Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-02-16
THE GOOD OLD TIMES
"ae" Hunting Was Good and
Gray Mares Were Wonders.
REAL SPORT IN THOSE DAYS.

'"u' ne Made When he Got Mo-.
IMAM ne E~peeted-The Wilma Ola
morse That Cracked Her Skin.
Iaik about yer huntin' trips.- said
ore ) mmy Chambers. "why. there aim,
no huntin' nowadays: no. no, none
'ai-leastwisc none worth ,nept,on,n,
was different when / WIZ n
youhg teller Them wuz huntin' DAYS,
"neh ye went out 10 hunt We 90,
somthln. l tell We. An most ALWAYS
ye got n dun sight more n We exnec,-
eu- remember onct down I'm o,a
fehilsyivania when l had n bunt as
"uz hunt. 1 had err ole muzzIo
ioader rifle that could shoot some
zen !e- An | wuz no SLOUGH nj shoot
IN IN them days myself | could shoot
ABOUT as We'll as Their next Teller weIl
went down 10 Their river IookIn, Co.
CT ueer. seen one standln right I'm
'front.' OF er big tree. pulled up Their
ole muzzlc loader an let her 20. lest
as hred big fish jumped out OF tber
water. an my shot went plum through
hlm- seen by thor way lie fell ia
plugged or hole I'm him. The door
Jest dropped where ne stood-never
stirred. jest fell stone dead.
rushed out into thor river an
grabbed my fish fore it could aoa.
away. With Their fish under NV arm
started fer ther deer. An what I've
suppose s. help me. lest hack of
where that deer stood Their hull, hod
knocked CIR hole in that tree as big
as yer fist. an out OF that hole or
regular stream OF honey wuz aowin',
Ihat good honey wuz coin' IL waste
DUN fast. an / hadn't nary or thing
TO stop IL. Jest then er rabbit hmm
ed out OF er hole hadn't Noticed. an
grabbed him 10y Their hind legs lest
as he wuz leapin'. ! wuz goin' TO stun
MIN In Their hole when or flock of Quail
hew up on thor other side OF thor
tree They wuz goin' stralghtawav.
an there wuz more n 10000 of 'em
Their ole muzzle loader wuzn't loaded
an them quail wuz gettln' away fast
| wanted some Of EN- bad. SO I lest
let So that ole rabbit right I'm Their mid
Gle OF en-. an the way he kicked
an ciawed * he wuz Coin' through
Their air wuz caution He landed
right on top Of thcr whole bunch.
an when | got over there seventeen
or EN- WAX dead on thcr ground-yeS.
sir. jest seventeen OF en-, An Their
shock had Giicd Their rabbit too. He
wuz all smashed up ! stuck his head
I'm Their hole 10 stop Their honey TIL I
could - homie Ter sum barrels.
Il hitched up Their ole gray mare 10
Their sled an went back. l chopped
that there Gle tree down. an there wuz
honey earu . to fill all my barrels.
We'll. ! Slang Tier deer an Their fish an
Their rabbit an Their quail on Their sled
an started home. IL wuz some load
Ter Their ole mare. an | walked az her
head. kinder coaXin' her along.
wuzn't payin' any attention TO Their
load. an. 10y gum. when we got up TO
thor house there wuz that there load
way back in thcr middle or Their river.
or course | knowcd what wuz Their
matter. That ole grounding harness
had got wet an jest stretched. vuz
kind OF hungry. 80 | Jest throwed Their
harness over stump an went into
dinner. When | cum out again Their
sun had dried thcr harness an Their
load wuz just pullin' up 10 Their stump.
That wuz some hunt. Yer don't get
nothin' like that nowadays. tell we.
Them wuz good old days.
An. speakln' Of Their ole gray mare,
she was Their willin'eSt mare that ever
wuz. she'd pull anything yer hitched
her 10. I tried her an she pulled ey-
erything. One day l sez TO myself. by
gum, I'll give yer or load yer can't
pull an hitched her TO or stone boat
loaded with all Iher powders in Their
county. She got right down an pulled
an pnlled an pulled. but ther load
didn't bulge. / heard or little crack.
but for er minute l didn't suspicion
anything. an before / noticed that Their
skin on her face had cracked il wuz
too late. | yelled at her 10 stop. but
she WIZ So DUN mad she kept right on
pullin'. an S'hclp me. before / could
stop her she'd pulled herself clean out
OF her skin. didn't want TO lose that
there mare. an l got busy an did er
little skin graftln' fer myself had
some fresh sheep peltS, an ! Sewed
them on 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 Their
next season 1 sheared jest $40 pounds
OF wool on'n her. She wuz er good
ole mare. l tell We. an every year l
got $40 pounds Of wool so long as she
lived. Yes. sir: il wus always Jest $40
pounds. Yer don't have no such horses
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