The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-02
OLD HUNTERS
HOLD REUNION
rIt>gC At HsH SPRINGS DREW
BITwFEN 2po t>D roo PEO-
Pill WEDNESDAY.
FEAST FIT FOR KING.
I,nrI,ouei Nation and Wild Game
Added Ca Basket Dinner Made
Feast biz for - King.
Talks Are Made.

Some few years ago one OF the
old hunters OF Ellis county conceiy-
ed the idea OF visiting IIigh Springs
on Chambers creek .or days out
ing. aud while communing with
nature in that pretty woodland spot
he decided 10 invite a few OF his
old hunter friends to join him on a
similar outing the year following
On the next occasion some half a
dozen old hunters visited The springs
and spent the day shooting SPUR
reIs and birds and swapping yarns
about The hunts enjoyed In pioneer
days. within very few years the
crowd had increased, until some one
suggested that an Old Hunters or
be perfected and that
High Springs be designated as the
place Of meeting from year to year.
Thus IL was that there sprang into
existence an organization which now
holds their annual reunions about
November / of each year. Therefore
when II was announced that the Old
Hunters would spend Wednesday.
November l.. at the happy hunting
grounds the David Crocketts and
Daniel Boones of Ellis county began
TO lay their plans to be present.
when that. eventfuI day rolled
around some zoo TO 800 assembled
at the springs for feast and days
Iouting. A magnificent dinner was
prepared by the ladies', but this did
not seem to satisfy. IL was an old
hunters reunion so there must be
wild game on the table. With this
Thought before them some dozen or
Imofe hunters entered the woods in
search OF squirrel and birds They
were quite successful in bagging
game The volunteer cooks We're
Isoon supplied with some sixty-five
lsqussrels and few dozen doves,
(which gave the feast decided wild
game flavor, although il is claimed
that Wild game has disappeared from
This section. Added to these good
things were TWO large kettles filled
with steamine aumho and a few bar
Ibeered mutton Following the meth
|ods OF the old-time hunters the vast
Ithrong SGT about preparing the feast
soon after their arrival. each and ey-
|ery man lending hand.
The barbecue and gnmbo was pre-
pared under the direction OF that
|inimitabie huntsman, John Sims.
which is guarantee that it was
favored TO suit the taste OF the
|huntsnlen. The squirrels and birds
we're fried to crisp brown. j. 7.
|ciaunch superintendent the spread
ing OF the table which was more than
TOO feet long and the good ladies
emptied innumerabie baskets there
on. which with the barbecue. gumbo.
wild game and Rteaning coffee made
a feast tit for the kaiser. Then
came tue Suutipuc " cat afat W iAVi
~. The entire party made the i9ost
of the opportunity. the three or four
newspaper men present eating din
.ner. supper and breakfast at the
same time. The meal Was served In
true hnn'smnn style and no doubt
several all-southern records were
broken in the contests. Sueha feast
we had never eniosed.
just before the crowd began eat
ing Secretary Clauneh of the assoc
citation introduced Rey. Sorry who de-
llyered welcome address TO old
hunters and visitors. He pictured
the hunter OF pioneer days when ellis
county VAS undeveloped and wild
game roamed prairie and forest. lie
pictured the lives OF the pioneer citi-
zens Who paved the way to the
present civilization we now enjoy.
1t was . pleasing talk followed BY
ins ocation By Rev Garrison,
after Dinner Talks.
If the feast was a JOY the after
dinner talks by members Of the as
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