Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-31

earr.Ss OF an enurunous black h~A--
There Ser~ great EAEy bar thst
rear. hzt they k~ps IN tire s~zzPs
Pretss elo-e. and 0nIT g sew we're
<illed- Alozs in August Ao--ve--
they h~san - xes trozhsesozss. invA1-
ing 1eidS - ate ec-n ard -.-ryizg %
great loads % razssinx ear. Ther~
was ore hix fellow ~ho visited n~4rly
every plsntAtisa IN the nes<hh-1rAoo1-
Giles Orer-ou watched for htza ou~
Night. and claimed next Gay that he
sAw hiz gather an RrztS2 q curI~
thea h4iaaee = PzzPkin % hEs bad
and walk - "a his hin1 feet Giles
s~id the beass acted - like \ zAz he
couldn't Shoot him b- wkbcA I take
Giles story 20 - ~rsze-hs- ex2<-
x-rztsd- particularly a. Squire Hes<z
claims he saw Giles asleep On his Sand
tus- b~fore day The ~.qusr- having ri1i-
den ny on his way 10 the LAKE 70 1sh
for <Peekle4 prreh. xhseh Eere hstiz<
freely Ie&nght nin~ty-nine 0ne zorz-
in- before breakfast z1d killed q rat
tiesnake that
What the ration has that 70. 20 do
with the bear story interrupted a
z.zr With -r-rnulcuS hand who Oh
,ecfs % sualrs-
The NAE fruzn the bottoms gr0~le<i
oct something absut not seeing the
sense Of izterrupsinx a gentleman no
was delivering Instructions gratis. and
eo1tinaezi- We measured the tracks %
the bis b~sr several TINES. and they
were elexeE inches wide The nigxe-x
on my Plz-~ s1w the b~zs: oae- or
twiee- and aid h~ wzs n big as y
ho1<e- EveryhS3y was too bE=v pick
ing cotton and settling with the hands
% hunt h~A-. besides the critters ain :
aay good until after hard tro-f- 20
the big fellow lived high until about
the middle q D~cenh~r. by which time
be was rolling in fat. a. we could tell
by his tracks In track made BY a
poor hear the claws leave q VERY de-p
inpre>Sion- whereas whea the animal
i IA. the hall of the foot leaEes more
prominent impression Finally we err-
elzeed % have = he4r hnnt and. Il po~-
ssele. get the hix fellow. We sent over
% the ridge and xot cd man F-rxu<oa
49, - x ~ - - 4@-44~ 10 Nlr
psck and zsost Of them vel trained A
bea< dog Is eonPo~ite canine erea-
tion- He ought 20 have enough hound
IN kiz 20 make hin \ good trailer.
enocsh ball 70 make him gritty. ard
eaoaxh 1ss S- cz- 20 make him cza-
fson& His business amt 10 90 IN and
pull down hear Il ! 70 nip him On
the lesrs and bring him to a stAndStill.
- the hzn;er can come up and shoot
him
That's ;he kind old Fergusoa's dogs
we're mostly. slthoash there were few
fall blood deer or fox hounds and hiz
hrzndle half m4stiH ard half grey
hound who weighed seventy or eighty
pounds. and thought no more 0f
st-zaglinx a wildcat than fox terrier
does of slAzghterinz a rat His name
Was Ball and he was the apple of old
Ferxuson's eve
We started one morning Just before
ezy. SIX Of u. besides the dogs. all
mounted. and some carrying shotgEns
and ~oze rIees ! had = needle gun
such as Is nsed IN the army. . sree.
weapon for big game. bat rerT wear
ilSon n man zho<e shozider can't stand
hard iies We started hear abozt
seven o'eloek and after chase Of half
an hour got mp with hiE= ald the 6ogs
II wzs In q piece Of ope1 woods and Il
wasn't mach truzble % knock him
over He wasn't the by fellow. how
ever. and the hOrses 1nd dogs being
fresh- We hEng hin 70 a s@Plinx zni