Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-18

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Washington, u. q, Jar; 9B.
Mr. ~. Haafis,
Valley, Iowa. 4. n
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MIR. 4k and l were invited to at
tend a94 cake part ma fox hunt on
Christi s. day. tiown'in old Virginia,
as guea1lgpf Mr. Howard Lake.
We s'washington Dec, "a, at Q q.
NJ, foel pnd iInT,, We, end arrived
in Ro1] 4lill at lJ'oclock. There we
secures aeseexnd started for the top
ofithe he Ridge mountains, 1t was u
lovelys just c'es'inp after q rain.
The air IS clear and cool and it was
. perth lay for viewing the country
from 4 spountath tops.
AfteF ghching. the summit, we tied
our tea snd started to visit the Bears
den. toqka number Of pictures of
the def Paytoil, the expression, but
. Is one q A. (~o't .r'cks) places ever
This i is q large ledge of rock,
crackeSSnd broken in many WAYS,
some pli hes they form veryprecipitons
and dangerous pieces. AT. the foot of
the denGke ground is covered with
broken TICKS Of all shapes and sizes.
All in a!1@t is.a.verg wild and rugged
looking Mdges.
The beauty does not all belong to the
Bear'sden. True, it has a certain charm
but the view of the Shenandoah val
ley from the Bears den. As we stood
looking at the picture before US on
our left could be seen the Shenandoa h
river, OIL the right for miles and miles
this beautiful valley extends to the
north and west.
u0V llOlGll Va UtllO uOu 0uU vi VLO
highest point of the Blue Ridge. is
the home of Frank G. Carpenter, the
newspaper correspondent and writer.
we'll known to all who read the papers.
After parting view of this section,
we started for the home of Mr.. Lake.
We passed through Snickersville,
bat was informed IL was better
known az "Pumpkin Town" Our
next stop was at Philamont. the home
of Mr. Lake, where We arrived just in
time for dinner, to which all did jus.
tice.
In the evening, Mr.. Lake. ST., enter
tanned US with some of his experiences
during the war of 81 to 85.
Mr. Lake was member of the ia.
nous Mosby raiders. Excitement il
alright, but prefer q milder kind OF
excitement than when he told how he
fought for the cause of the South, and
how one of his SONS was In the service
of the United States against Spain.
Mr. Lake is 9 genuine patriot and
thinks wherever the flag is raised it
should stay. In my estimation, M!
Lake and family are true blue" and
just the kind of people 1t does one
one good to meet.
Christmas morning we started out
for the hunt, and were out from 8 q,
m. to 4 p m !, in search of q fox, but
failed to find one.
Mr.. AliteheIl, the champion fox hun
ter, of Virgins, had charge of the
hounds.
The start was made from his home.
Just before the start, the cider was
passed around, then Mitchell blew q
call on his horn and the dogs set up q
serenade.
Then we q II mounted and followed
on, ,eader IN hill. down dale, ove'
W.. Ao"uo. ny had q
fences and bitches. No one a.
a spill, but on two occasions, did
not know if would stay In the sad
die or not. Mr. Cook stayed at the
head of the procession Crhere was al
attraction there.) The hunt ended
without the fox, but with plenty of ex-
perience for the beginner.
After the hunt, we took dinner at
the home of Mrs. Leith. 1t was a
dinner fit for king to which ell did
justice. 10 Cook and / it called to
mind some of the famous dinners
given by the "Gridiron Club"
The evening was spent in instrument
tai and vocal music and for a final had
fire works. We tarried as long as we
could and it was with regret that we
babe Mrs Leith and the charming
young ladies good bye and started or
our return to the home of Mr. Lake.
The morning of December 26, 1899
l will never forget. We were to gel
up at $3.50 q. M, but did not wake TIL
4:10 u. M, and here is where the fur
comes in. 1t turned cold during the
night and in the morning it was quite
cold when we started out TO hitch the
team for Q quick drive to the town si1
miles away. After hitching up, the
pesky team decided to balk, which II
did with vengeance. They did every
thing but go the way we wanted then
to. I'm sure we made sight. Cool
was in the buggy, Lake h ID the horses
by the head and 1 was doing my best