414 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 20, 1883 



long and bloody struggle the life wai 

 y t- cut Uerccl round the 'coon and lit o 

 bad uttered never n word during the i 



"I tell rou, boys, this, 7> n keuu 

 their direction, he mid, A ih, :„'.< tt™, 



"That 



when I v 



1 got er 1 

 day up 



iiurp, an 



like a bit, the 



pes. One nld follow who 



! and waving his hand in 



■'I a kettn dog 1 bought 

 ct or twice, and somehow 

 'd get me a dorg. So one 

 with a purty good loolcin' 

 log. He kinder hesitated 

 .'By 



Jmiinv, that's it: he b» 1 i, ,' '.'.".ill, I dickered t 



tuk him home, and thai night v. -.• went er keimin. We hi 

 dogs, and 'twant no time at all hardly tore we had a ke 

 hu', and r got ih,- boys r, H..1.1 „i 1.1 th.- ,!,<:< so n< lei 

 show. Wall, 1 si. ok him off and ho struck elus to ther 

 blighter have seen him git and heart, him veil. He 

 \ieu' nor runtiiii' till lie got under Uncle Joe's hara. > 

 day, kinder mat like, IVent up ter town: I found Un 

 ' 7. 1, 'I thought 



ed For him 



hadt 



up a sap- 

 give mine fl 

 pui-p, an' you 

 leverstopt. Ul- 

 •all. the next 

 :le Joe loolcin' 

 _ yon wed that 

 purp was good for keens.' 'What,' :,«-. he. rolltn' up lift eyes, 'habit 

 he?' 'No.' sez I. -he's wu« nor no dog.' lie drawer! his coat sleeve 

 across liis eyes, and with his: voiee kinder trembly like be sez, sez he. 

 'My hoy, yon don't know how ahock't I be; never before has my be- 

 lief In the truth or holy writ been shook till now.' 'Hold on,' sez I, 

 'want's scrlpter got to do with the dog, auyhowj' He looked at me 

 us if he felt kinder injured iike, and sez. sez he, 'Ther Bible teds us 

 that ther' wr.nf noil.in' created In vain, and trustin' to the truth of 

 this I reckoned that that blamed dorg must be good for keuos, as I'll 

 take my after davo he aim, good fur nothiu - else,' » Shadow. 



21. 



J a half miles fr< 



branch of the North An 



is Riv, 





N. tried in every way 







until a happy thought b 

 Mr. N. loaded hSrgti 











he salted his stock, wei 







"salt call" onceortwie 







the buck, who walked 





III 



slaughtered- I at- sou 



e of 1. 





nice, but regretted it, wi 



s killet 



hi 



Conway FABW, Va. 







ty feet of the 

 which I foiin 

 uunsportsmai 



om which 

 'Customed 



will. then. 

 n and was 

 £ceedinglj 



Saru was quite a hand on a dieter, It was thought best that he should do 

 the trading, and was accordingly given orders to buy the pig. Unfortu- 

 nately, Sara understood the price to be $3.50, and thinking it too 

 much, he offered the farmer -fS.OO. which, It, Is needless to say, was 

 quickly taken. The pig was boxed up, labeled "live bait," and di- 

 rected to Christopher Smith; but the laugh was rattier faint When 

 they came to compare notes ou the price Of the pork. Sassa < I a. 

 Sooth Abinoton, Mass. 



29. 



The story of the clergyman, the fish and the small bov told In your 

 issue 61 Sept. 14, reminds me. of an occasion when an Elizabeth, N. 



J., minister was disconcerted in o somen hat similar way. He was 

 ■11" ■-' sti in-' -ouie point by the loading and discharge of a gun. De- 

 scribing the process, ho neconmanied bis words by a highly realistic 

 pantomime performance, first pouring into the muzzle of his imagi- 

 nary gun Ibe powder, then putting in a wad. the shot, and wads 

 agnin, "ramming her home" every time, then withdrawing the ram- 

 rod, he put ou the cap, raised Ibe gun to bis shoulder, sighted along 

 the barrels, and, turning suddenly to bis audience, exclaimed, "Ann 

 now, what do 1 do nest!-'' 



"Pull the trigger:" shouted a small boy in a front new. 



"I'll pull iidiii- trigger for you, you Utile wretch." said the discon- 

 certed clergyman, dropping his arms and shaking his finger threaten- 

 ingly at the offending urchin. Meat-Hawk. 

