The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-24

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and pllg hais The fut and dog and
hunters paced 4 held where n 90
farmer aas pIlWlhF H. used ~ bH a
loY himself ani uheu De- heard ihe
dlg, H1Hing and nW the Tor run.
hing if dear No.. and The sports ful
lYsInF the pld man blood wns up.
o. uhlnfAlei ihr traces that held Tho
Nov Jumped un ihr mule. and stick
ing bic heels into the mules sides
and maui nr ihr animal with q whip.
was s0oh even with the Wd.coairi
sports. and as be- yelled Ike q
panther the hair on lho heads " The 10y
hunters falsed their plug hats right on
The boss looked around In %amAlemeni.
and when they saw the old farmer on
me mule passing the.r thoroughbred
horses. lt seemed ~ though they would
link down and de- The hHness rat
tied and sounded Ike a dray horse run
ming away. the traces hew around 10
thai there wns danger the young mel
would be- knocked of their horses, the
mule put his head down aud passed the
red coats, while the old man, hailess,
his white hair streaming In the wind,
and his hickory shirt and bnttcrnul
pants and harc feet, made 4 picture tina
the Young Baltimore orioles did no
enjoy The old man took the lead
went over fences. and when the null
could not Jump a fence II would ruT
against It and knock it down. Conn
on. boy.. = shouted the old man, a, b,
rode ahead. and the boys tried 20 com
on. but Il seemed as though thorough
bred horses were no match for the will
mule. and the old man ran amongst tn
dogs, passed them, and had the 70.
corraled In q fence corner when th
dogs and the red coats came up. and a
the pack bounced upon the painting 70
the old man dismounted and secured th
brush. while the mule laid down wit
the harness on. and got mp and bega
to eat thistles, ~ though it had onl
been taking q bit Of exercise, Will
the thoroughbreds were pantin
and blowing. and nearly dead Th
sports were paralyzcd at the gall Of N
farmer. the endurance and speed OF Il
mule, and the general righteousness
the scene. and when the old farm'
took the brush and got on a fence an
mounted his mule. after hitching up Il
dragging harness 80 II would al stay {
ill he got home, and said: IVA
/, BOYS, come out again some day and
will have some fun with YOU, cause "
durn fellcrs won't let q man work wit
he wants to- and rode on, there "
, silence for a minute, and all the spol
! looked as though they wanted 10 dI
; Finally. the master Of the hunt. aft
I, watching the farmer over a hill. bro
, the silence by saying; "Well, !
/ durned!' and the procession of r
coats started for Baltimore by
!, strdghiest road, each rcgretting that
y had not brought a gun with which
i, have killed that mule when the farm
: frst showed up. They did not tell
story when they got home, but
, farmer was in Baltimore the next d
10 sell some potatoes, and while inqu
4 ing for the sports, to tell them VIII
they could trade their horses for so
a pretty good average mules, the st'
y came ont. and the fox hunters are
p 10 be- found At their usual haunts.
:, Wa mean In the farmer, but farm
have 50 little fun II Is not 10 be W
y dered at that they mix in when occas
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