Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-11
A GAY Postum Party.

life grow weary, who did not go, by
having to listen to the fellow, who Aa
20. tell how he did it. However.
that Is neither here nor there. What
xe have started out to do is to tell
about the greatest cayalcade of O'pos-
sum hunters that ever left this grow
ing city. a few evenings ago, recruit
ed, managed and led by Capt. Frank
White, Supt. Of the big clay works.
His selection Of hunters has been
somewhat criticised, but when you
learn to know them you will find fine
hunting traits il eACa. separate and
alone, that gives reasonable grounds
for the classification. They did not
20 ont of town with a veil and hurrah,
like inexperienced woodsmcn, but
stole out SO quietly that the good
farmer, along the route took one
hasty glance at the procession. then
hurriediy barred their doors. locked
the windows ard got down their old
muskets, and stood ready to defend
their homes and loved ones against
might riders.' Look over the list
and O viii al once realize the quiet
mes, co, and the ,easoD thereof:
Mayor Harrison and wife, DR.. Lut-
man and wife, D. A. Farley and
wife, !. ". Mills and wife, &. H.
Price and wife, Phil Antwciler and
vile, D.. E. Hardy, jr., and wife.
Maux Ioachimi and wife, F.. 4. Crew
son and wife, a. Pepper, the latter
gentleman acting as rear guard to the
grub wagon. Mills and Pepper took
their children along to climb the
trees and snake out the possums. The
procession was headed by Capt. Frank
White. assisted by Mrs. Wilson and
Donald. the Captains mother ana
son. 1t will be noticed that nearly
everybody took his family along.
This was done SO that in case any of
the heads of families got bitten by .
postum, they would have their loved
ones with them during their last mo-
mcnts. 1t was intended to have Dan
Williams. the boss Don and posSum
hunter Of the county, and. his noted
pack Of hounds, $ith the crowd all
evening, but before reaching the
camp cold Senator" hit a coon tail.
and Dan hit old Senator's trail, and
that was the last seen OF that part of
the gang until the next day, when
Dan came in with an ak and a coon.
and a tale pretty hard to swallow, Eve
mean the tail was hard to Swallow.)
Cape. White showed good judg-
ment by taking the hunters out on his
own land S o there could be no dis
putc as to ownership of the game.
He also showed the best of Judgment,
(but a great lack of confidence in the
huntcrs), by having three colored
cooks on hand, with a repast ready,
fit for Taft, or anybody else. His
judgment was more fully exempliticd
by a nice tat possum, which ne took
along il 4 box, and let 60 al the
proper time. However, the grub
looked so enticing that the said pos
sum refused to leave the camp. and
the excitement OF a possum chase was
declared off. Everybody admitted
that the conditions for a frstclass pos
sum hunt were never better, but af.
ter that supper no n in the crowd
could climb a tree, and Dave Hardy
got SO sleepy he had to be brought
home. While the catch, (excep,
colds), was not exceptional, every.
body had a fine time, and Mr.. and
Mrs. White were voted the boss en-.
tertainers. With the exception O
Mr.. Crewson, who is an old hunte,
and knows the woods like a book, il
will always be a mystery why the
Captain selected that crowd to &c
hunting