The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-30
BON AIR BITS.
Writes With Pistol id One Hand and Sword
/, the Other.
Special Dispatch to The Iimes.)

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
BON AIR, VA, October %
There was a little cold snap this morn
ing that sends the people around SILVER
ing with their hands in their pockets-so
that l am placed in the position of GER
tain pugnacious general, who wrote, in
troublesome times, I'VE are in such i'm
mediate danger that | write this with
pistol in one hand and sword in the OH
err But this weather is just delcious.
BreatheS there a man with soul SO dead
AS never to himself hath said,
This is the morning: by my word,
To rise and shoot the wary 5ird
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned
As homeward his footsteps he hath turned
To see above him on a boush
An unsuspectng squirrel, l vow
If such there be he ought-Enough!
1 curb my muse and write prose stuff.
The hunter is abroad in the land.
And indeed he is so very much abroad
that there is danger of the game being
eyterminated He doesn't hunt fair, eith-
er: he is a pot hunter in most cases and
has no regard for the laws of sport; ana
he is so very numerous that it is actual
Nv dangerous to take d harmless Stroll IN
the woods-no eXasgeration, as one OF our
citizens can testify. He was almost
shot on his own place by some unknown
person. The shot battered on the leaves
around him in truly alarming fasnlon.
The Fox-hunting CLUB, consisting ot
Messrs John Baughan and Thomas Mar
finland all others invlted-has had eA-
ceptionallv good luck this season, the
record being seven foxes out of six runs.
There is TO grander sport than fox
hunting. the real artiCle-not taking
pre-arranged course over the same Old
country. chasing innocent drag-but
following the live Reynard wherever he
takes you, and that will be through many
places that no self-respectlng drag "ould
travel-over log, fence and brush, through
creek and swamp and Wood, douplllS
back on your tracks and sometimes get
ting lost from the hounds and waiting IN
wild but hushed excitement to near the
bay OF the pack and get the "illo on
them Oh. it is heart-Warmlng work
Who could harbor an evil thought toward
his brother when following fast on the
heels of a fine pack of spotted beauties,
zach giving tongue and running straight
and tr,e with Tom Martin right behind
them. first in at the death, every time!
One even feels a certain admiration Tor
Reward himself, he affords us such q
glorious amount of pleasure.
The Bon Air C. L. S. c. holds its week
ly meeting at the home of Mrs Ferguson
on Tuesday night
a delightful time is anticipated on Hal
,ove'en at the residence of Mrs. Cren-
shaw. 4 special programme has been ar
ranged and the entertainment Will be
varied Several immense pumpkins play
an important part, while pulling cabbage
stalks. looking into mirrors ana apple
bobbing will not be desplsed
Bon Air has had an unusual amount of
sickness this fall. Drs Hazen and Fisher
have been kept quite busy. but we are
clad to saw that most of the sufferers are
improving.
victim Of the grip, is much better.
The death in Philadelphia of Mr.. p. NJ
stribling, a former resident. has caused
deem regret Mr.. Stribling leaves two
children and three ssters-NIrs. Hugh
Longest. of Bon Air. and Misses c. NJ.
and NJ. j. .Stribling of Pittsburg, Pa.
DR.. u. X. Hazen, who has been very i'll
with erysipelas. is now able to be out.
The many friends of Miss Minnie
Jahnke will be glad to learn that she is
very much better, and will soon be able
to take her place among them.
Mr. e. H. Simpson, the brother of Mrs.
r A. Wood, continues in about the same
condition.
Mrs. Whitworth has returned from a
lengthy visit to relatives in North Car
DINA.
next Tuesday.
Most of the summer people have re-
turned to town. We have still with Us
Mrs. Dunn. H1r. and Mrs. Ferguson and
Mr. and Mrs. Caperton.
Mr.. Noel, the genial proprietor of lie
Noel has closed his summer boarding
house, after a very successful season.
DEMOCRATIC STUDENTS.