Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1894-12-21

plumber, and gave us quarter OF
good fresh beef-and this to strsug-
ers. He is the white,t mau we have
met 10 all Of our travels.
Capt. Pendleton is sick, and Capt.
White, with Radford and Wash Wills,
do the driving. The ISLANDERS are
placed in double linee, east, through
the woods, and they drive the inter.
vening space. We have had a morn
ing OF IL, and before 8 o'clock have 3
deer killed. The dogs had up four
or five different deer. going in as
many dffsreul directions, and the
whole woods rang with their cries.
They carried doe On the left line to
Ransom, who killed her at the first
shot. Another pack carried fawn
to Barker, who killed it, firing three
times. Yet another pack over on the
right brought large four-point buck
to Deacon McCombs, who murdered
him at l5 PAGES, causing him to turn
complete somerssult and seek the
happy feeding grounds Of his fathers.
Sent the deer to camp, and trsvers-
ing acres and acres of matted cane,
drove the woods beyond. Too dry,
and found nothing. Mr.. Carroll Dill.
lard, hunter Of reputation, came into
camp at noon. He goes with Pendle-
ton and White in the drive, and we
hunt the woods over the Culver, which
are now also on fire. Fire everywhere
and not drop OF water to extinguish.
The drivers jumped a buck and doe,
at which, both White and billiard
snapped empty guns. The fire is all
around is, and is getting to be a s
rluus mlu er.
Friday, Nov 16th.--Dillard, with
Garnett, Barker and Merriwether have
gone bear hunting. We hun. over
the Qniver, far down in the woods.
Every night we draw for the stands,
aud each man keeps his number
throughout the day. To-day Ralph
hetcelfe, who is jolly good fellow,
is mo. Que" After we had crossed
the Culver, and were going up the
further bank, which is very steep,
the saddle girth Of S'No. One" broke
and the gentleman from Illinois, gun,
equipments OF all sorts, together with
a hearty breakfast, came down and
struck the earth on his heam end,
which ia ample, with "dull thud,"
and had he been e eappsd aud psimed
torpedo, would have exploded in fine
form. He arose smiling, but the boys
got off many jokes at the expense OF
mo. One" who was late in getting to
his stand.
This getting up So soon in the
morning is almost az serious as the
fire, and it requires some resolution
To keep awake woy down here in the
quietude OF the woods. Davis Gar
nett, who has grip to be remember
ed on him, is by appointment the
special resurrectionist of the camp,
and comes around long before the
morning stars have had any chance
to sing together, AMI SAYS "get up"
and you had Just IS well arise, or that
grip goes into effect and you are lift
ed up in spasmodic hurry.
The drive was failure. Had up
some deer, but they ran away. Wash
Wills shot doe. The dogs cannot
trail them over burnt ground. The
bear hunters had no dogs and found
no bear They found large black
otter in hollow cypress and smoked
him out, Barker wounded him as be
swan in the waters Of the slough, aud
Dills-d killed him with q rifle ball
through his head. BE will weigh
twenty-five pounds and his skin is
worth six dollars.
Another drive this evening, but the
fire is spreading so far and fast, We
have but little hope. No deer, but
Radford shot fat 'possum, and some
squirrels.
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