Evening journal., 1907-12-13
LURE WILD GEESE
BY PHONOGRAPH
TenderfOOt'S Scheme Down
on Indian River Bay is
a Winner

Nature faldrs viii have to sit up and
take notice. for things are happening
in lower Delaware. Bill Gums musi-
cal rooster which plays the guitar, Will
have TO yield the palm, for a wonder
ful story comes from Anllsboro, in
Sussex county. Absorb the words Of a
correspondent with u reputation for
veracity:
MILLSBORO, Del, Dec 13.-"Talk
about your tenderfeet bein' green in
the ways OF huntingl / want TO tell
We that 1t don't allus do for us folks to
be too sure we know it all" declared
Ace Goodhll when he came IN yestcr-
day from Indian River Bay to get some
powder and shot to refill has shells "So
sir, you don't want to be too all-ired
sure on you're liable TO halter eat
crow!"
The last time Acc came in from the
bay he told of the tenderest kind Of
a tenderfoot who had joined his party
and the yarns he spun gave the village
a series Of laughs Hence the fact
that he had suddenly changed his opin-
ion proved of more than ordinary ln-
terest and he was PRESSED for partic-
ulars.
well, IL was this way" he explain
ed when he had been properly urged
THAT young feller Burt from Philadel-
phla sot his mind on shooting sumo
geese and you couldn't get him shet of
the idee. I've eat EN- to home says
he, and they're mighty tasty burned
if wouldn't ruther have 'em than any
thing I knows on says he. So there
was no other way but to go shoot some.
But / never seen geese 50 tarnation
wild You couldn't get nigh a goose,
and though we tried it three days we
didn't get a feather. / tried all the
tricks 1 knowed, and finally on the
fourth day ! did manage 20 iwing one
and fetch him TO the boat, honkin' and
squawl1in' at a great rate. i was just
goin' to put the critter out of mis'ry
with the oar when young Burt spoke
iiup. and says he:
Don Kill him TIN can get a re-
cord o. his voice with the phonygraph,
says he. with whatY says I. The
phonygraph, says he, and he begun tC
row to the shanty Ike all possessed
whilst 7 hung to the goose.
II didn't know what in tarnation nc
was mp TO, but he was boss, so l keT
holt O. the goose and it want long be-
Tore we got TO camp ana ne nau tnS
phonygraph to goin' and laid low i
head while I prodded the cuss to make
him honk. Then we finished him foi
the pot. Wall. I never heard the like,
ont. When he sot the machine to goin
1t let out the goldarndest honks ye eve
heard and as natural as anythin', anC
all over the lake the geese begun t
get up Off the water and fly around e
see what had happened TO one O. thei
brethren.
"'That 'ere'll fetch EN- says vounI
Burt, and loadin' the machine into IN
. boat we sot out for the lower end o
the bay. AS soon as we got there w
loaded the guns, sot the phonograph T.
goin' and laid low. 1t want long be
fore all the geese on the bay begui
to git up ond fly around. answerin' tn
+ machine and gittin nearer and neare
till they come within range. T'ha
was our signal for lettin flicker an
the way they fell was a caution.
Flew to Slaughter.
"rhey come so fast that our guns go
hot ard we had 20 cool 'em IN the bay
b They flew right over our heads lookir
, and nosin to see what was up, and Il
, less time than Il has taken me to tel
> ont we had the boat so full we ha
to quit. Next day we got a lot more
Then we quit fer fear o being calle