Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-01-22
TRIP TO THE
OLD DOMINION
Salky Horse Comes Near Block
ing the Game-Also Horse
Loses Shoe-FIne Time


We five whom L will designate as
r.. X. k, $. NJ. L., l.. S. c.,
E. {. p, and IL. II. H.. bestirred
our selves eraly TO make such prepa-
rations as we had not previously
made and after an early breakfast
with our good friend Christian, ma le
our start, and had only proceeded
about thirty yards when one of our
horses balked and we had TO run
our wagon back, (Which by the way
was most handy concern for such
a trip, n one horse wagon with pole,
flared sides To the bed, and filled
with straw which made much
more comfortable conveyance than
seats), and take fresh start making
the hill all right this time, but on
arriving at the top discovered that
one of our horses was barefooted and
as the roads were very rough and
with dismay, however good fortune
was with us. Mr. Jones who was
just building blacksmith shop put
a shoe on for us and we proceeded on
our way rejoicing, part walking and
part riding. On account of there being
quiet crisp, IL was in no way un-
pleasant 10 walk. We joumeyed up
Dry Fork Creek, one of the best fish
streams i'm Southwest Virginia and
Southern West Virginia, crossing and
recrossing many times for about
eight miles through beautiful noun
tain scenery. that Is as beautiful as
late fall presents, the trees decked in
their beautiful brown with now an
then green spruce or cedar To tinge
the brown, aud the high projecting
cliffs are not lobe scofred AT. especial
Iy by those who in quest OF the willy
turkey seeks shelter behind some
friendly cliff or tree To watch his
quary approach cautiously, ever on
the alert for danger. After Journey
ing up Dry Fork for eight miles we
left the Creek crossing the mountain
into Baptist Valley, one OF the most
fertile and productive. farming Sec
tions of the old Dominion, where
limestone water runs clear aud cool
down most every rRVine, and the
choice export short horned Durham
cattle ranging over the hills denote
the kind OF grass for which all lime
stone countries are noted, the beauti-
ful bluegrass spreading itself like IA
soft carpet over the fields without
being sown. After reaching the Val
ley and finding the roads i'm good
condition we hurried our horses up
arriving AT our friend, Mr.. David
loves, at p. m, making the drive
OF Ia miles i'm 3 hours over about as
rough mountain road as one cares Il
> travel, where we were certainly
most Hospitality entertained from
Monday noon until Thursday morn
ing.
After partaking OF hearty dinne
OF Mrs. loves good cooking we de-
cided to get out and try our dogs.
We had only left the house short
distance when one of our dogs strucE
trail leading from swamp acros,
the road into corn field and TO the
: top of the hill where he made 4
beautiful stand in bunch OF weeds
! but before we could get close enough
) for "A shot the birds were flushed 10y
' little water spaniel which we ha'
along for rabbits, and we got bu
two out OF the covey of about fifteen
the Others scattering TO the woods
We proceeded across the hill int
. another field. killing one rabbit o
the way, where we stuck anoths
- covey which had just come out {
: the weeds into the field TO fees
N Our same dog that made the oth'
rs stand made a better one by holdi:'
w the birds until we were in read
# ness. We got eight out of this cove!
~ and went lin with 10 birds and Oh
le rabbit.
y TU ESDYA-After good nigh
. rest and hearty breakfast we wei
% % over about The same grounds we ha
he been over the previous day, ON
rs going farther into the fields gettiI
th up 6 coveys, where our dogs d
excellent work, killing 81 birds an
ar 4 rabbits.
I'll, WEDNESDAY-Being joined
eu Messrs Lowe and Crockett Lamber
~. .'u got an early start traversing almo
NJ the same territory we had the pr
me vious day, going TO the home of MI
in Lambert for dinner, where we we
ills most sumptously fed, after which
md hunted Mrs. Lambert's farm oy
the. getting up only one covey of out
emo and one of pheasant, the wind beg
SO high it was almost impossible
uSo our dogs 10 work. However we bi
ged "a birds, one pheasant Include
an and one mbblt.
THURSDAY-We decided TO Il