The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
AFTER SNIPE IN LOUISIANA
SPORT ~ THE WiRSHES OF
tIIRi'N ISL iND.
Hlrds IN PlcnU, but shooting Thew Tn
,uI,rt WadirE Through Mud and
water Wsist high adventures of
New Yorker On Inc Terle ountFj

NN'NNH.N "aAAH'R H'Na HANaH
water waist high Nj, ventures Of =
New Yorker IN Inc Terllc ountFj
~ Won are not ~ to step into the ring
and tac..le Jim Ierrle- or hold your own
IN a Marathon with any of the cracs
runners ur he day don't 60 n avery =
Island in Louisiana On a hunting trip a.
did md Got the third degree from the
bunch that long Tor tendcrfeet from
New ORR o. any other metropolis where
the best you got IN the way Of exercise
is a walk 70 and from th" Office or PER
hairs an hour or tvoa week ~ a handhall
court
II was a Young broker Who voiced this
opinion seated m Oh" private Office where
non. bu' his closest personal ri nd-
rsnstratcd y. had Iu-t returned from
Louisiana where ho had lrrn shontinE
snip. on hc prairie and knocking down
an odd teal that ros" on pIsv vInEs frop.
tho water holes with which the southern
Wild lands are dotted
wv COUSINS ~ Louisiana have for many
year. painted glowing picture of the
sort II IIle they lead 30 their Ear away
Southern home. he continued. and when
ue had that furry in tho market a couple
q months ago I came out 81 e pretty
tired SAID nothing to anybody hut
rl.l ~ y bag jumped on a steamer for
Nrw Orleans and had five delicious DAYS
'o my self
q .l,4..t L.,..g. . a.t5T On b..arH and
didu 2 want t8 HS was boxing for rest and
nothing else when got 20 the Crescent
Oi'l / lost no time in getting 70 the depot
and was zoon az New iberia. where YOU
take the little branch road
Avery Island IL ons Of those singular
mound formations that occur here and
here IN lower nuisians and Il ~ really not
an island ~ Il IL not entirely surrounded
by water II contains arout 5 90 acres
and II there - anything more ideal in the
va Of retreat have never heard Of II
Covered With a superb growth II trees
whore the land has not been cleared for
tho cultivation of various crops. including
Uarpsrs, for which 10 BE- renowned u ~ IN"
home OF myriads ~ birds N fact no plac.
that ! have ever been IN can approach II
N ~ variety Of both song and game birds
II IS little Principally and seems miles
away from the trials and troubles of
life
81 nderlving the fruitful soil - q stratum
NJ ROCK salt Oi marvellous purity which
1a- been worked since war mes and from
which there II now beng shipped many
carloads a day The deposit II found be-
heath tho entire island and Il has been
penetrated 10 q depth Of upwards Of ? ,00O
feet. \ breaker brushes the salt 10 the
required degrer u fneuess and ~ pure
is M" quality that a newspaper can be read
through a SD inch block u Il.
Il got a royal welcome on my arrival
md after an Old fashioned dinner. pf
' ntah I remember hest znIpa pie. for
which my aunt b. { NOUS the boys asked
4 ! would like % hunt the newt day. n
W.. my first visit ~ tho place and loving
he sport - { ] 30 was eager to eNperiencs
some II the fun had heard 70 much
bout thought thnt the youngster
ErD Inspected my hunting toys grinned
'usmciously 90 laid tho things out that
Iight 50 ~ % be- ready Tor tho early
start they told mo they would make
The di-uITy OF O. somewhlt elaborate
hair NJ legg.ns n heavy leather caused
him 90 a-k VIVA, they we're Tor. When !
odd him that presumed they would pro-
ect my legs from tho thOrns and bTambles
10 SAID Egr tn"y could be dispensed
Nth On The coming hunt. ~ We wouldn .
encounter that sort ~ territory. BE
vent through my wrrdrobe. picked out
. disrepuiablc ps.r 81 Old trousers and the
s0rs' pair ut Wslking shoes ! owned
'Ie then produced hall ~ Irvine and told
mo- when ! dressed next morning tr.
I" OBJ" bottoms ~ nv I'D trousers tightly
ibout ff" tops NJ my shoes
Bright md errly Daniel the col0rrd
boy Who wss to be my own particular