The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-12
On the Mountain.


: adjacent to the Williams river, Will
the sun, which will shortly set in tn
west to close the day, Is kissing th
lips OF the trees silent goodnight, W,
look across and TO the southwest wher,
mountain peaks rise above mountain
peaks and Inadvertently the though
cup, up, UP" comes tn our mind
Then we turn To the northwest where
mountain peaks seem Ia hide hehind
mountain peaks and with lightning
like speed the thought of "down, down
down, comes 10 our mimi. And for
once in our life we envy the poet his
rhythmic power of description. But
realizing that all such thoughts are
vain we must be content To- say that
the tops Of the lofty mountains are
reached by climbing to the top of the
several sections which usual consist
: of three, five and seven Although
they are not adorned by lilies. pun
granite or network they would afford
Il broad field for tie Astronomer and
Il bnundie>> territory for romance.
One boumdless sea of apparently un-
touched forest lies before and around
us. Nothing disiurbs the stiffness
thereof save the sorrowing moan Of
the night wind in the pine trees anC
the sullen roar of the distant waters
as they madly rush through and over
the rocks in the valley below. Listen,
Listen Just nov we hear the wall
of wild cat in the distance and
night hawk is SCI canning just above
/ us, and soon, very sJun too, we are
going to cimih dnwn this mountain.
just now we hear four rifle shots in
quick succession anl with II fond hope
of veniSon for supper we bid this dear
old mountain adieu. The camp fire
on what is called big Beechic" reach
ed without loss of life or limb aud re
freshments served, which consisted ot
bacon, coffee, and what the boys called
Flap jacks, we again have our pen
ell and tablet and will again attrm y
To chronicle Il briefieview of the tray
els so far, of some journeymen hunt !
er5. To begin with, an agreement
MAS made between j. r. Waldo, IIa
gan Barr, X. VI. Marshall, :. |. Stump
and myself to take the hunt we are
now about to describe. One Of the !
considerations was that we were no;
to sleep i'll house on the trip, and |
another that We were to do our own |
c"oAimg, and Uther considera,i ~ Co.,
numerous to mention here, all of
which have been carried ont Ia tn" |
letter :" far, though sometiIaesa little
grating t" our feelings. But to our
travels. All things in readiness.
promptly nj 9 o'cinck on the morning
Of the 2Sih ult.. the command. "for-
ward, march" was given and four
blood thirsty heroes started. Every
thing moved off nicely until the third |
mile post was reached. There it was
discovered that whip had been lost
and I" recover it nm hours time was
i'st, but the procession finally moved |
ON. Stumptown was reached ut high
noon and we all gathered around q
soup pot for refreshments. 1t was
there discovered that the feed corn
was short, which was promptly sup
piled ont of the deficiency fund. The
braves were re assembled after dinner
and the command of march" was
again given. At Normantown wc
were joined by S. |. Stump, who add.
Cd new lie and fresh CO urage to the
army and we pressed ON. We had |
not gone far until we learned that
Fred lngle, who lived right ON our
road, had real live black bear. So
it was unanimously decided to dis
mount and diagnose Mr.. Bruin that
we might be the better enabled to
shoot deadly shnls into those that we
then expected to dcvour in the noun |
tnins, and an we sped. Night came
upon us ten miles this side Of Sutton
and We went into camp, where, he
tween thin blanket and the cold !
ground We shivered til the creek froze
over. Next morning, very early.
General Marshall and body guard |
were sent to Sutton to arrange for the
necessary medicines, and whether he
succeeded or not need not be consid
cred a part of this story. Dinner was
served some where on W0lfcreek. bnt
The particulars Of our travels mp tina
memorable stream can not with pro-
prieiy he explained here, and for the
particulars we refer you to Sui
Stump. That night we cnmpcG nj
Erehacon and while there train of
cars came along and YOU bel we lnok-
ed wild. The next day we dined ON
the bank Of the Gaulev. and Mt night
went INTO campat the Forks of " Ill
linms river in what il known ~ the
Harmon Settlement. Again Gen
eral Marshall and an aid was sent out
as a spy and in senrch of supplies.
In due time he returned to camp with
jake Bennett and about ten pounds
of bear meat which was soon roasted
and equally ~ soon cater. The next
dav ON account Of ram we moved but
n short distance to place where We
left our horses and wagons. Early
next morning we gathered our guns
and packs and marched ON foot to the
"Big Bccchie" camp, Of which we
spoke in the opening. and whore mp.
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