The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
RUOSHVELl!
WsS Woodruff, Our ErpsTt Hunter &
TTapp]r EIp8cts to Go With the
President as a Cook & Guide
Wss Hes Wrote & Expects to
Hear any Minnit

Yves Woodruff, Bingville's famus hun
ter and trapper IS all sweat up and eek
sited over something which he has saw
in a city paper which was sent TO the
Bingville P. o. by mistake and opened
on purpus by Eph Higgins our ackom-
odating P. N. TO find out what the latest
news from the outside world mite be
After Eph had took the paper home and
had read II through and after his wife
had read II through, Il was placed IN
the paper rack where It has laid un-
molested for several weeks
One eyg Wes happened 10 drop into
Eph's residence for a soshial chat and
during the course Of the conversation
Wes made so bold as TO ask Mrs Hig
| gins II she happened 10 have any reading
| matter laying loose around the house
/ which would help him 10 pass away the
/ long winter eygS. al home. Among the
! litterChoOr which Mrs. Higgins gave TO
/ Wes was a copy OF a old almanaCk,
| copy OF the Congressional RockOrd, hah
I of a old diCkshiOnary Chat part OF the
/ dickShiOnary after the letter L had been
/ tore away and was loSt) and tins old
copy Of city newspaper hereinbefore
referred 10.
IVES he took this reading matter all
home with him and perseeded 20 de
vower II. He says the almanaok dident
appeal 70 him much being as Il was for
| the year l77o and was too far out Of
date He said he couldn't understand
the Congressional Reckord and as for
| the dickshiOnarv the subjeclts IN II
| jumped so swift from one thing to
another with nothing much about any
one subJeCkt IN paTuCkler Il most wore
him out trying to read It.
In the old copy of the city paper,
however, Wes found a artickle which
said that President Roosevelt soon ex-
peckted 10 take a long hunting trip into
/ the wilds OF AfTiCky to be gone several
months in order 20 hunt big game and
/ have a ZIP tearing good time. Wes was
so interested IN this news that he took
I the paper down TO Hen Weathersbys
store and read the artickle out loud TO
them as was present. Wes stumbled and
/ fell a good 'eal over some Of the words
| being as he is a more eckSpert hunter and
! tTappeT than he Is reader, but his hear
ers managed 10 gather what II was about
After Yves had finished reading the ar
tickle he folded up the paper and put It
into his pocket and says with a sly wink
4 CESS YOU fellers would be some sur
prised if you knowed that I eclcpeckt 20
/ 60 along with Roosevelt on this hlI.--g
trip to Africky"
@You don't say soi' says Eb Green in
/ amazement.
Course I say so, SAYS Wes. ~I wrote
Roosevelt a letter some tine sinst in
which I offered to 60 along with him
to Africky and ackt in the capasity Z
able bodied gide, cook and general rous-
tabout"
Where is Africixy, anyhow" saws
Hen Weathersby, prop. OF the general
store.
Wes said he dideut know where 1t
was nor dident care, but If Roosevelt
wanted him to 20 along and would paw
him a doller and half q day and found
he would go. Wes said he aint had
much ecksperienoe in hunting lions, IL
gers, hippopotamusses and elefants be-
ing as he never ketched many OF them
kritters in his traps, but that he'll 60
anyhow soon as he receives word to