Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1894-12-21
ON CULVER RIVER.
SUCCESSFUL HUNT IN MISSISSIPPI
NARRATED IN DETAIL.
The Annual outing of the Christrian Conn
~ Hunting Ciub-what Was Knisd-The
Camp Life.
he KRNTUoKIAs;
CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE.

Nelpp5 tuo tuItu huu ODbCuItb tue
sky. Two hundred yards to the
south, a long line Of fire advances in
zigzsg alignment, and makes lumi-
nous the darkness The cracking and
popping from the burning cane aud
sticks, is like the rafting Of mus
kerry, and as some tall dead tree, en-
veloped in fire, aud burned to the
heart, would fall and shake the earth
as the deep boom of artillery, the
blaze and rising sparks would light
up the dark background, and like the
battles blaze, paint hell on the skies.
In the sheeted flame, with red ban.
ners uplifted, on it came nearer and
nearer until one expects 10 hear the
ringing command: elk bayonets,"
or see the suryied ranks part asunder,
aud the helmetted horsemen dashing
through. But light came and the
camp employees fight it away.
Crossed the river aud placed the
men in line through the woods, while
Captains Pendleton and White drove.
In going to the Ntaud jumped large
buck, which got away too quietly 10
shoot. Indications of rain.
Capt. Pendleton, in the northern
end Of the drive, jumped buck, and
turning in his .sdde fired two shots,
aud shocked him down. He got up
and be fired on HIM twice more, but
he ran forty or fifty yards before he
fell He is gooi four point fellow,
and, like ell the others that have been
killed is very fat.
Late this evening made another
drive in the bottom, and the dogs
soon had up another dssr, which
Captain White says was also q large
buck. The whole pack took up the
chase, aud in full cry carried him far
away out OF bearing, and no one got
shot The dogs have moi returned,
and at . late hour, the horns are
sounding the return, their shrill no;ss
rising above the stiffness of the night
like the pibroch OF McGregor, gather
ing a clan, "that is nameless by day
W. A. Lowry, one of our best men,
reached camp to-day, having been de
layed by business.
Mr.. X. l.. Jones, our host from
Black Bayou, is our guest tonight,
Splendid suppar tonight Of veni
son steak and venison stew, that
would break the fast Of an anchorite,
and lie on the stomach of dyspeptic
as gently as the dew of the morning
on O flowers petal, No rain and the
woods still burning.
Wednesday, l4.--This morning
cool and frosty, but becomes quite
warm by midday. Hunted the woods
over the river in the morning, but
found nothing. Capt. White, Nc
Combs, and Mr.. Jones blazed new
drive through the woods east frcm
camp, and this evening we hunted
there. Got up three deer which ran
contrary, and no one got a shot at
them. A doe and fswn cams walk
ing leisurely up to Barker, stopped
and admired him just twenty nine
yards distant. He frel at the doe.
broedsides, aud says he knocked her
down, but she went away, and was
never seen again. As the fawn turn
ed to run he fred at him, and wound
ed him with one shot in the hip.
The fawn went a little distance and
lay down. Burke jumped him; he
ran by Ransom, who fired at him.
Again he lay down, and White came
with the dogs and caught him, after
he had fired two shots at the stars,
Hart killed large fat coon that
came and sat on the log with him.
1t is 80 dry that the dogs cannot
trail, and there is too much heavy |
cane here for good driving. but we
ore dong fairly well.
Thursday, l5th.-The smoke was
almost UNDESIRABLE last night, and our
eyes hurt from its effects this morn
ing, but as the sun rises clear and
bright it drifts away, aud we have
beautiful day.
Mr. Jones left for home this morn.
ing. When we arrived at Black Bay
GU, at night, weary aud heavy laden,
no took NIX Ia, fed us aud housed us,