Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-26
the GOOD OLD TIMES
When Hunting Was Good and
Gray Mares Were Wonders.

Gray Mares Were Wonders.
REAL SPORT IN THOSE DAYS.
Old Jimmy Chambers Tells About Ono
Haul He Made When He Got More
Than He Expected-The Willing Ola
Horse That Cracked Her Skin.
Talk about yer huntin' trips" said
"lc Jimmy Chambers. "Why. there ain't
DO huntin' nowadays: no, not none
d&ll--lcastwise none worth mcntionin..
ut WAS different when | wuz
Young Teller. Them w,,z huntin' DAYS!
When We Went oul to hunt We cot
sumlli.n, l tell We. An most always
ve got dunn sight more IL We expect.
vi. remember "a. down in ole
PENNSYLVANIA when | ..au hunt as
wa" Il hunt. l had er ole muzzlc
loader rifle that could shoot some, I
scl We. An l wuz no SLOUGH at shoot
IN in them days myself. J. could shoot
iiiout as we'll as ther next Teller Well
went down to ther river lookin' fer
" deer. seen one standin' right in
'f2al vi CT big tree. l pulled up Their
ole hiazzle londer an let her go. Jest
rs fired q big fish jumped out of thcr
water, an my shot went plum through
'lm. seen by tAer way he fell ia
plugged er hoe In him. The deer
est dropped where he stood-never
stirred, Jest fell stone dead.
III rushed out into thcr river an
grabbed my fish fore it could float
lWay. With Their fish under my arm
started fer Their deer. An what dye
suppose? s help me, Jest back OF
where that deer stood Their bullet had
shocked or hole in that tree as big
Is Yer fist, am out of that hole er
ocular stream of honey wuz fiowin'!
That good honey wuz goin' to waste
l,hl fast, am l hadn't nary er thing
=" stop 1T. Jest then or rabbit lump
II out of or hole hadn't noticed, an
grabbed him by Their hind legs Jest
IS !ic M,az leapin' wuz goin' to stuff
him in tlcf hole when er flock of quail
flew UP ON thor other side of Their
'rre. They WIZ goin' straightforward.
m there wuz more IN 10000 Of 'em.
Thcr ole muZZle loader wuZn't loaded.
I'M them quail wuz gettin' away fast.
wanted some of 'em bad, so 1 lest
ct go that ole rabbit right in Their mid
lie of EN-, an the way he kicked
an clawed as he wuz goin through
1 n npi ln,
fright on top Of ther whole bunch.
an' when | got over there seventeen
of EN- w,z dead on ther ground--yes,
sir, jest seventeen of EN-. AM Their
shock had killed Their rabbit too. He
Wuz all smashed up. stuck his head
IN Their hole to stop thcr honey till
Gould go home fer sum barrels.
II hitclcd UP ther ole gray mare to
thrr sled am went back. chopped
hat there ole tree down, an there wuz
'.oncy enough to fill all my barrels
Well, slung Their deer an Their fish an
her rabbit an' ther quail on ther sled
IN started home. 1t wuz some load
cr ther ole mare. an | walked Mt her
head. kinder ~ her along. L
II
toad, am, J nm. when we got up to
her house ln;i.c ~ ut there load
way back in ther l. ,... IF Their river.
lf course Enowcd what wuZ thcl.
matter. That ole grounding harness
nd get wet an jest stretched. ! WIZ.
Kind of hungry, SO / jest tllrowcd thor
arness over a stump an went into
Inner. When | cum out again thcr
ln had dried thor harness am the.
cad WIZ just pullin' up to thcr stump
That VIZ scinc hunt Yer don't get
9oihi,i' Ike ;llat nowadays, tell yc.
Chem WIZ good old days.
Nm, spcakin' of Their ole gray marc.
he was Tier wiilin'est mare tI,at cve,.
Nuz. She'd pull anything yer hitche,l
her to. ! tried her, an she pulled cv-
rything. One day seq to myself, BY
,fum, FL give yer er load Yer can't
1Ell,' an hitched her to err stone boat
loaded with all tler bowldcrs in the.
county. She got right down an pulla:
an pulled an pulled. hut thcr load
,iidnt bulge. ] heard er little crack,
but for cr minute l dida't suspicion
anything. an before noticed that the;
skin en- her face had cracked it wu.
too late. / yelled at her to stop, bur
She WIZ so dam mad she kept right Oh
pullin', an .;'help me, before could
stop her she'd pulled herself clean ous
of her skin. didn't want to lose that
there mare, an | got busy an did er
little skin graf.in' fer myself. had
rsome fresh sheep pelts. an sewed
them on as fast as G d .'aw. Well.
| Sir, thea pclts tn's L nia The
grcwcd on that ere u. 81 ie;t
| like they'd always; been ii. e. an ;...r
rcs.t season | sleared Jest o75 pound.
OF wocl off'n her. She wuz cr good
Gle mare. tell yc. am every var
got 30 pounds of wool SO long as she
(, lived Yes. ..ii: 1t wus always ie:t 81,
pounds. Yer aCn't have no such l.orses;
4 nowadays, l tel ye."-Cuter's cucl.
The PimperneI.