The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-09
An oHIo MAN IN TEXAS
He Applies Henry County Methods TO Ange
lima County Game, with Painful Results.

Texas woods are full OF SURPRISES" said a
New Yorker who has spent q good deal OF time
in the region he mentioned. This fact was
brought strlkingly home to a friend OF mine.
who being an Ohio man. had an idea that
what he didn't know about things there was
no use going to the trouble Of learning.
even though it might be knowledge OF the
| Texas woods and their dcni2ens
This young Gcntlcmans name was Dear
| ing: John bearing Of Henry county, He had
hunted Coons ever since he was boy, and
| chased the hog nosed snake aud prairie RATHER
to their dcns fearlessy. That was all right. but
when he went down to Angelina county. Texas.
| he shouldn't have presumed on those accom-
| pllshmcnts as making him finished man OF
| the world. II he hadn't, he would have re-
turned to Henry county with as much flesh on
lis bonos as he went away from homo with.
Yet he wouldn't have known as much rs he
did whom he left Texas lte said so himself
My friend Denrng was working on n farm
with a man named Brown. brown had been
long in close contact with tho Texas woods.
and was well informed about them One day
while lie and bearing were at work. Browns
dogs came tearing along by the back of the
field at full cry, and disappeared in the woods.
where they soon stopped auu yelped more lus-
tily than ever.
They've freed n COON said my friend
DearinC, with "reminiscences Of Henry county
in his mind.
".They've freed wildcat = said Farmer
Brown. with knowledge Of the Texas woods.
bearing treated the wildcat idea with some
contem pt. as it seemed calculated to convey
the ridiculous impression that an Ohio man
didn't know what hey was talking about So he
insisted on going into the woods to show
Farmer Brown Of Texas how little he know.
Farmer Brown went along. They came to
where the dogs were grouped under tree.
excited and noisy. Tho tree wasn't more than
twenty-five feet high. and near the top. crouch
Ing among the branches. was a big Texas
wildcat. 1t looked ugly, and Texas wildcats
not only look ugly but they are ugly when
their regular routine OF business is intcrfsred
with in this way. Ny friend bearing gazed Mt
the formidable looking beast Il few seconds.
- admit it isn't a coon. But what do dogs
want to bark that way for unless they have
ny county thas,,d fool US that way. What is it
~ Only a wildcat snid Farmer Brown. ri
90 homo and get a gun. aud bring him down.
But my friend bearing pooh-poohed tho
idea Of wasting time s II going after gun. He
'GunF he exclaimed, What do you want
"Then he cut stout pole. five or six feet
long lilo tied his knife an ol4.fashtoned.
iI " the Slides closing When OPP "poHsI>to
the end Of the pole. MAXIM OF it the regulation
;sta a lance Of Of Henry H.. rGoumty
and Jab this knife into what you say is a Wild
eat and hel }pmn d to tne ground only too
pitch in and do him .ur. That's the way we
gather in coons w in Henry county
this ami ts COON nor this amt anry coTn
ty! This Is Angelina county. Texas. and this
a genuine angelina count wild at. These
But my friend bearing only smiled and
looked knowing
he said. III show YOU, something you don't
know. Or. If you don't fee sal" in staying here
and WATCHING me 81; and d3n't Want TO learn you
Then bearing climbed the tree. The Wild
cat, watched his progress, with slaring eyes
ard frequent snarls and srutterings that
would have taught something to any ono but
an Ohio man, When bearing came within
easy reach Of the zig cat lie gave It "A lab with
side from which the blood sp1rted Accord
ing to henry county rules Of the hunt the cat
should have immed els sbruDg from the tree
and let the dogs jump on it,. But it deiied al!
precedent; as recorded n Henry COUNTY and.
OF the tree il bearings length hadn't covered
cat made sit it's descent the full length OF Dear
ing. riprlng his clothes and his flesh from
cular saws had been tres assinE on his pcrs0n.
" This was an entirely Irregular and unsyo-
ton.atic proceeding on The part of the wildcat
II the cat had coHr al. the way down the t-cs
md given the dogs II chance. On g!anciug
down. though, h. -Hw with much, Indignation
not gone to the ground at all. but had stOupel
on the stem o! the tree only littIe moro than
him and gazing ny at him with amazing
elIrontery Tor game that had acted in utter
Dog gone YER exclaimed bearing be-
tween his teeth II you're bound to go down
the 1ree that way ~ give 20" OMAR another iilt
stnato beast had the audacty to not only not |
go down md mingie with the dogs. Lut 70
come hnck up the tree. again. using my friend |
bearing AS "A means OF ascent in manner SIM |
liar to the way it had utilized him in going
his clothes and flesh When bearing rccov- |
cred from his SURPRISE sufficiently TO look |
about and see what hid become Of the rsca,.
old place among tno top branches.
- Hadn't YOU hettrrH,ome down Z INQUIRED
or two away. watching the application OF Ohio |
methods to Texas game.
e. Yesr replied my friend bearing. | am |
coming down, What's the use OF trying to |
hunt such Internal game Ms this. that don't |
know what's the right thing to DO In eImer;
soon make crow bait OF dogs M in Henry |
county that run such things AS this up Il tree
THEN Dearing chucked his Henry county |
coon spear to thrsronnh and started down the |
tree The wacnt neSlinG ana smartng irom
1t had not mad" its objection osuch treatment |
treating. II sprTne from its place in tho TOP Of |
the tree and landed square on bearings |
shoulders. The cat weighed about fifty |
pounds. and bearing was not expecting such a |
move as that. The consequence was that
on the ground. ana the next second Demring |
was the nucleus of n gnashi ing. snarling yep- |
Ing combination Of wildcat and dog. and the |
teeth and claws. By tho time the wildcat had |
succurnbcd 10 the dogs and Farmer Brown |
there we're no cl ,thes to speak Of loft ON my |
friend Denring. nnd he was chewed and clawed |
so that it was two weeks before even would |
have felt ike cashlng check for him without |
his being identified
So tits is why say that to he man unused
to their ways and the pecu lar things that |
dwell in them even though he may be from |
Ohio the Texas woods are full OF surprises. |
and there isn't any doubt about it"
derry Husk ~ Very Sick.