't some tail pIckIn' o
feathers for O while, then I'm o sinner 3"
As Samson told his story, the travelled
stranger looked at him curiously; and
finally ventured:
My friend, may be permitted to
ask YOU question -
Jest as many as You please. Go
ahead
you tell us You got those geese in
the morning, before breakfast p
Yes.
''Wen, sir, perhaps Won VIII explain it.
That fox had 10 swim three and a half
miles TO reach the geese
Every bit of it, sir
Then he must have swan seven miles
Tor each and every goose, which would
have been t,rO hundred and serenity
three mites, or thereabouts carrying a
heavy weight weight very nearly
equal TO his owu-one way Upon mT
soul. / can not understand il. "
Said Uncle Sanp., as cool and calm as
summers eve:
STRANGE, you said You treed a grizzly
6~urP"
''Ye-e-es," with considerable hesita-
ton
oval, J was watchin' that ere fox
swimmin' arter them geese at the self
same time at you was watchIn q qrizz{g
bear ciiHl'iH' q t'cCt"
The stranger pondered for a season,
and then, with a "smile that was child
ike and bland, he invited the crowd in
to the little room back Of the office