Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

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his girl and such a time eating corn.
I remember there was young man
friend of the Hayden's; he was from
Potosi; was a miner, had worked in tn,
lead mines all of his life, and one of thu
jolliest fellows ever saw. Sing? He
could sing everything that was sung il
those days from ..Old Dan Tucker. = tt
Poor Lucy Lucy Neal, she died because
she ate SO much corn meal" Oh, how
we did sing, ..Old King Cole, Old King
Cole, he called for his pipe and he
called for his bowl, and he called for
his fddlers three We called this
young fellow .sOld Roam He had a
head of hair as red as they make them
and as long as Absolom's. A great big
stout fellow.
The first time ever I saw him, was
invited by the Hayden boys to come
up early, one fall morning, and take a
big hunt over to the head of Stout's
creek and Black river hills. When I
reached the Hayden's home (they lived
where Fort Davidson is now this fellow
come to me, and took my gun and put
it to his face. AS / stood and looked
at him, just thought he was the best
put up man ever saw, and such jol-
ly kind disposition, and dead sEot.
1t did one good to see him shoot. And
then such times as he and I had hunt
ing. When it was not so terrible cold
we could hunt, and oh, the sight of
game we killed during that cold spell.
shall never forget one storm of two
or three days time. It showed and
blew so we were housed up. The last
night of the storm it cleared off in the
night. The next morning it was clear
and intensely cold. But for all that /
got up as soon as it was light, and while
all of the rest were sound asleep,
took sold Besey" and started for the
woods just out east of the farm. Not
more than four hundred yards from the
house on the north side of the woods
was very thick thicket, on the south
more open. facing the sun. l thought
as soon as the sun gets up, it will shine
in warm, and every deer in the near
region will come in to stand in the sun.
When reached the place, l saw rab-
bits squatted all around in the sun, with
their backs against some tussock or
bunch of grass, sitting all curled up
summing. I commenced shooting their
eyes out. 1t was so cold they paid no at
tention to me. They did not offer to run
and kept on shooting until thought
/ had as many as wanted and was
getting pretty hungry.
After gathering up my rabbits l
started for the house which was not
but few hundred yards. When l
come in sight of the house, .sOld Roam"
and all of the boys and girls came
Oub tO IAO Stuu OSCfy 1Oi1O"
caught hold of me and dragged me IN
the house. and such racket as they
made I didn't know what under the
sun they meant until we all got in the
house, then every fellow said d.Mrs. Rus
sell, I want that dollar, I've fetched
him home
said, ..look here, l would like to
know what all this fuss is for?"
They said mother had been worrying
about me all the morning, and had of
fered any one dollar that would
bring me home. said, eff this is the
case, l will take the dollar myself, for
I fetched myself home"
Mother said, Eyes, and I've good
mind to give you a good licking, that's
what have mind to give you.
s.Yes, but look here, mother, just
Iork at that pile of rabbits I have
fetched you. T. P. r.