Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-07-16

ztnasNliu turkeys. Ills H1W Known
that atleast halfR dozen Species Of
song birds regularly go ON the gour-
met tables as reed birds.
The hunting instinct is a natural
one. Not long ago the shot gun furn-
ished the settlers Of the west with a
large part Of their food. During many
ages when book interests and refined
pastimes hadn't taken a strong hold on
men, hunting and the chase were the
main roads from boredom that were
open to the idle and they promoted the
arts of war. The great majority of
men no longer hunt either for sport or
for profit. Those who hunt for sport
have undying hatred of the pot-hunt-
ers who make living by it. Both are
alike atavists
Is it not time to think the matter
through calmly. Is beautiful buck,
white tailed deer, splendid wild tur-
key, a prairie hen, wild duck, fit for
nothing better than to be targeti
One of the fable writers once held up
the poor jackdaw that masquerade
in borrowed peacock plumes in ridi-
Guile. Has woman such poor charms
that she needs the birdsY
The nomad hunter who went out to
fill his dinner pot went home when he
had all the food he needed. The mod
ern sportsman has the modern craze
for numbers. Like the boy that says
he has a billion marbles when he
would not know twenty on sight, the
huntsman of today likes to parade
with statistics of his proves. The
Emperor William killing is duly pub
lished every year, so many hundred
bucks, so many thousand hares or rab-
bits. If the average man saw deer
feeding in winter out Of the keeper
hands and being harried in the spring
so that they will be wild enough t.
run from the dogs and the scarlet coat
ed horsemen, his gorge would rise
Now when you look into the matter
the wild things everywhere are no
very different from the deer in the
hunting parks Bird lovers and ami
NAL fanciers have found that almos
any creature can be tanned into {
friend of man. Animals in uninhabit
ed islands do not fear men and most o
those in civilized lands know the diff
ference between a gun and stick.
All honor to President Roosevelt a
an apostle Of the open air life but
with due respect, he might imitat
others who find equal pleasure in tn
woods and fields, yet never carry
gun. Any one that has had ruby
throated humming bird posing at hi
honey -suckle vine, or heard mockinl
bird, or photographed bird or ami
NAL or taught the bluebirds and tn,
swallows or the wrens to build thei
nests in his garden or under the cave
of his house or to come pecking at hi
window for food, has had a pleasure a
deep as the mightiest hunter befor
the face Of the Lord. 1t takes grea
deal more cunning to stalk an elk wit
camera than with a rife.
In this democratic age, men are put
ting away from them claims and right
that only few may enjoy. Most me
have ceased to build moated castles G
to enclose their gardens with hig
walls with jagged glass embedded i
the top. Hunting for sport has Away
been the pastime of the few. 1t is nc
in the reach of the many. The onl
hunting the average man can do is
shoot the small useful birds that CON
in friendly service around his farm {
house.
; Love of hunting is an inconsisteI
trait in a true democrat. Most exclu
i've and least democratic of all spor
is the hunting of big game, 1t TAX,
, a lot of time, money and men to a
range big game hunt The beate
: of the bush sometimes risk their live
: the man with the rifle rarely. Is
really sport to take an animals lii
without giving him a chance
yours
y Most men have, without thinki1
J much about it, silently changed the
: views about the craftsmanship of ii
e man with gun. 1t is pity that ii
e most influential man in the Unite
0 States has not.-Knoxville Sentinel