New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-22
800 worth month carload Of cedar f. used every
five OF SIX weeks, and costs $40 thousand feet.
MARYLAND GIRLs on A COoNHUyE
From a Letter IN rhe Batnmore American.

DdJrtinOfc
What! Young ladies on coon huntf Inc
idea was greposerous Jest ter think o. these ysf
Sod war r'pes M so@t Ss TS"s ~
Uncle Zeke the champion coophunter OF the neishnor
MOOD 80 tnoagt eyeryeSdy else eaeep. o .e or ss
family party there was no Improperly ln snea
three young and DID Zeke before the large kitchen
sending mellow light that outlined the hgnrcs IN
magnied shadows and formed some fantastic panto-
mines or the opposite walls
why, girls" said the mother "wbo ever heard Of
young ladies' going a coOu-huutf
That's Just why want to 60" answered the one
well then Il cart persuade YOU ont Of this insanity,
Uncle Zeke had been silent witness His private epin
,on cIoheed ah}ye had been expressed 70 '1e
dplomat-crossed t. where the old man was standing
laid her han on the shoulder of his rusty coat and sm-
ing straight INTO his eyes, said
NOW Uncle zeke you're going to decide against us
are youi"
To express 1t casseally this broke the old all up
He baeke down like coward.
guess II won't do no harm for you to 60" he aid
;. But you and the men must keep together and
don't go nowheres ouly where tell yon"
halfp-t o'clock had passed through the road gate and
was making for the woods acress the field The dogs
bounded the ground yelping ioyously The eo"red
boys hOered ana better skelter playing leap frog and
ladies exciaime,i: 'Oh N.Y." Amt this joiyi" aud
showerd perpetual torrent Of questions Uncle Zeke.
where's your gun r. they asked
Eve dOan't There aint fln In shootn'
cOons. We kills EN- with clubs You seed the sticks
yOull purity now they kin git the best 0f him.
Zeke directed the boys 10 take the dogs TO the fence
corner near the branch road 81 seed lot OF baieaten
and nibbed chestnuts round there to-day and
You kin depend upon it dare's coon sumwhar in tho
The whole party the fence corner. The ladies'
with excitement to press on with the hunt,
The pine knots which the party carried lighted
Three were distributed among the party Due adj
vice wa gwen TO AVOID b mmady places The hunter, and
hunresses move forward queer tochlight pr9eesston
II makes the glare OF the pine knots 81 ng urd hue 20
the tail. eacss The dogs bound forward BARKING
uneasily while the daes cry Hi therep 600 IL newr'
already in the lead. We follow after In short time We
the dogs under large gum tree, barking fdrfoisy
The excitement grows intense The noise OF the dogs,
the hnbbuD Of the boys and the ecanatoy fron OF the
young ladies conone into smaltsized pandcmonium.
which would ordinary coon 70 death. Lcas
assumes commend Take care De ladies dare,
de CHIMP Of eedars am keep ep dare Don't ye come
promptly removed to the reserved portion where they
inditnctly Illuminated On Of the topmost
boughs was seen clumpy mass 49,,
Now. Jake" stenOriousy cried zeke "climb de tree
and shake De cFit;er OUT"
or goes Jases He SPRINGS to the tree as If attack
ing q monster. Upward he mounts. He reaches tho
branches pulls himself up and climbs the tree as II IL was
ladder lie panses- -, .u-,,,,.
Uncle zeke, dares two of EN-"
:" Bless de LIwdr fervently exelaims the old man.
LOOK out down dare FSe gwtne To shake .
"Ohi ant ughs' utters a female voice; "5ont shake
But the TIRE quvers The branch with the clnmp moves
violently. A second and the clImp falls fenriegged
rush toward IT, Men, dogs CLUBS and the swapping coon
revove together in active, yelling whrng. yeping ro-
tary warfare The women scream the dogs Dark the
men slash the The melee the free, scranbnng
fight goes savagely until club descends plupy on
animals head and the corpse or an eghteenpound coon
Is stretched upon the ground
The stopped to wipe the preparation from tner
fOreheas and 10 regain their lost wind me recess -
short and Zeke eNcans Now le the other teller eef
good shake and the "Other Teller" does come. IL
Joye Of ts thunderbos down through that
tree would have produced greater CONSERVATION
than aid that animal The ladies fourlegged s0ue-
thin drop They saw IL hit the ground and bound up
ward They II glare It's eyes aud start toward uein
Then the air with hysterca screams. and four
feminine forms fitted nfmby over logs bushes and Dg1arS
into the distance. IL was regular stampede
But in 1nrie the hunters intercepted the eoon
times gained the bushes only be driven back by tue
dogs Then, exhausted and baed 10 fell prey 10 Us
enemies It's weight sixteen and ahaf pounds
The routed female forces Of the coon-hunlng h1gade
were gotten together Their hht hal brought on OhinS
more serious than a genuine scare and Few briar
scratches
when the Old started toward w." said one, ut
looked big OK" But tbe dead animals reassured
them NJ expedition, and TIER fears DIS
appeared before wakene enthusiasm in the sport
Laughter back. Songs we're now sung, ana g.rfA
iohty prevailed while threaded its way home
wa1is The hunt had resulted in dead cOOns and no
mishtps speak Of Who could want morpF
" sln'it Ickt, hfniilig
ringailed animals; 81 ye ladies' and gentleuen %
best thing dis side ~ Paradise i baked cooh Win
SWEET Eaters and pJne bread cUrn bread AMI nttse
slice Of pumpkin pie"
Before II o'clock we bad arrived at the house
Don't forget what / told Fe bout coon ard pono
bread" stid Zeke. = he left FOR home
Yesterday animals servc for dinner. LeAe Is
right. Coon. properly cooked Il good.