Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-05-06
RAMBLING NOTES


Referring to the delightful arti-
Gle in the American Field of
March 81, under the caption of
"Tribulations with Turkeys"
from the pen of Rev. DIR. George
W. Baines, and especially with ref
erence to what he has to say of his
Baptist brother, Rev. jeff Rhoades
of Woodville, Tex. reminds me
that the Lone Star State is well
supplied with clerical spOrtsmen.
Many years ago the American
Field had a preacher cOrrespon-
dent away up in the northern part
of Texas, whose name | cannt now
recall, but he was an occasional
contributor to the columns of your
paper owes the nom de plume Of
Stayback.' or "Wayback" some
thing, and wrote most pleasing ar
ticleS. recall making him
present of an English setter puppy.
which made for him a great field
dog.
And then again. i'm more recent
years, about ten years ago. made
the acquaintance. through CORES
pondence. of the Rev. Morgan. a
distinguished Baptist preacher Of
Fort Worth. Tex. Our CORES
pondence began on doggy matters.
but eliminated in warm per-
Sonal regard for each other. Mr..
Morgan was a first cousin of the
great Kentucky cavalry general
Confederate, John Morgan. and
accompanied his distinguished rel
alive and Basil Duke on their many
hair-brcadth raids. He was a most
ardent sportsman now he l. dead
and | was told by our friend.
Granville Meade. who resides I'm
Fort Worth. that he was the most
popular and universally beloved
man in that city. and that his fun
eral cortegc was the largest that
had ever been seen in Fort Worth.
Some time previous To my intro
ductiOn 10 Mr.. Morgan. had sold
an Irish setter to 4 man in OKLA
homa who was an Indian agent
and postmaster at his place. He
sent me the most beautifully hth1-
graphed check for one hundred and
twenty-five dollars on II. Louis
Bank ever seen, but when it was
presented for collection il was dis
honored and the information fur
nished by the cashier of the bank
that the man had no accountat that
bank and had never before been
heard of. As the man was an ohi-
Ger of the government both Indian
agent and rs postmaster. my first
impulse was to bring the matter
before the authorities At Washing
ton. but ! Abandoned the idea and
let the matter drop. However. in
my correspondence with Mr.. Nor
gan, | incidentally mentioned this
matter, and he wrote me at once
that this place in Oklahoma was
less than 4 hundred miles from
Fort Worth, and that he was amin
innate friend of the Superinten-
dent of the railroad running to
the place from Fort Worth. that a
trip there would cost him nothing /:
that if would send him an order
for the deg he would get him. or.
to use his own language. Know
the reason why" He went and
brought the dog back on the train
to Fort Worth, and wrote me that
when he first presented the order
for Doe the raScally Indian
agent told him that the dog had
been stolen by the Indians. bat that
he told the man he had come eN-
preSsly for the dog and he intended
TO have him if he had to stay there
all the Fall, and that upon the
third day the dog was produced.
| made Mr.. Morgan a present of
the dog, though he wished to pay
me for him, and that dog was his
shooting companion up To the time
of his (Nlr. Is death.
Please pardon these rcminiscen-
ceS, they are the privilege of an
old man. ! once could write for
your great journal what your read
erS called entertaining letters. or
At least some of them told me so.
but that day | fear, Is past, and if
an old man Is not reminiscent. hv-
ing in the past, he is living mo-
where.
IL was reported Of Tucker of
North Carolina. the breeder of the