The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-29
HAD LIVELY TINE
WITH BIG TURTLE
BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE sue
cEEDED IN CAPTURING ONE
WEIGHING OVER 500 LBS.


Bagging big game on st. simons isl
and is a thrilling true turtle tale o.
the adventures Of four ladies ant foui
gentlemen Of Brunswick The second
four bear the names of c. NJ. Symmes
Hugh Burford, Mac Burroughs and
Ralph Minahan; the other four arr
unnamed herein. but not because the!
did not enact important roles in tht
comedy drama.
Anyone who has ever participated II
a turtle-hunt knows what preliminary
preparations are necessary for sue
cess. To those who have not details
OF preliminaries are, at this time, SUI
perfuous; therefore let the story star
with saying that, arrangements eoEi-
pleted, these young folk braved the
raging beach last Sunday.
Now. anyone who knows anything
of turtle life will tell you that they
are as retiring as they are retjcent
They are as bashful as a school miss
and as reticent as her elder sisie.
when asked to name the happy GGg
but unlike the latter, when caught
they really try to get away. Because
of these habits, careful search is re :
quired under the live oaks, in the
underground and sometimes in coy
hammoks IN sheltered hooks.
In due time, the quarry, a lady tur-
tie of mature age, was sighted The
age was apparent because Of q liberal
attachment OF barnacles to her amor
plate; yes, they have that protocuoU,
too, only not 50 snug as to p-evenr
free movement-and her weight some
thing over 500 pounds.
OF course the first aid to capture
is to turn the turtle, This opera
ton was accomplished with difficulty
While a turtle is not as graceia. az
a summer girl ON the beach it is more
anxious to get into the water than
some Of them, and Is harder to ald;
but, avoiding the defensive tactics 2f
the -four hippers and the forhidding
jaws of that sneering you-leave- me
alone countenance. Mistress Turtle
was turned on her back by the com
bined efforts Of the party
This usually ends the sport; but
nay. in this turtle hunt which, being
a thrilling true turtle tale, has a
different end 1t Is easy to make
claims on the basis that any fish
story goes; SO this crowd determine
to exhibit the goods.
How?
Take it to the pier and on TO Bruins
wick Somebody thought OF rop:
wherewith to molly Mrs. Turtle; ari
rope committee was appointed at
proceeded to act while the other.
stayed on guard-in relays The rope
secured, the question was how to at
tach 1t to the saurian. or whateve
it is, One of the ladies suggested
naturally, that 1t be placed aroune
Mrs. Turtles waist. They all looked
then laughed at the obvious impos-
sibility of this operation Hugh Bur
ford tried to get a half-hitch about
the head; in his earnest efforts he
got one foot too close to her head
and she took strangle-hold on the
heel of his shoe, whereupon Turtle
proceeded to give a Greco Roman ex-
hihition which defied efforts of clubs
and spikes to loosen; but one of the
ladies, with remarkable bravery, came
to the rescue. and smote the turtle
on the forward port flipper with her
fan, causing it to give up Finally,
to end the struggle, Ralph, with splen-
did nerve and aim. cast a moose about
one of the after fiippers and the task
of Juggling Mistress Turtle nearly a
mile to the pier was accomplished by
the united efforts and blistered hands
of the eight.
With the assistance of the crew the
turtle was taken aboard the boat and
brought TO Brunswick; thence dray
transported it to the basin of the
fountain in the flower garden of the
Hotel 0glethorpe. where the public
may see the evidence to verify this
story In apparent delight at Sc
curing even partial freedom. the tur-
tie is executing a physical culture
movement broke one of the water
pipes in the basin, and became sulky
when deprived of water while repairs
were made. Mr. Burford's heel is not
badly injured.