Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-03


The surface OF the river reflects the color
of the red leaves Of the bceches along It's
shores, the tail, straight. gray trunks Of
dead spruce trees look less like finger
marks Of decay; the chip Of IN occasional
winter bird may be heard varied by the
foggy chuekling Of the ground squirrel.
The odor Of trying bacon welcomingiy de-
files the clear pure air, the dogs hang
around the cook regardless Of his kicks
and curses, and nufure, as appetite in
-creases, takes on a frirer hue.
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Inc hiothng ues"eons-a wash, aViNts
anu 1cakiast-Ar quickiy performed, snu
Eastman, AFTER assigning tine hunters 20
tneif respectiVe STANDS On the crossings
where ueer are accustomed 10 enter the
river, taxes MS uogs = moves Dack III
'ieetion OF q fiuge q nile ulsuane,
wnefe ne expects 10 strike = iresn traii.
00ionei nioanaer, OF tine army, WIN q
winchester zine, guard AZ 2 weir
known point known as tue rive bircnes.
Inc Coionei says ne mas staiked ahseiope
on the plans but ms suggestion 10 te q
req rag 70 tine muzzie OF ms gun 10 attracs
oy Eastman. 1idge hhey, o, Accomac, =
az. - @ = N1 ma
q pint flask OF pine-top whisky, is posted
at the fallen tree and / am directed by the
guide to take INV stand at the big bend,
where for n distance of two hundred wards
ON either hand there Is an omen stretch of
water. Deer hunting ON the Biackwater
80
of the country. 1t is the general custom
in Pike and Potter counties, Pennsylvania,
when hunting with dogs, to put the hunter
upon runways, and when the deer passes
the sportsman gets n shot. The deer does
also, if the hunter is o good maksmsm. On
the Blaekwater the deer, when pursued by
the dogs, taxes 10 the water 10 throw on
the scent and the sportsmen ale posted at
such points along the stream as experience
has proven the animal is most likely either
to cross or to swim past TO escape danger.
Judge Riley insisted thai If the deer pos
sessed the intelligence with which he is
commonely accredited ne would take q
Glove instead OF water to throw OIL the
scent, but the Colonel ayerred that nothing
short OF q wholesale drug establishment
would deaden the sour mash distlllery per
iume tnat preVadeo tine Juuses person.
SHOT IN H STREAM.
Two hours passed nj the bio bend with
ont the SIGN of a deer. A mink played
incautiously around a large rock in the
centre oftbe stream and trout occasionally
leaped from the water and fell back with
a gentle splash. With ears strained and
gun cooked l listened intently. Far off
down the stream, in the n~eighbOrhoOd of
the bsches, / ! heard the faint report of a
rifle. Then for another hour all was still.
A dozen times / fancied l heard the baying
of the hounds, but it proved to beonly the
ereakino of n dead tree AGAIN I heard
The sound and this time / was not mistaken.
The welcome music came nearer. and I
uasned INV 0un in n fever of exnectation.
The eborus then gradually died AWAY and
7 threw NV breeehloader upon the ground
in an agony of despair. Again, far off TO
nv left the DOGS were heard this time
Distinctly annroaehine the river. The re-
mort of the musket from Accomac echoed
throngh the woods and every hone was in
stantIy dashed 10 the ground. The dogs
waro till mon tba trail bovavar "a their
having DrOVed. and il glanced ND and uOWn
the river with nervous anxiety. Two wild
ducks, apparently, were coming down the
stream, swimming rapidly side by side. i
determined to get feathers if fur was denied
and waited cautiously for them to come
within range. The closer the two ducks
came the less they appeared to resemble
water fowl, and when n shallow place in
the stream was reached the two horns Of q
pike buck were lifted from the spot where
/ had imagined the necks of two ducks
protruded. Cautiously the deer lifted his
head from the water. glanced ut the laurel
frinoed hanks of the stream. naused for n
moment to listen to the distant bayiug of
the hounds and carefully lifting his feet
waded over the shallow place and going
again into the deep water sunk his head so
that only the nose and the horns could be
seen above the surface. On he came, until
within twenty yards of my stand, when |
saluted the gentleman with eight buckshOt
from the right barrel. His head sunk
under the stream. r~eappeared and he started
for the ~opposite hank. As he arose from
the water he received n charge from the
second barrel and fell dead upon the shore.
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