The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-06-06
FIT. LYNN ITEMS.

fell. The Sulphur commenced ris-
ing Saturday and will be out of its
banks by tomorrow morning.
The farmers are wearing rather
a sickly smile, as the ground is too
wet to work. They say the weeds
and grass grow just the same.
Ye scribe spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. P. A, Brown of Black
Diamond. Sorry to find Mrs. B.
sick. l trust the good lady will
soon recover her usual good health.
Mr.. Brown showed me over his
orchard which is loaded with fine
fruit-peaches and mulberries so
heavily that many limbs need prop
ing to save them from breaking.
Many thanks to the kind lady and
gentleman for their cordial well
come and pleasant entertainment
while their guest. May they ever
prosper and be happy.
Mr.. F. P. Bennett and Miss Hat
tie McAllister went to Doddridge
yesterday to attend a song service
at Mount Zion church of that place.
They report no attendance in the
morning owing to the heavy rain,
but in the afternoon quite a num-
Der came out and enjoyed singing
for couple of hours. They have
some fine singers who are worth
going some distance to hear. I re-
gret that was unable to be there
as intended, as know l should
have enjoyed the music.
The most noted event which has
occurred here for some time was
no less than frog hunt last Friday
night, participated in by Messrs.
S. H. Webb, -- Kelley, Charlie
Oliver and Dr. Munnerlyn. The
party left here on a hand car at 7
o'clock in the evening, ran across
the railroad bridge, sidetracked
their car and with lighted torches
and bull frog spear in hand, took
to the bottom. They soon struck
Horse Shoe Lake, when the party
separated. Mr.. Webb and Oliver
took one side of the lake and Mr..
Kelley, the doctor and a little col
ored boy took the other, to meet
again at the heel of the horse shoe,
But the old adage which says that
man proposes but God disposes, was
again Illustrated, for alas, it was
many hours OF trials, tribulations
and untold suffering for some of the
party before they met again.
Messrs. Webb and Oliver came
home about midnight, having
oagged twenty-five frogs each
having pair of leapers that would
make a Frenchman's mouth water
to behold. They reported that
they had not seen the doctors par
ty since they parted at s o'clock
thought they would soon be in.
When morning came and they were
still absent, grave fears were enter
tanned that the party was lost
among the labyrinth ponds and
lakes which abound in the bottom
lands of Sulphur. BY 10 o'clock it
began to dawn upon the minds of
the people that it was possible that
the doctor and his party might
have been drowned, and scouts
we're sent out to search for them
but without avail. About l o'clock
everybody was made glad by seeing
the three slowly dragging them
selves in, and more fc-!orn, be-
draggled, sleepy and hungry party
is only seen about once in a life
time. The tale of woe they told
was enough to make anything less
hard hearted than a Sulphur mos
quito shed tears. The doctor said
the game was plentiful and they
had lots of fun capturing the legged
hoppers until they had bagged all
they could conveniently carry, and
about II o'clock they undertook to
find their way back to the bridge,
but lost all land marks and soon
discovered that they were hoplessly
lost in mud and water up to their
knees, and the more they wandered
around seeking dry land the more
water they found, and to make it
more dlscouraging, their torch was
going out, After wading around
sometimes up to their waist in wa
ter, they found some big logs which
they climbed upon and succeeded
in starting fire, where they passed
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