The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-20
MADE THEM DRUNK
NOVEL METHOD OF TAKING IN THE
WILD GOOSE
One Of Sedgwick County's Farmers
Soaked Grain i'll Whisky and
Caused n Flock of Squawkers TO
Go TN Disastrous Jag-IntoXica-
ted Fowls Made a Fine Feast.

Robert Speers of Illinois township was
in the city yesterday with two wagon
loads of feathers which he disposed OF AT
good profit 10 the Wichita Bedspriug COM
pany.
He was seen by an EAGLE reporter and
asked as to how it came he had so many
feathers to dispose of at this time OF the
year. Bob gave sly wink, saying there
are tricks in all trades. lou see, my wife
wanted a rain barrel all summer. aud IN
sisted Oh me getting her one when L came
to town. was in the city last Friday and
secured a barrel suitable for a rain barrel
from "A Wichita merchant. L took 1t home
and when / had knocked out the head l
found about three gallons of liquor in the
bottom. John Fraz er, who was working
for me- suggested that there was sufficient
whiskey in the barrel to soak up and by
putting corn in the barrel, we could irtox-
icste the geese which were making a raid
upon the wheat field.
II thought the idea good one. and ac-
cordingly we placed two bushels OF corn
and wheat in the barrel, and by addln <
some water we had four bushels OF grain
soaked up ready for the reception of the
geese, who were injuring our wheat near
the lake.
Il wish every lover Of amusement il
Withita could have been at my place az D
o'clock Saturday evening. You can talk
of Dutch picuics and all that, but | will
bet you we had more fun than they had at
any picnic ever held in Sedgwlck county.
| The geese came down. and finding the
corn aud wheat, began devouring the
cereal. The grain WAS well soaked with
bug Juice, and when it began working on
the geese there was more fun 10 the square
inch than you ever heard of.
The geese would quack and embrace
their comrades in true love-teast style.
Finally they would fall over on their back
and squeal as though they had received
word from headquarters that their canui-
date was elected to office. lt put me IN
mind of the way the result of the election
two yeare ago was received by the Pops at
the Sedgwick block. They squ,llrd. but
not one Of them could tell why they re-
jOiced.
After we had watched the fun for
some time we advanced to the drunken
geese. They would attempt to flY, but
fall back, and lying on their backs
would invite us to come aad PICK
them. Well, TO make long story short.
we picked the entire flock OF sixty-seven
wild geese. We killed twelve OF the fowls
and had a big wild goose dinner at the Star
school house on Saturday. The rest we
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county for over twenty years, but L never
| had as much fun in my life as | did Satur-
! day with those geese after they had swal-
| lowed that grain which had been soaked III
| a whisky barrel
I'VE held the grand barbecue on Satur-
| day and vet there WAS more than twelve
! baskets full remaining, and we concluded
! to keep tue remaining until Sabbath. when
/ the Union Sabbath school met. They met
and the minister, Rev. Davis, asked the
| blessing upon the food prepared. | dom,
| suppose mat the rwarded gentleman
was aware of the fact that the chief fooG
| which had been secured for that celebra
| ton. had been secured by means of Kansas
| joint whisky.
Well, we had good time and for once
joint Kansas whisky proved to have Il
good effect: | was thinking that II the
Wichita boys who go OUT hunting ducks
and geese would only stop to get an empty
whisky barrel they could have more Iun
| than usual, anu probably be the means OF
! helping out some poor parson who was en-
! Geavoring 10 hold religious services.
81 paid 81 for the barrel, and sold to the
factory in West Wichita, SLIGO worth Of
feathers. and | consider | had SD worth oi
| fun, and as five souls were baptised and
confessed faith in the Saviour of the uui
verse. / consider that the 81. IS | spent 70
that whisky barrel, resulted In more goOC
than though | had spent $50 for fore igI
| missionary purposes.