The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-10-14
SARGE PLUNKETT
Browns SpeCkled Pup and the EOrthefn
Visitors.
20, D BLUE" AT ANDERS0NvlLLE

Something About Hounds That Every :
body Does Not Know-There Is /
None of Them Terrible" h
y,-o,,n has been watching the cookie I
- Gov o,,er a week and he preui0's o.
-, Frost-when cookie burs ripeh l'0N
= don,t know II this sign IS ai~"s5
good but | do know thaI 800 ore
eua,,ks of fall time. the may pp,;nas
p a1;'9o, in the olR fields; musca tIlt 20
si9 Wild grapes have been plehtiiul -
81 tho 'possums for some uhie az" 49,
mons are only waiting for a h''ie
70 touch them that they may DC ~ ,.a i0
Honeved mouthful either Tor posi-
~ g. r,an The crops are good-espco
IN, corn makes us think OF oid tits
= ,.h could hear the hounds DdAN4'o
o,,er the fields and the negroes s,HslHS 7,,ou
tbev used to sing, then all "oulu a,,ar
"a &C cheering as old folks cou-u
anu 90 C1ose IN where / live there are
NJ - farilies of vell-to-do white laIn4o'
=, 80 raised their children as ciiiiN |
rhn,ld he raised and 1t is Sor or
sreat Measure for me to "aIC" -. &C
So, 80 hear their cheerful voices %
worn - In old times children Went
ny nr,, cheerily, singing ana !uilp9
~ runntng. but in this day anu I'm
:, - No, so common, but we arc e5
hack slowly and the LORD shouiu ~ ha,5t !
nat il is So The poets arc III ~ 4ba
81 ,,iti,r down the fall of the year as w
Oh pune &c ,be seasons" l could never sec
=. ~ v,av In old times know the,e va
thirr sad in the matter. Corn sd'AO,2
nod ,ts charms, for the shucNie :, 80
soop begin. The girls were chee. - .,,Id
for the auiltings would begin az .,,ose
didn,t mich nor the hands get soio a. ~
DAYS. but merry shouts hIeu &c - SIN
,Ie and big bent to the WORK IN iidAd 80
49,, haar and ginger cakes, shce lie an
,,,.t,cds and 'possum-'possum 0"o..
this was the bill of tare at the Conn
| homes of the olden times ana Is Se. 49, =,
| gettina back TO be. At them qui''"e' -
| the old times
The prettiest little miss
! Would give her boy a Kiss ,,.,o
/ v,-I,h not a hit OF turning red from siiaiiV'
| ITor the house was looking on
| And there wasn't any wrone- 100
| rs was inst the incest part o. all the s"AO'
Brown has been in his glory Tor wen
| mr. two telling strangers about 'hGSo ~
t,res He has been telling them all ABOUT
| ~ ne as an oyerseer In the days Oh SlaN-
| erv He stuffs them with how ne useu -
| stran negroes for little or nolhlils' go
| run them with dogs, and TINS thaI anu j.
other thing. which all seems stIaH5e ,ybe
a-.=ss.s==--., .,,,ses th"r' ~ L-------.a - -
| TINS
exposition 1 pity him. for he has hardly
| spoke the truth since the crowd began 10
gather. l had no idea that a man of his
| capacity could have Matched up such sto-
| ries as he has been telling these people.
| Especially has he spread himself on the
! war and the battles around Atlanta Not
one word has ne told though of how ne
| used 10 hustle from the conscript officers
! Brown claims 10 these northern visitors
that ne stu has the same stock Of hounds
that ne used to run negroes with, and il is
I d surprise to me what interest they take
/ IN them and buy them TO carry back north
! lie mas speckled pup that he has learned
TO run track a little, and thar is a ..nro
iesSionaI IN catching bread when il is
tossed at him, and / should NOT wonder
Il ne gets $2OO for this pup Brown claims
a hne pedigree Tor this pup and nuts II
t"a' ms grahddaddy-the pups granddaddy
is historical character. IL ticklas mo -
listen TO Brown talk to Yankees aho,,. ~
speckIed pup and relate the exuIoits of
SUNNI OF MS predecessors. ! listened to hin,
yesterday as he related the following.
ne man that owned that pups grand
uduuE "Ouid not have sold him for a thou
sahd dollars in gold Old Blue was Tho
dogs name and every prisoner a. -, 80
SohVIHe knew him. Old Blue was kent a.
<AiuersohViue TO track prisoners when tba,-
"ouid escape and this is where his histor-
80 C'ldi tcteF comes in. The dog had M
~ - aiiioHs the prisoners. though and
ne seemed 10 be sorry for them inst ~ .
1oIks ala, and passed among Thorn on -
LI4ehuIlest terms when he was OF dlt,- g,ho
uOS hau hole in the stoot,do !
mat ne used to Silde through at ms WI,
ana pass among the prisoners. ItspecialI, !
au nc grown 20 be friendly with a little /
SICK prisoner and this prisoner made no |
dog the means of communicating win sor,N
hlhu people on the outside by TYING, n NOT
10 MS collar. Note after note went outsid
the stockade on old Blues collar and afta
90 iohS ho'es went inside to the prisoner In
the same way and a warm friendship groy1
from the correspondence and the sick -
kee received many little delicacies &C =
consequence that ne would not have boI |
II IS iact that this old dog carried a fat |
young rabbit and lay it down beside This !
SICK yankee on his own responsibility and
"hen other fellows tried TO pick IN the
Iannlt Ola Blue bristled up and as good as
SAID for them TO keep their hands off If
they didn't want TO be bit
AZ last the little prisoner began to get
strong again and his strength grew so
his desire to make his escape grew 10 |
watched for the hole that the dog slid
through and planned to do little sliding
himselt He picked dark night for the +,
venture and was successful beyond his |
most sanguine expectations. When if vas
found that the sick fellow was gone there
was little hope of catching him. Tor ali
lhousht that he was too friendly with the |
dog The master Of the dog, Ed Turner
had great faith in him ana |
started on the race with more ,
VIM than was common on such occasions z
uSt 10 mold good the character of ola ! ,
"hl'" Sc - faith ~ the do-- h. >
'seh extra exertions to keep as near IN az | 1
possible. for fear the young prisoner r,igbt !
much up the dog and stop his barking !
I did not take old Blue long TO strike tha {
RAN and off he put Opening at every n
Jump. Ed Turner was on good horse bu- :
ne way was SO rough that ne was far he n
ind when they knew by the bxrk that tho =
og had bayed or "treed" The little YAM | n
ee told II afterwards that he did every | 7,
thing in his power to hush the dog and ! o
rake friends as of yore. but he could not. |
no dog would bark and. though he would n
OF bite the prison friend. he would run T., n
'ont Of him whenever he would try to 20 =,
'rward and was thus delayed till captured ~
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