Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-03-31
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THE GOOD OLD TINES
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 Mors
Than He Expected-Ths Willing Old
Horse That Cracked Her Skin.
Talk about yer huntin' trips said
ole Jimmy Chambers. "Why. there amt
no huntin' nowadays; no, not none
'tall-lcastwisc none worth mentioni;l'.
1T was different when l WIZ
young Teller. Them wuz huntin' days!
When We Went out to hunt ye got
sumthin'. tell We. An most always
ye got dunn sight more N We expect
ed. remember onct down in ole I
Pennsylvania when had hunt as
WIZ Il. hunt. had er ole muzzlc
loader rifle that could shoot some,
tell We. An wuz no SLOUGH at shoot
In in them days myself. could shoot
about as we'll as tller next Teller. Well,
went down to Their river lookin' fer
or deer. l seen one standin' right iii
front of er big tree. pulled up Their
ole muzzle loader an let her go. Jest
as fired big fish jumped out Of thcr
water, an my shot went plum through
him. seen by Their way he fell I'd
plugged er hole in him. The deer
jest dropped where he stood-nevcr
stirred, jest fell stone dead.
II rushed out into Their river an Z
grabbed my fish fore it could fldat
away. With Their fish under my arm,
started fer Their deer. An what dye
suppose? s. help me, jest back cf
where that deer stood ther bullet haIl
knocked er hole in that tree as big
as yer fist, an out of that hole or
regular stream of honey wuz fowin'!
That good honey wuz goill' to waste
dunn fast, an hadn't nary cr thing
TO stop it. Jest then or rabbit jump
ed out of or hole hadn't noticed, an
grabbed him by thcr hind legs Jest
as lie wuz leapin'. wuz goiil to stuff
him in thcr hole when er flock Of quail
flew up on thar other side of Their
tree. They wuz goin' straightaway,
ian there WIZ more III 10000 of lem.
/ Their ole muzZle loader wuzn't loaded,
wanted some Of EN- bad, so jest
let go that ole rabbit right in Their mid
: die of 'em, an the way he kicked
an clawed as he WIZ goin' through
Their air wuz a caution. He landed
right on top of thcr whole bunch,
an when l got over there seventeen
of 'em wuz dead on ther ground-yes,
! e.i ~ sD,,,
shock had killed Their rabbit tco. He
wuz all smashed up. stuck Ills heal
in ther hole to stop ther honey till l
could so home fer sum barrels.
II hitched up Their ole gray marc to
ther Sled am went back chopped
that there ole tree down, am there wuz
honey enough to fill all my barrels.
Well, slung ther deer an Their fish, an
ther rabbit an ther quail on Their Sled
an started home. 1t wuz some lead
fer thcr ole mare, an walked at her
head, kinder coaxin' her along. L
wuzn't payin' any attention to Their
load, an, by gum, when we got up to.
Their house there wuz that there load
way back in ther middle Of ther river
OF course 1 knowed what wuz Their
matter. That ole grounding harness
had got wet am jest stretched. wuz
kind Of hungry, SO jest throwed ther
harness over a stump an went into
dinner. When cum out again Their
sun had dried ther harness an ther
load wuz just pullin' up to ther stump.
That Nuz some hunt. Yer don't get
ncth.n' like that nowadays, tell We.
Them wuz good old days!
1 ''.An', speaEin' Of Their Gle gray mare.
she was tier willin'cst mare that ever
wuz. She'd pull anything yer hitchctl
her to. tried her. an she pulled ev-
cr.-thing. One day seq to myself, by
gum. I'll give yer CT load yer can't
pull an hitched her to cr stone boat
loaded With all tller powders in tiler
county. She got right down an pulled
an pulled an pulled, but ther load
didn't bulge. ] heard or little crack.
but for cr minute l didn't suspicion
anything, an before noticed that ther
skin on her face had cracked it WIZ
too late. yelled at her to stop, but
she wuz so cum mad she kept right on
pullin', an s'tclp me, before could
stop her she'd pulled herself clean out
of her skin! didn't want to lose that
there mare, an got busy an did er
little skin graftin' fer myself. l had
some fresh sheep pelts, an l sewea
them Oh as fast rs could sew. Well,
sir, them pelts took root fine. They
growed on that there ole mare Jest
like they'd always been there, an ther'
next season SHARED jest 375 pounds
of wool off'n her. She wuz err good
ole mare, tell We, an every year l
got 375 pounds of wool so long as she
lived. Yes, sir; it wus always jest 375
pounds. Yer don't have no such horses
nowadays. tell ye."-Outer's Book.
| The PimperneI.
| The common pimperncl, poor mans
weather glass;" has the disadvantage
Of being Il native plant and has been
almost completely expelled from our,
flower gardens in favor of eSotics
| which oro raro,. Int l1cl, rn11c1, IF liz.