Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-01
WAS A 'POSSUM HUNTER.
IN THE WOODS WITH A QUEER OLD
GEORGIA NEGRO.
Ills Name Was March Burreii and I'll.
Dog Gumfa Was Very wise-No
Hopes for Postum when March
started After Him.

II have gone on many carefully planned
hunting expeditions" said the Southerncr
10 New York sun man. provided with
all the latest accoutrements for the at
tainment OF a well filled game bag and with
companionship OF choice spirits to give
anything quite so ~" much as the 'possum
named March Burrei for my sole com
panion 4 number OF other BOYS In the
heighborhood would 20 with us some
pany on tb"se rridnipht eSpeiitIons. pos
sum hunting with him was a science en-
joyable, faseinating. tb,ut solemn wlthal' and
mind
March seldom spoke as he trudged along
through ,ha lark som. swninps and nine
,noI i,, b,, tary 49," lyas On Inc
alert and his dirk faSe Mas study. as
me yeHoW Elarg OF tne sht Mo9d 'orSn in,9s "a
was always close within cali unless there
sc,irrIed aionS ES on every ~ side barking here.
~, ~ f'oms Vs. bTt .be wiy hunter
paid littie attenti6n To- their cries and calls
f 9nd Trhtn ' ad IdI'11g 1gnc and the rest OF the
dogs would raise such an overwhelming
aln that would venture roni TO fusGrs la'
March w2nI1 lqok a at Gpi,,a bs baaf but
,,, S, r"', S,, Sii,, bare, no vyoiiId say ana
oine mere GoinS hSre; ne mi MIN i thc dSes
,o.a,,,o,,. ,o,,,- ,e,forp,oa no would
rms ceretnon1 @ neluE pr, ,a,t,ini vs vlne and
Ire" and nd brar t. where where the other dogs were
barking as II tney Wondd tSur ga, isv,lnressivslv.
p.tets SNS S nV,,Ss a,,d fsty,b oiIt de eter-
tQ cen gar, buihit, ulIu Lc.St ,V.',a's -, har,y
nal truiU Marcn Knew thmt uu.''vS ttor ubst The
would tel the truth no matter WHAT '''
Luck didn't favor us the early part d ol
this night but aiter we mao vr1ss'r .1si ~, q"
remote part of the country. out OF our
usual peat, me dogs az at onCS Sc t,roP P ~ 4
pnoglioTSS camor hiS 20 bs nest OF pos
sums thereaeout' anu tnS uUss u!isss,,tnn Tbe
be freeing thsm IN eNt{ Garcs insistent
trlumnh OF me doss Was " W. doshed into
was eager LOT the ,tlaS. " a ttrrv oi,nr
me m rnSket. goi limb and then, to
rE on an outs,Feicneu a i'IiS, Wa,rch d' heatIn. a
my amaHemeht J. saW Ma.TSh ,,nwinting
nasty retreat, wIhotinS ,it hrt.b I'M banns and
9monE me GaIsi,hs s,,,heTsS u he way soon
ia!len LOGS Wh'Gh cV'nneteu .iiotY tnSY toafi tnot
the clear looL. iooL. ~ 3jii,,.sg ana he
of his horn challenged the stilIhestS, t aiiu i; ne
went farther and tarther from tnf ~
Ppiutfu uoss' cal'ii's ''ei'
ms it' SIut' .,o,,o. q; saw, f,,,l Of Miss Bet
Z. .ltt uht tIthet - 's't,' 'ed. ha nrieJ sard
ebery one of dem cats is got parIta Ot qe bap p,n
one one on deni , eats; sc1,,,. o,,as tho awed man
nor ~ nv rulde' and in a flash his mean
Ing ned there had iivsa for many years ef So,
s9tary @ otu Tot'am. i,iv "o annearsnce ana her
siit OF dor,TimJ nitn shss snS alwaVs kept
tu hs II wltcn' . out ns ~ ~, az Nick as
number of cats mest OF TN mem datb az oash whi"h
oIdVh C9uiu t pe. S,!iru !,re he rore these cats
Sad tnan ~ tbs swamp increased to an
nmazinn nnt axtent n" and become like wild ami
nt,s h Ma ,SItinIi ~ ,n,nW times inhabited
.bosa, ,ntS and be hsiisved also his dogs
"33SSiIdd tWar"b is daai now and C;umfa has
hoso Ia 5o No., heayen a. for wears but both dar-
i,, peeA ,l As, d@serva Mace in The history
NJ N Fnug,,, So uOf fb,Inftng ~ F''N
VI .sirI,1a ~ Narcb's moves md motions ap-
,anrad ,nnst excantric TO the uninitiated
ppnd tbosa b,,ntinr yyitb him would wonder
"'u "bat he vas goini- 70 do next, but he new
", " 80, i W Il tsrfnro,ca ond h. aIwavs had
onI ~ nns NJ. for wbst he lid although
tb"v ,,Ifpbt not M. exnisined until tho next
INV / soon discovered that one vulnera-
ble. poini in the Old mans armor was his
s,rnarSiition ON one oCrasion ali the dogs
with Gumfa at the head were raising