 30. 



Your story of the Harlford clergyman and the fish recalls an inci- 

 dent which once, happened in a city less than a tin. ...sand miles from 

 P.twtucket, It. I. There is in .thing about fish nor game hi it; if classi- 

 fied it would probably come uuderthe head of the vegetable kingdom. 

 It was the young clergymen'-, first service in the church. In a front 

 pew sat an elderly deacon. The minister gave out, among other 

 notices, one of a meeting to be "held as usual on Wednesday even- 

 ing." "Youare mistaken." said the deacon, rising in his pew, "the 

 meeting will be held on Thursday evening." "Ah. yes," said the 

 young minister, in a loud voice te correct his'error, "Thursday even- 

 ing:" then sub voce and confidentially to the deacon. "Right, brother; 

 I acknowledge the corn.'' 



Not long uftenvardihu congregation raised a liberal sum and sent 

 the young man off to brush up in Europe, where jour genial corres- 

 pondent, "Piseeo." may perchance run across him. Meat-Hawk. 



31. 



The slory of the fellow- who would not fire "because he only had 



ing v 



3 fioi 



feeding in shallow water, near (lie shot 



city man should try a sitting shot, while the "hi 

 flyiug. To the disgust of the countryman, the o 

 ...on sufficient courage to face the explosion tha 

 he pull trigger, so lie kepi aiming and ttltnlngbir 

 in thunder don't you lire," said his friend. •• 

 "the minute I go to shoot, another duck comes s' 

 way." 

 McDonald's Corners. New Brunswick. 



23. 



by in. 



lion 

 l-dthei 



•f ducks, which were 



was agreed that the 



.•ushnian" took them 



could no! sum- 



action followed, it was "tOOgOi 



told i' en hine I: . ... is 



assurance, "I could have told \ 

 rJLEisrv Hollow, Ky. 



as an old mudsill happily expressed it, "com- 

 cking egg-'." 



joke was dropped by tb, farmer: but. when re- 

 iod to keep," and when the clergyman 



in conversation nun an old ;-; 

 amused by the following true 

 unity to escape rebuke and pm 

 the helm during part of a nigh 

 boat. 



The captain of the craft had 

 take close nelice of a. paiticulai 



c ci'ii 



iu thar would be your fate." 



34. 



U'th-Wootlsmai 



fforj of a greet 



eyelid 



ed. , 



id fo: 

 slop:, the 



while 



r letting go his hold 



The conversation bad somehow drifted t 

 small dogs had had their day. the large on 

 each man who had ever seen a sigeanle doj 



played his gig-ai. tic proponi.e- .,: ,.,.. 



preceded him. After the figure ,,- .. |; 

 an extravagant, height, and a hug' ■;, \i M 

 pound-, had been t.i'oduce 1. utterly silen 

 iked h. 



t heavy a dog he i..-, 



liim upon bis metal, and an there 

 air appropriate to th..- m:, 

 throat la- remarked Unit he had. o 

 perfect monster, but that it was 

 his esact avoirdupois, but that nil 

 once sent his weight iu n lettel 

 dollars. 



o-r s.-n. This, of course, put 



the eceasion. and clearing his 

 seen a very large doe. in feci a 

 long ago that he had forgotten 

 rner, in response to an inquiry, 

 ud the postage was over seven 



dally but 



returning torus home 

 girls to school. Ever 

 caused (Ins toluol: l... 



of'a cordial ' Get'ln" t 

 as he an " 



.1 old farmer In his roekaway 

 i the country, after taking the 



a lift, the clatter or the vehicle 

 uiee, and he chuckled when he 

 it roomy conveyance bound for 

 y's bunt. So confident was he 

 ' and waited for the old man to 

 id.ueut.the driver merely bowed 

 fellow was a little hard o' henr- 



.. „ 'lied, "Leu. rue ride':" "Hf. . 

 popped oid of the roekaway. As the anchor drngg. 

 a hand as a signal to land and take In a passenger, 

 up with nn unwonted agility ropes '.inc. I.-t: oc 

 on. the cuptiiiu of the craft informed (lus In most 

 "I'm only goin' tivo or three hundred yards down il. 

 Trudging on to the top of a hill beyond the tin 

 espied the rockawav in front of the toll go ,- .... 

