The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
LISBON.

LISBON.
Mr.. Editor: l am afraid that you
will not get all the news from this
place as correspondents are few
and far between.
Last Tuesday morning we could
hear horns footing in every direc-
ton, the first in the direction of
Maddens and others towards
Mountvilie, and as q matter of
course everybody knew who they
we're, as Messrs. j. d. w. Watts, b.
A. Wharton, l.. Griffin, Jim and
Joe Davenportalways meet on Lit.
tie River just above Milton TO find
Reynard. To the surprise of Mr..
j, IT. A. Ballew they rode up to his
house and said they had come to
stay and hunt a week. Ofcourse
we were delighted to have them
and he would do the very best he
could for them as long as they
would stay.
/ think if I have been rightly
informed the first on the program
Tuesday was dinner which was
prepared by Mrs. Ballew. Next
was to feed their dogs which num-
bered something over sixty, taking
twenty pones of corn bread for
their dinner. After the dogs din
ner had been served by a colored
woman on Mr. Ballew's place they
soon found a safe place to keep
their dogs, so they could spend the
afternoon cunning. Well, the
sport soon commenced after they
reached the bridge woods on Little
River and If your humble writer
had not known that the gentlemen
mentioned were down on the river
he certainly would have thought
like Mr.. A. j. Smith surely there
must be another fight between the
wings and tories as there we're such
a fusilade of shots, he said af-
ter an investigation but it was
more like the Irishman's owl-it
was moro fuss and feathers than
any thing else. The crowd only
killed five birds and we think that
some of them were killed on the
ground by MI. Wharton, a trick Of
his when thrown with q crowd, and
If there is any LIKELIHOOD of any
body else killing he invariable has
TO shoot in an opposite direction as
Mr.. Wharton always lays claim to
the game. BY this time another
meal had been prepared by Mrs.
Ballew.
After supper Tuesday night ali the
gentlemen enjoyed a smoke and
at 8 o'clock the men footed their
horns and went in the direction Of
Nubia Poplar, on Mr.. A. J. Smiths
place. They did not go far over
two hundred yards from Mr..
Smiths house till they had worked
up two greys coming up towards
Mr.. Ballew's and then turned and
went down the wood about fifty
yards, crossed and went through
Mr.. Smiths yard. After they left
MIR. Smiths house they split-one
going to the right, the other to the
left. The fox going to the left was
caught by two of Mr.. Lark Grif-
fins dogs abouta half mile below
Mr.. Smiths house.
The one that went to the right
went through Mr.. Smiths pasture,
over to Braezeal creek, up to the
head Of Beaverdam, when the
pack was met by other hunters
and was so confused that the dogs
lost the trail. That ended the hunt
that night. Next morning they
went out at 6 o'clock. In less time
than one hour they caught the
young man up near tho head of
Braezeal creek and was back and
ready for breakfast by 7 O'clock
After breakfast they took the
round for the other fox as MIR.
Smith SAID that he was sure that
he saw two tho night before, which
proved to be true. Thursday morn
ing Rufus Jones, coIored came 10
Mr.. Ballew and told him that o
all caught the fox Tuesday night,
but you left him didn't you? On
being asked where, he said beyoad
Mr.. Smith. The boy was sent af-
ter the fox. He soon returned
with a beautiful grey one. We'd
nesday morning after they found
cut they could not get get up an
other. race they called for Ladie
and Dan to try the birds again. SO
they went out on Braezeai Greek.
but had little showing there as the
birds knew where they could get
protection and they got 1t. I tell
you by getting owe on DIR. l.. q.
Fuller's place and every body
knows that the Fuller crowd don't
allow much bird hunting and fish
Ing on their premises, but one of
the boys | think IL was Mr.. Whar-
ton said | can get those birds. The
others wanted TO know how with
out trespassing. Ho said that we
can go over Orthat side and scare
the birds back over here and then
we certainly can get them. That is
Just like Mr. Wharton. What he
can't think about when fox hunt.I
ing, bird huniIog and ishing to