Democratic messenger., 1894-12-22


tincation to the Participants.
Benjamin $. Rul of Talmage. Wis.
tells this story of his personal expert
enccs:
One Sunday about year ago /
mounted horse often used for fox hunt
ing To ride down To the back pasture
lot to give the calves bit of salt, and,
rs usual. my four hounds followed. II
was beautiful, clear morning, Just
after rain, with the roads decidedly
muddy suddenly over toward Earlville
heard pack of hounds on 4 hot trail.
So did my horse and dogs n horse
was bound to 90, and as I'D not
keep the dogs back, and fearing they
would be lost, thought would 20
little way up the hill and Sc" what the
racket was about. My horse W., 20 cx-
cited that could not hold hin.
Il passed several >taid old Mvnnonitcs
going to church and >plattcrcd them
full of mud. but | pulled my hat down,
looked solemn and aS if crying. and they
thought was going for a doctor. l had
not run mile till had met Sam Car
penter, who has - dogs: Sylvester Mil
Ter, who has ten dogs. and who were
out salting their calves and could not
hold their horses any better than |
could. As we went on. at some cross
roads or forks we met Rudy Frank
houser, Jacob Sewers, ROLAND Roger.
John Sewers, Martin Balmcr, Mart
Kuppcnhafcr Adam Hoover and about
30 more who had gone ont that morn
ing also to salt calves. IL was 4 regular
sailing day. and never knew that there
We're 81 many calves in West Earl town
ship, and that they were all given Il lick
of saltcd bran on the same day. 1t was
n really singular coincidence. Now,
some of the men were riding barebackcd,
some We're on mules, some only with
blind brides on their stccds; none was
dressed for either church meeting or fox
hunting.
''It was the most innocent party
ever saw. and they did all they could to
curb mules and horses and call off the
hounds. But the trail was hot and the
dogs eager. We might Just as well have
whiStled jigs 10 milcstoncs and expect
them 10 dance So the hunt went on. and
we could not stop il. We ran To Farm
ersville, then to Hinklctown, next to
Vogansvillc and wound up at Grotfdale
about 30 riders who had all gone ont
III the most pious way on Sunday morn
ing To salt calves i'll the back lots and
We're led astray by circumstances over
which they had no control The worst
of the whole matter was that that in
fernal fox. possessed by the devil, tool:
Us by every church in the ncighborho0d.
He almost ran into one church, and we
Were forced To ride by-splattcring mud
i'll AL directions, soaring the old people
and taking the thoughts of the young
folks off sacred things.
when We first started, We tried to
make the people believe we We're after
thief, the doctor, priest, or that We
thought we We're late for church serv-
ice and So were riding fast and furious.
But this racket would not do. There
were too many Of Us and 100 dogs on a
hot trail. We pulled our horses and
mules and shouted at the wicked, un-
godly dogs, but no good. He had a
through ticket at special rates and
could not stop off. There were all kinds
of creeds among Us riders, and that fox
took us by our respective churches. The
preachers saw Us, our elders, deacOns,
our wives, daughters and swcethearts
behcld us. and every one wcpt great
weeps. New York Advertiser