The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-07
THE GOOD OLD TIMES
When Hunting Was Good and
Gray Mares Were Wonders.
REAL SPORT IN THOSE DAYS.
Old Jimmy Chambers Tells About One
Haul He Made When He Got More
Than He ESpeeted-The Willing Old
Horse That Cracked Her Skin.

Talk about yer huntin' trips" said
ole Jimmy Chambers. why, there amt
no huntn' nowadays no, not none
'tall-leastwise none worth mentionin'
1T was different when wuz a
young teller Them wuz huntln' days,
When ye went out 10 hunt We got
sumthin, ! tell ye. An most always
ye got a dun sight more n We expect.
ed. ! remember onct down IN ole
Pennsylvania when ! had hunt as
wuz hunt l had er ole muzzle
loader rife that could shoot some. !
tel ye An ! wuZ no SLOUGH at shoot
In IN them days myself. ! could shoot
about as we'll as Their next Teller. Well.
! went down 10 Their river loOkin fer
or deer seen one standin right in
front Of or h.g tree pulled up Their
ole muzzle loador an Jet her 90. Jest
rs fred a big fish jumped out of Their
water AM my shot went plum through
him, seen 10y Their way be fe.l Ia
plugged or hole in him, The deer
jest dropped where be stood-uever
stirred, jest fell stone dead
u rushed out into Their river an
grabbed my fish fore It could float
away With Their fish under my arm
j started fer Their deer An what dye
suppose s help me, jest back Of
where that deer stood Their bullet had
knocked er hole in that tree as big
ms yer fist an out Of that hole or
regular stream Of honey wuz fowin',
That good honey wuz goin' to waste
dun fast, an / hadn't uary or thing
TO stop It. Jest then er rabbit jump.
ed out Of er hole hadn't noticed an
j grabbed him by Their hind legs Jest
as be wuz leapin. wuz goln' 20 stuff
him In Their hole when er flock Of quai!
few up on Their other side of Their
tree. They wuz goin straightaway.
an there wuz more n 10000 Of 'em.
Their ole mu2zle loader wuzn't loaded,
an them quail wuz gettin' away fast
] wanted some of EN- bad, 50 | Jest
Jet 60 that ole rabbit right in ther mid.
die Of EN-, an the way be kicked
an clawed as he wuz goin through
ther air wuz q caution. He landed
right on top Of Their whole bunch,
an when got over there seventeen
Of EN- wu2 dead on Their pround-yes,
sir, Jest seventeen Of EN-, An Their
shock had killed Their rabbit too. He
wu2 al smashed up, stuck his head
IN Their hole 70 stop ther honey til I
could 80 home fer sum barrels.
i h!tchcd up Their ole gray mare to
thcr Sled an went back. chopped
that there ole tree down. an there wuz
honey enough 10 til an my barrels.
Well sMng Their deer an Their fish an
.ther rabbit an Their quail on Their Sled
an started home. 1t wu2 some load
fer Their De mare, an l walked at hcg
head, kinder coaXln' her along !
wu2l't paylu' any attention 10 ihor
load, an, by gum, when We got up to
thcr house there wuZ that there load
way back in Their middle Of Their river
or course ! mowed what wuz tier
matter That ole grounding harness
had got wet an Jest stretched | wu2
Kind 4 hungry, so ! jest throwed Their
harness over a stump an went into
dinner When ! cum out again Their
sun had dried Their harness an Their
load We jU-t Iuliu' up TO Their stump
That WIZ some hunt Yer don't get
nOthin Ike ,hot nowadays, l tell ye,
Them wuz GOOD id days,
"An' epeakln Their ole graz mare,
she was Their whine mare that ever
wuz. She'd pull anything yer hitched
her to. l tried Aor am She pulled ev.
erything. One day son 10 myself, By
gum, I'll give yer cr lead Yer can't
pull an I hi;ched her 10 a. stone boat
loaded with all tlcr h.waars In Their
county, She got right down an pulled
an pulled an pulled, bur Their load
didn't hud-e. I heard or little crack,
but Tor or minnie ! didn't suspicion
anything an ...-e noticed that tier
skin on her tI.p he'd cracked It wuz
too late yelled ut hey to stop, but
she vuz So Gu4 mad she Kept right on
pullin, an s'Aelp ul. before | could
stop her she'd ,a.,l herself clean out
Of her skin. I G.CL't want 90 lose that
there mare. a-' got busy an did er
little skin gr-c.i.' FEY myself, 7 had
some fresh sheep .olts, an / sewed
them on as fast as ! could sew. Wen,
sir, them peit' toCG root Gne. They
growed on that there ole mare Jest
like they'd always ben there an Their
next season I shearcd Jest 37j pounds
Of wool on'n her. She wuz er good
ole mare, I tell We an every year !
got $50 pounds Of wool so long as she