Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-08
"A Deer Hunt Poem.
! Io Mai. A. ]. McKinnon,
Maxton N. C..

n X Z K e M Y IS ESQ.,
have the honor OF writing to explain
Whal happened after dinner the day YOU took the ra
what took place in the morning. to learn nobody begs
ny Il not forget the yearlng between your legs
ahd long VIII we remember that record sprintng STINT
lhat you pulled off behind that morning Of the hunt
But mat another story to wind upon the wheel
ahe afternoon occurrences waits upon the reel
ou on the wide Savanna old Quakers bass was thrown
a n pangos tenor jingled with happy baritone
ad swell Soprano chimed in the merry throno
AS down the broad Savanna the quartet swent along
On came the Understudies Insulting All The KEYS
Like saw mills in a rei with greaseless axle-trees
Deep on quit Island that sasspan BAY surrounds
'f os,is spread 70 WlndWard, an old buck heard thu
e stamped his feet and shifted and snorted in high disd
nc cooked ms ears and listened then stamped his feet
10 Mrs Buck he chuckled Sweetheart 7 feel hunch
mat THIS is when gamble with that white collar bunch
come they hitrer from mountain to the sea
lay thelr schemes special to make the goat ~ nc
nag against white collar white rose against the rod
"a derence does make dear when Of us are dead9
The rules of their making Quite fair ones von do;d
ihey comes their shrttailhey winoff comes INV
Iney could not hit an ocean-not in a thousand years
~ ~ great TO see their antics 60 laughing by
ihey caper ike the jaybrd when old brohawk is nigh
nhey burn their ammunition and think the sport is fine
D'lt assure you dearest the pleasure is all mine
Spke norm calls please tell him ere morning ri be hack
ne ma ms health declining if here see his track
ne .neh ran IN circle round where the old doe Law
4Aio pleW her many kisses, then lit thru the bay
me Islands edge he skred Ed Halves was sandino tb
Eds Dig gun belched and beloved but never GOT boir
lack EDWARDS saw him song and drew the head down fo
Nv m WI, ms sllells exploded, top fell from pine
,en 1liy olecie ne crclcd to give his gun chance
Pm sho' d Dig load skyWard another in his pants
10 Carl Smith next he headed down on the Wolf yeo 1
Garis Automatic cracked but missed him half n mio
men an the gang got busy about that time of year
"a efe was something stirring from all that could hear
me Leash boys yelled uthoaed till the hounds ali raca
Around and around they crcled and back and forth th
chased ~ os
Inc NOISE OF firearms flooded the wide Sayanna's flow
me au'omaucs popping, the ten bores vicious roar
a cump OF tall and uncut looked good to yor brave con
anu dlsfegarilng speed DAVIS he humcd a marathon
ana md behind wndfall They stirred I'M such f,ss
ne thought that Billy Kaiser met Vitceffsky Russ
NOW TO curtal this story and end it in short order
me mounds ran out of hearing the county border
- bg Chlet: hate to tell you but truths precious near
ana more 10 be gone after than the other fellows girl
ha night while going hoeward heard the hounds at hay
ana went to see about it there his buckship lay
IWeVc points his anters counted and measured
1el ms weight and (guessng) he weighed about ton
JUST why he mcked the bucket is still NOTED question \
some SAID appendicitis and some said indigestion
me autopsy discovered he nearly lost his breath
tSopooy ofems dear Sandy he laughed himself death
-kinchen Council