 Is nearly two miles from town, and determined W . 

 the last mik- and a quarter: he quickened his gait => 

 alongside, when the brakes were loosed and the old 

 logged ou. At the next turn in the road a glimps 

 that' vehicle disappearing un tin- avenue. I dou'l th: 

 was a model Sunday -.school scholar, for he was always nut 

 unique or.nor, and he spread himself in a soliloquy ou that __- 

 which blued tb- circumambient to a shade that it Would be a gim 

 Parrel cplorer'fl delight to reproduce. 



ton,- Gils 

 y. which 



and ride 



ink that Bus e 



1 lie fugged 61 



• swartsmknlSad Hgi 



on Ibe top ra 



lol a Worm fence bet. 







Being in sigh 



of ihai an nue tu n 





ered supplement to 1 





at that lime or ,i: 





leaving town had litt 





n I Itlead" thought GM 



drive ul him 

 him and ma., 

 aud killed 1 

 man, "and t 

 what the we 



Cat Irishman, 



abouls, for wl 

 dustaroimd " 



Ohe.1 



of the n 



more help on d 

 and bellowed o 



"Hello, dowr 



g steamboat Loan on the raglug Mississippi, 



e Keokuk iradc, the goo- 



i-dppt, 



1 1. Vcr 



oil, the. half of yees c 



> of the finest and largest 



1 llugliey," a large, liroad-shouldered, 

 •ell'.:. ... being the terror Of the roust- 

 broad mouth they had to "get up and 



o up here." 



25. 



ing log flr< 



We were all seated ahum 

 fur several minutes, when the solemn stiUncs 



loue-oiae hoot of nn owl near us. "That, reminds me," said (he Pro- 

 fessor. "You know that family of Hurdsf Well, one time the old 

 man went out lo tlie swamp In cut cedar, mid not returning al night, his 

 wife became worried, and, accompanied hv her two daughters, started 

 to find him. They got well into Ihe woods, and all at once were 

 brought to a standstill by 'To who-o-ol' 'Hark, girlsl'satd the old 

 lady. 'That's an owl,' says one. of the girls, -An owl! Nolthaln'l, 

 neither. floii't y. .... „ „,., ! s,, ,w your father's voice '? To who o-o 

 Mr. Hurdl'" F. C. V. 



26. 



A friend of the writer la: 

 ho ever went a fishing'," at 

 pointed reply: "Homcl irne 



CJlbncoe, Florida, 



lo a city not far from Ne 

 tor his love of the angle at 

 Sunday scln.nl one after:.;., 

 good," be drew for ill not c 

 home aud all good intluem 

 t.ur through i .e ud r ■••- c 

 to re], eat his folly again 

 human effort, he is ul. last 

 tion from vi.-e made a < 

 further simplify the illue 

 school, the pastor said: ".' 



ing characteristic and 



.v York lives a ministeras much celebrated 

 for his profession. While speakmgto his 



icd.onlj 



lis rodeuip- 

 lislife. To 

 >ers of the 

 n the Maine 

 n least out 

 jo plunged 

 ud again, I 



ud ' 



•an- 



the from . _ 



Mister . how much did he weigh 



Hartford, Conn. 



28. 



,st drew him in ana slipping mvliaio- 



n into my boat boat .-ate beyond all 



m. deuce to see the effect of the moral 



_„denly interrupted by a small boy iu 



ho astonished ihe school hv exclaiming! "But. 



T. 8. H. 



Chris. Smith 



"live bait; 



' Thei 



should they procure bai 

 Chris, became disgusted, ant 

 fishing without live bait. A 

 pies which he WtW willing to 

 essential to the happiness of 

 owner.«. One of the party wt 

 death a year ago east a stttlm 



' flsl 



er beard about 

 n down in Maine 

 'jn arose, where 



dd 'not SJcof 



A country editor from Nova Scotia was lately doing the Slates, and 

 was much struck with the "cheek" of the inhabitants. One day on 

 the train, near Boston, an American came into the car, looked 

 around, and seeing a vacant seat by our friend stepped up. and find- 

 ing it not engaged, seated himself. "Here now." i bought our editor. 

 "Is another of them confounded ii.ut.is'illi e Yankees: however. I'll 

 fix him." ltarelyhnd theAme: 



"What is vou'r name," 



■•8 ," replied the Nova 8t 



t before he began; 



Id the Nova Seotlan, telling the irnth. 

