Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-03-25
Third District.

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News Of what by some people is
called chant by others WHIST
ling jack up here and at Victoria.
1t Is at night only that it annoys the
people so much. 1t is strange, indeed,
you can't hear this creature In the
daytime. Now ! will unravel tine
whole mystery as it appears to me;
When first heard the strange noise OF
this natures creature, | got up out OF
bed, put on my clothes and went I'M
mediately to it and when | arrived on
the spot of investigation behold
found it to be bird of some kind that
makes this strange noise that has ex-
cited so many people up here. AT
night it is speckled bird about as
large as a sparrow hawk with RED
and brown plume on top of its head
with short head and bill shaped like
water chicken. 1t has Just little
longer legs than a hawk. Now, read
ers' this is what l have investigated
and this is what / have found this
strange animal you speak about to De,
as near as | can describe it. l think |
! il is new fowl and very strange
bird to us and like many others he Is
new conner to this climate. 1t is true
he is like the parrot when he whistles
sometimes he goes like person; again
he goes like panther in some respects
and In others like some kind OF WHO
cat. You know the little water bro
called the walloon-what strange
being he isP When he opens up he go,
es lust like a young mule braying and
IL does almost make strangers halr
raise up on his head after dark to near
him bawl. To those uuacqualnted
with this strange creature tell you
right here, before you get any further
excited there is not particle of dan
ger. This strange night traveller IS
far from being night rider. He Is
like the walloon but differs somewhat
in color, but is is just about the size.
When it comes to whistling and hol-
Ilering he changes his speech some
what like a parrot and in some re-
spects goes like mocking bird.
Now, readers, especially to those
concerned, | have thoroughly taken
pains at night at different hours and
the above Inscribed creature OF the
owl or bird creation is what find has
created all this excitement. You fail
/ ed to stop and put your hat back on
and take little time and a little pains
to investigate what confronted you
that made such a queer noise. am
afraid some of you are like q young
man of my community who was very
easy to get excited after dark. One
r night he stole out his daddy's old gray
3 mare which was wind broken. he
went to Victoria to fandango. On
I, his return home he ran that poor OLD
j mare until she fell for the want OF
breath. He got scared at 'hant
r slapping two boards together right at
him, SO when the poor old mare fell
u from under him, dead (you know how
they do wnen they become wind-Drok-
Il en) he left her dead for good on the
t. ground at the foot Of Pryor Hill and
Is lit out a-foot at the rate of 40 miles an
hour, and when he reached home at
y his daddy's mansion he was going at
such rate he couldn't check himself
y and busted down the yard gate tina,
had stood there 50 long, and when he
ID struck the door of the old log cabin j
~ was like a cyclone had struck bis
house. He fell broadside in on thu
ID floor and as he made his last leap the ole
s, man heard something slap togetheI
like two boards and he jumped mp ant
r began to ask a number of question
concerning his whereabouts tina
s. night. He said 81 slipped off am
ob went to Victoria to one of these nigh
fandangoes, dad, and rode the oil
ed wind broken mare and just as | go
I'D started back there was a''hant' az
peared at my side and it slapped tw
BIB boards together and at that Junctur
of the game / soused two Texas spur
on deep in old Windy's flank and she sur
went wander what time she lasted
,r, tell you, dad, that "hant' kept rigt
ng I'D to my side and everytime he SMACK
k. ed the boards together the tighter
Tx pressed old Windy until reached Pry
or Hill and there the poor old thin
fell dead and as struck the ground
struck it running, and that "hant
'U was still slapping at me and has TO
lot lowed to this door. | am so sorry Thu
ar. the poor old gray is dead, but it can
S. be helped. Daddy, don't grieve, 81
es. sure did duty what time she lastet
IN, but it is all over now. promise yc
u.s. that | will never go to another par
in in Dadvile again, if live till NOR
of ing" Just at that moment there vi
an horse nickered at the yard gate al
nd the old man said, ''Dick, if you ca
EN- walk please go to the door and see
1a that isn't poor old wind broken gr'
'ed and she has laid there at the foot
u.s. the hill until she recovered and caug
an her breath again" As the young mi
ur- got up off the floor where he had fl
and stepped towards the door, his da
1hr us dy heard something Shaping togeth