The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-06
Old Daniel Boone.
A yERAcIoUs ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS
ORDINARY HUNTING PEhFoh-hANCEo'


Daniel Boone was name that IN by,
gone wears ranked well up III the llst OF
Worthless of the early days OF the repu6-
lie. Every schoOlbOy was famlllar WIN
his doughty deeds as hunter and lndlal
fiohter. In the rush of events In these
;rTeverent modern days the fame OF
good old Daniel has become somewhat
0hscryy.d. This is not as it should be
and it is a matter for congratulatloI
that the Wisconsin State Reg1Stel' ma:
concluded to revive his memory, Whicf
it has done in the following remarkable
poetical Renaissance OF one OF M:
many feats:
Old Daniel Boone, he shot coon'
And twenty-five wild geese;
IT'S said of him, he split the hmo,
When they all sat in peace
The rent did close, and catch thelr Toes,
And hold them fast and snug;
When in line upor pine,
A coon received the slug.
He charged again, and cut II twain,
The branch close TO tree;
A creek beneath the bough received,
And after it, plunged he.
When he came ont, his brooches stout
Five hundred trout contained,
Which weighed at least two pound apiece,
And there they all remained.
But strong and staunch, he look the Drahch'
And laid it on his back,
And home he walked, by nothing baked,
As tight as he could shack.
The time Of day, I've heard him say,
Was four O'Clock or near,
And miles nineteen there lay between
Him and his cottage dear.
The way was Steep the snow was deep,
And brush and logs not few;
But such were his powers that in two hours
His labors all were through.
As am told, old Bruin bold,
Did meet him on the rOad
But he shot him dead on the spot,
And added to his load.
When home he came, the good old dame
Soon feathered all the geese;
The fish and coon were dressed as soon,
And Bruin not the least,
Old Mother Boone then took the coon
And ninety pounds OF FISH,
Likewise a score of geese or more,
And put them in a dish.
Potatoes, too, and not few,
Were added to the mass;
She chopped them fine and added brine,
And seasoned all with sauce.
And then with care they took the bear
And stuffed him full Oft
Before the blaze they Bruin raised
And put him on a spit.
One Of them stood and piled on wood,
While 'tother turned him round to roast;
How fine he looked completely cooked,
I've heard them boast.
And then with haste they Bruin placed
Upon a table near,
And soon began, the good old man,
To carve him in the rear.
A hinge claymore, as Wallace bore
His dextrous hand held fast;
A pitchfork, too, that pierced him through,
In 'tOther hand he ClaSped.
He cut and cleft. from right TO left,
To each he gave a quarter;
His wife and son, they each took one,
The rest, himself and daughter.
Twould do you good, know it would,
To see them eat and stuff;
The bones were ceansed; the table Cleaned,
And then all cried: Enough"
The fact that wild geese never align
on trees of course does not detract a
all from the credibility of this nara
tive. There was one circumstance L
the tale which Marcus regretted DC
having wrought into his poem"
was the alleged fact that when tn
great hunter was coming out Of tn
creek with half ton of trout in ''hl
breaches Stout so great was the beal
ing down on his SuspenderS that but
ton thereon was wrenched off with sue
violence that it flew across the cree
and killed a partridge. Doubtless tn
lateneSs of the hour and the distance
be travelled nineteen miles III two hOul
on fOOt-prevented the removed Danlt
from securing the partridge, which woul
have added a trifle to the delicacles 4
of the feast, at which even the carvin
tools are worthy of special mention.
The account of one of the featS of tn
great hunter and the generous repaSt IT
sulting from it nay throw some ligl
on the fact that Kentucky has been ne
ted dring the past half century as bein
the state where giants are raised. 1T
well known maxim in stock raiSin
that thigh feeding produces big calves.