Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-24
PRESIDENT HIS GUEST.
Old n ---o Gave Nr. Roosevelt.
Hunting L-s2on.
PLANNED Wild Turkey $40

PLANNED Wild Turkey $40
when They Went out For the Gam,
the Chief Magistrate Was Lecture
For shooting FIRST Bird-I,nT<-
tanned Him With Corn Dod-cr
Ham. Eggs and Buttcrmiik-
\ story Of President Roosevelt h.
reached Washington from ouani.,~
About a month ago President RS
Welt. DR. RiNey and party left Washins-
ton on board the Dolphin for Gucs
hunt along the Potomac. Chesapeaks
bay and ouantico creek.
On their return trip to Washington
the party stopped for awhile AT Guam
tico for hunt on land. says the st
Louis Republic. Late one afternoon
while the president and DIR. Rixey Were
returning tired and hungry TO the Dol
phin. the sight of diminutiye log cab
in situated on the border OF the woods
with thin column of blue smoke ris
ing from the chimney. suggested TO ths
mind of the president that lie wouio
like TO eat an old time southern smack
and that in all probability just such
meal could be secured from the inmat.
or inmates OF the cabin aforesaid.
.Dr. Rixey." he said, turning to the
physician. If there is anything 10 ea'
in that cabin I'm going TO have II. Lets
try our luck over there"
So the two directed their steps to
ward the cabin, the presidents mine
dwelling on recollections of fare thai
he had eaten during hunting excursions
in the west.
A knock on the door of the cabir
summoned its solitary inmate. veneer
able negro The president told him tina
both he and DIR. Rixey were very hun
CRY and that they wanted something
to eat, and the old negro. with charac
teristic hospitality, set before them
painful of corn dodgers. some bacon ane
ham and a half dozen or more exceed
ingly greasy fried eggs for all of which
he offered many apologies. saying thai
he was pow pore and that thu
food he offered was not ''sech ez y'al
been used 10 eatin'."
He felt treasured. however. when the
president told him that the food wa'
quite 10 his liking and still more Sc
when he saw his strange guests fall tt
and eat like schoolboys. Finishing theI
meal, the president asked the old Negro
whether he had any huttermilk. and
when the latter replied that he had 70
heap of it, the president sent word tt
the Dolphin. summoning the rest of the
hniv ,,-t.fx- At
all hands INDUCED in a regular butter
milk feast This tickled the old Negro
immensely.
While the president and his party
were discussing several quarts of but
termilk the conversation turned on the
subject of wild turkeys. the old Negro
declaring that there wuz heap OF
'em around dis place"
The result of this conversation was
that the president resolved to hunt tur
key then and there. The old negro Ice
the way into the woods and dropped
bel dful of corn here and there ant
then initiated the wild turkey call He
told the president not to shoot the frs
one because the others would then run
off. The president saw fine gobblei
and could not resist the temptation. ST
blazed away and blew ii TO pieces.
The old negro lectured the president
for running the gobbler and spelling the
hunt.
The president was so pleased witt
his foresight that he asked some ques
tons about other things and found the
old negro was intelligent. The upsho
of the matter is that the old negro i;
today working in the government print
ing office as general utility man at
salary of $50 per month.
He declares that such luck does no
as a general thing strike ordinary NOR
tails this side of paradise and is very
happy