The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-17

At harrington springs. Now after
losing a full day at Evergreen we
to Brewton. but we were anxious to
be with them and we arranged TO spend
the larger part Of one day with them.
anyhow. \
'As a vacation. this trip has already
exceeded expectations. The man who
conceived the idea will probably be
given medal before we get back 20
Montgomery.
Bright and early this morning, the
party began assembling for the trip TO
Deming's Pond. Buggies and surries
We're awaiting the party with two
hosts for each member OF the party.
We drove along q road, beautiful in its
May verdure. to one of Mr.. Deming's
farms. four miles from the city. Al
ready beautiful hunting and fishing
preserve has been made there. Some
twenty-odd acres are under water, held
by long dam. Into this artificial
lake, Mr. Derning has put several thous-
and bass and trout furnished by the
United States Government. For the
present, Mr.. Deming does not allow
his best friends to fsh In the lake
Captain Cheney says that In three
years Il Will be the best fishing lake In
all Alabama.
And he Is a fishing expert, too. His
lecture on the horse hair fishing line
was worth going miles to hear. He
| said as part Of that lecture that the
best line caster In Alabama was George
Stuart. You'd never think II to look
at George but Captain Cheney IL au-
thority for the statement.
Captain Cheney's dog Jack was q
member Of the party. While Frank
Glass was firing away with an auto
matte gun at bull frogs and Indian
hens In the pond. Jack ran up and
down the dam barking furiously.
The Captain reprovsd the dog In
soto yoce, heard by the. other mem
bers Of the party.
Shut up. you fool; don't you know
they can't hit anything
Frank, however, by q considerable
expenditure of Mr.. Deming's powder
and shot. managed to bag one bull
frog and one Indian. hen. and was
pulled up all the balance Of the day.
Spang, by half days hard work. man
aged tc catch trout exactly half an
inch long.
The club house L. built up over the
pond. and IL there Is any more de-
lfghtfui spot in Alabama on which to
spend . day IN May, We have not yet
come across it.~sTherel were three ne
groes sent down there by Mr.. Deming.
and they were kept as busy as switch
engines throughout the day. One OF
the noted barbecue cooks OF South
Alabama was in attendance. and IL he
ever wants a certificate Of excellence
In the cooking line, we will chesrfully
give II to him. The barbecusd chick
ems. the .barbecued mutton and the bar
becued beef, with all the accessories,
made the day one to be long remefa-
bered. There was nothing lacking to
make II q perfect Alabama barbecue,
and any man who has enjoyed one of
them knows what that means. And
during the cool afternoon, The Adver-
tiser walkers and their Evergreen
over the pond. smoking, slowly drink
fng--in the beautiful scenery, and talk
ing OF this, that and the other.
1--WE had along Probate Judge r. J.
Dean, who is largely responsible for
the excellent system OF roads enjoyed
by conecuh County. We heard OF these.
fine roads before we got to the county
,iiness Al Izarlsndl they told us what
fine roads they had across the conecuh
County line. Level. smooth. hard and
graded. we were told they were good
because the Probate Judge gave his
personal and undivided attention to
them, He inspected every bit OF road
built; he inspected every mule, and he
looked over every piece of machinery
bought for the county.
THE road we came over we found
worthy of every compliment paid 1t and
Judge Dean. The Montgomery County
were wider And these roads were
made of, judicious mixture of clay.
and sand. The plan has not always
succeeded. But It has succeeded Gin
Conecuh, where the mixture was un-'
derstood. and some brains were out in
the formula. And for the same reason
1t has succeeded in Pike County.
I'VE had not Intended to loiter In the
green shades today, but the invitation
was 80 tempting that not q man in the
party voted to refuse 1t. And we ara
not walking for a record. nor are we
walking for wager. t1f we are on
vacation trip as we certainly are, we
will take whatever pleasures that are
spread before US. And today in the
calendar of this journey we will mark
with a white stone. =,
The way Is weary. there are miles
and miles to plod through the hot sands
and while the striving and the strug
gle may be tiresome. there are in all
the stops ample pleasure and compen-
sation. II we had to pass through
many Evergreens, the journey would
be a trip OF unalloyed pleasure. They
want us to stay over until Monday, but
we fear that IL we remain any longer
the spell of enchantment Will be
broken.
I'VE ran across Walter Wild. an old
school mate of mine, who is at the
head of one of the largest hardware
businesses in all South Alabama,
Isn't it remarkable how these Barbour
County people succeed. no matter
whether they so Into politics or in
businsss?"