Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-11-03
The GOOD OLD TINES
When Hunting Was Good and
Gray Mares Were Wonders.
REAL SPORT in THOSE DAYS.

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REAL SPORT IN THOSE DAYS.
Old Jimmy Chambers Tells About Ono
| Haul He Made When He Got More
Than He Expected-The 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
-leastwise none worth mcntionin'.
ut was different when l wuz q
young Teller. Them wuz huntin' daysI
When We went out to hunt We got
sunthin', l tell we. AM most always
ye got DUN sight more n We expect.
| ed remember onct down in ole
PENNSYLVANIA when l had hunt as
WIZ n lliii:t had err ole muzzle
loader rifle hat could shoot some, /
tell We. An WIZ no SLOUGH ut shoot
In in them days myself. | could shoot
about as we'll as Their next Teller. Well.
went down to Their river lookin' fer
er deer. i seen one standin' right in
front of err big tree. pulled up thcr
ole muzzle louder an let her 20. Jest
ms fired big fish jumped ont of tltcI
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-ncvc,
stirred, jest fell stone dead
II rushed out into thcr river an
grabbed my fish fore it could float
away With tllcr fish under my arm
started fer Their deer. AM what dive
suppose? S help me, jest back OF
| where that deer stood Their bullet had
Knocked or hole in that tree as big
as Yer fist, an out of that hole er
regular stream of honey wuz flowin'!
That good honey WIZ goin' to waste
dun, fast, an hadn't nary or thing
TO stop it. Jest then er rabbit Jump
cl out of rr hole hadn't noticed, am
! grabbed him by thcr hind lees lest
as he WIZ lcapil'. | WI. goin To stuff
him In thcG hole whcl. or flock of ,,,nil
! flew up OH tAer other side of taer
tree. They wlz goi,,' stl.lia.lta way,
All there wlz moro ii 10000 of 'em.
Tier ole muzZlc loader wuxn't loaded.
am them quail WIZ gcttin' away fast.
/ ] wanted some of 'cnl bad, so | lest
let go that ole rabbit right in ther mid
t!le of ON, am the way he Licked
an olawcd as he wuz goin through
t!.cr cir wllz a caution lie landed
right on top cf Their whole bunch.
nm when ! got over there seventeen
of 'en WIZ dead on tier ground yes,
sir. Jest seventeen of EN-. An ther
shock had killed Their rabbit too He
Wuz all smashed up stuck bis head
In Their hole to stop thcr honey till
could go home fer sum barrels.
81 hi.clcd up ther ole gray mare %
tlnl Sled am went back. chopped
that t,.;.rr ole tree down, an there wlz
honey enough to fill all my barrels.
Well, l slung thor deer am thcr fish am
ther rabbit an thcr quail on ther sled
an started home. 1t WIZ some load
for thor ole mare, am / walked Mt her
head, kinder coaXin' her along.
load, an by gum, when we got up to
Their house there WIZ that there load
way back In Their middle of tller river.
or course knowcd what wuz ther
matter. That ole grounding harness
had got wet an Jest stretched. wuz
kind of hungry. so jest throwcd Their
harness over IL stump an went into
dinner. When l cum out again thor
sun had Cried tllcr harness an ther
load wuH just pullin' up to thcr stump.
That wuZ some hunt. Yer don't get
nothin' lik, that nowadays, ! tell We.
Then WIZ coed old days!
4 AN. spcaEin' of Their Gle gray mare.
:, she wa; tber willin'cst mare that eyer
wuz. She'd pull anything yer hitchv1
her to. ] tried her, an she pulled ev-
erything. One day seq to myself, by
gum, I'll give yer or load yer can't
pull an | hitchcd her to or stone boat
loadcd with all Their powders in thcr
county. She got right down an pulled
an pulled am pulled. but thcr load
didn't bulge. heard or little crack,
but fer CT minute Didn't suspicion
anything, an before noticed that thcr
skin On her f.lcc had cracked it wuZ
too late ! yelled at her to stop, but
she wuz 50 Gum mad she kept right q.
J pullin an s'holp Inc, before could
stop her she'd pulled herself clean out
of her skin. didn't want to lose tina,
there mare, an ! got busy &n' did ce
; little skin sraftin' fer myself. l had
some fresh sheep pclts, am l sewed
them on as fast as could sew. Vel.
sir them pelts took root fine. They
growed on that there ole mare Jest
like they'd always been there. am tlicr
next season l sheared Jest $40 pounds
of wool ofT'n her. She wuz err good
ole mare, l tell yc, an every Year l
got 375 pounds OF wool so long us she
, lived. Yes, sir; 1t WIS always jest 3755
pounds. Yer don't have no such sorscs
nowadays, tell yc."-Outcr's Book.
The Pimpernel.
The common pimpernel, poor mans
: weather glass;" has the disadvantage