Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-11-05
HAPPY HUNTERS.
Chelsea's Fourth Annual Hunt and
Banquet.

BANQUET
Chelsea's fourth annual side hunt was
held Wednesday. Oct IS. AT a meeting
Tuesday night, the captains were chosen
w. G. Holmes and Il. A. Corwin. Inc
captains at once proceeded to line up their
men for action with about twenty on each
side.
Wednesday was a fine day, but rather
cold, and pronounced by hunters not TO De
a very good day for game. This year no
restrictions were placed on the hunters as
to who killed the game or obliglng them
to kill ii in the "a hours of Oct. Is.
OF course much interest was aroused
concerning deer. as never in the history of
our hunts had one been brought in. This
year there was a determination ON each
side to secure a deer by hook or by crook.
In the vicinity of West Fairlee it was re-
ported deer were being kilkd nearly every
day, and +. ID. Barnes laid his plans to get
one. He soon heard of one and telephoned
that he wanted it. Ii got out, OF course,
that Barnes was going to have deer lie
was on Holmes side, and Corwin's slde
was at once pretty nervous. Col. =. ,.
Emery was also barking for venison, and
as luck would have il, soon after noon
Wednesday one was killed by Mr.. Wood
cock in Corinth, and in about three MN :
utes after the deer stopped breathing the
colonel heard of it and ordered II over. II
arrived before it was cold. Deer counted
z, 900 points on side and there was much
excitement over venison.
Ats p. M, the game was counted by a
committee consisting of DR.. +. l.. Beck
with, A. III. Morey and III. O. Blxby.
Capt. Holmes side had g, l25 points, Capt.
Corwin's side 400 points, leaving the
former a winner IN the contest b. l,!2o'
The largest individual count was MI
Fmery's. $3.50, with Mr.. Barnes second,
,a ,ila - door hunters. 10
bring in the largest count, was Ned Grif-
fin with $50, said to be made up mostly OF
SQUIRRELS from the Tunbridge hunt,
| Among the garue were two deer, two eoons,
five hedgehogs, seven rabbits, nine par
/ tridges and % gray squirrels.
The banquet was held at the Orange
County hotel Friday night.
Without any reflection on the previous
banouets that have been held on similar
occasions at this hotel, this was the hesl
OF them all, and this statement means
| great deal when ii is considered what the
others have been. IL was banquet IRON
1 first to last that any town much larger
than this might well be proud OF, ano
Landlord Dickinson should feel proud Of
| his part in its success.
The large hotel dining room was deco,
rated with streamers OF red, white and
| blue with a large Z. 5. flag covering one
| end OF the room. Fir trees occupied th'
corners and evergreen hung from tht
walls. The walters were Dan Dickerson
| Misses Nellie Rising, Nellie Bixby, Cora
| Robinson and Ada Greene.
THE MENU.
stewed oysters Blue Points
i'"sV' Roast Venison. Hunter Style
Potatoes Natural
Choux de salad
Bruiled Rabbit
Saratoga Chips
Sweet Cider
| u,.,.+ stpffad coon French pease, an beurrt
Fruit jelly, with whipped cream -.
Walnut cake Ribbon e esss sPSess ''N'
raspberry college ice go
Crackers Cheese
! Malaga grapes Apples
Cigars
About II O'Clock, cigars were lightea
and the usual after-dinner fun on such DC
casions began, with Col. c. 5. Emery u
POSTMASTER. The colonel is very popu.
lar man in this place, but he rather OBJ
! iected to occupying the position as fixture
every year, bat as long as the others are
satisfied he ought to be. Then, too, ne
| improves every year, and there is no good
reason for changing a good toastmastel
and running the chance OF getting pool
one for on the POSTMASTER depends much
| OF the after-dinner fun.
Col. Emery set the ball rolling with
some very pleasing remarks and called on
Capt. Holmes to tell how he came to WIN
this contest, and then Capt. Corwin told
how he came to lose, and then everyone
nearly who was engaged in the hunt told
OF his experience Tor someone's elsel con-
nected with the affair. Many had con-
| fessions 10 make themselves or made some
one else confess, which was highly enter
tanning 10 the crowd.
II was moved and carried that the Fish
and Game club be reorganized and next
years hunt be conducted under the aus
pices OF this organization and not slde
hunt. This arrangement VIII meet with
the hearty corporation OF many VINO
would not join the side hunt this year.
1.-THE clock in the steeple struck one as
the company left the tables. all feeling the
affair had been a most delightful social
event.
NOTES.
No more side hunts for Chelsea.
Dick Tracy's skunk did not count
Telephone wires were hot after deer
Wednesday.
The doctor says George buncoed him
with game stock.
A few on Captain Corwin's side did
not attend the banquet.
Captain Holmes somehow got the extra
shovelful OF Tunbridge game.
Fred Clifford thinks skunks stuffed
with sawdust should be ruled out.
A meeting will be called soon to organ
ize the Chelsea Fish and Game club.
Men on both sides testified they found
more red squirrels after o'clock p. m.
than they saw all day.
Bears counted 500 points and II would
have taken almost nine bears to over
come the red squirrels.
THE HERALD was present at the BAN
quet, through the courtesy OF Captain
Corwin of the defeated side.
1t seems that Geo. Taplin did not want
to dispose OF his tame coon outside OF
the family-Ed Fuller got it.
The vote to do away with side hunts and
have a sportsman's day is what many have
advocated for the past two years.
POSTMASTER Emery said that usually
sto the victors belong the spoils," but IN
this case he thought to the vietors belong
ed the "spoiled."
II. n. Madison proposed that with the
reorganization of the Fish and Game club
a tiay OF fishing be had next season with q
banquet. Good idea, Matt.
Excapt Henry Mapoon WAS on the