 „ eu from?" continued Lhe Yankee. 

 ."Stoke on-Tfent. In England." lied the Bluenose. 

 "What arc you doing out here'.-" 



"Shooting. I am now on my way down to Nova scol la moose hunt- 

 ing, and then go to Cape Breton for duel! shooting " 



'Wl at make of a gun do you use;" went on t he Inquisitive one with 



iutei 



oriol 



k but he 



iffer 



ent maker?. "Any way," he thought. ' not likely this suck., v oukl 

 know n gun from a horse-pish.!." :-;.., w ul. ....- an of a professional, 

 he returned: 

 "I am using a hammciiess Parker at present, one of our best Lon- 



"Indct 

 lied;" 

 "1 gen 



gante. ' 



aeiio: 



dd the Yankee with a 

 use her full choked, 



"Ye, _. 

 will have u pie. 

 add much lo it. 

 take you for tu 

 card; oh. yes! 



Vermont. 



One hot duy in June wi 

 about a mile oil the Digb 

 turn of his linear, mud hi 



. innocent smile, "choke or teo.li- 



ut she screws up or down to any 



i- iio8(l ■ ii i :in i .-■ J --These ham- 

 :. trouble cocking them. When- 

 jo th- hammers and she is ready 



lOplla Basin 



er taking o 

 ttom of Ihe 



three hundred yards down the r,,ad." bast seen rf the old man be 

 wm "clipping ft" acroM the fields with little prospect of getting 



ahead 01 that cow before she reached the nearest house nee h tw .. 

 miles from where Gils continued to sit, complacently smoking, so 



:,,,,.■ g 1 n,- cloud . i ,u u e ■ ■ -"• nn Jn- i !.. i in- ..... .. ., I null ,,;, :| M 



move. J. T. B. 



,si i.Epy Hollow. Ky. 



32. 



Every one who has shot ducks on the Gunpowder Bridge knows old 

 man S.~. one of the best shots and best elanm-re that ever fired a gun 

 irorn I hut very popular shooting place. The old man has a very 

 heave muzzle-loading ene J-.o I bar.-. rh':i he.. He- o :uui. ".lei, 

 he tires it lie always throws himself, forward so as to meet the recoil, 

 and not be ki.-ke. lover backwards, One day when the old man was 

 rowing home, he saw a large bunch of ducks dying toward him. He 

 -too'lupln his host and prepare..! hien-.elt for a. shot, expecting to 

 knock two or three ducks out of the bunch. He got sight on ibein, 

 pulled the I rigger aud threw himself forward to meet her recoil, but 

 the old gun missed Pre, and Daddy S, we.it heels over head into the 

 river, guu and ail. The old man is near eighty, but has recently laken 

 i. nlo himself a buxom wife of eigbteeu; and says he "Hnlnt going to 

 shoot no more on that bridge; there Is too many gol darned clahncrs 

 shoots there for him." 



Baltimore. 



33. 



A minister of tne gospel, t 



tor, lover of a good dog, and 



tells tile following good OU.; 



- I . .-- ell I 'LI" I' 



and even Christie 

 ration to shan.- 

 pointers. 



the rarmer's eye at wil 

 passed unimproved; so 

 and that each should i 



•astly i 



.-is mpl 



i-.tor cheerful! 



gu of a new Hock in 

 ilishmenl helore his 

 :o the fold was a 

 ,'araier. who could 

 nship with gentility 

 ly accepted an Invl- 

 il-broken brace of 



lelds the host 

 and irnagmln 



thei 



u-tet 



n.pi 



Alw 



edof 



game for the other. " 

 ixpccted to "wade in" y 



•achei 



which ' 



eded to take his 



up here, dots, 











how he pulls. 











fishing, you Bli 











and on the wa 





When 



1 go 





time snoring. 





. wak 



■ up a 



.1 



After a long 



fight 





tl.o.lg 





nearly to the s 



irtne 



•. be > 



•lied • 





awav between 



the t 





id fori 





steady, now. a 



if I w. 



will s 



ll.w t! 





halibut ever en 



ngW 









tnent when tin 



skat 



■ hove 



in sig 





Did an; 



Ch. ves. 

 and this 



..-ear: . 



' lIut:.'. 

 hors-s, e 



leeUi-n 



roo'.vup 



tliiin this time: Get 

 hooked. Heavens. 

 ? and tend to your 

 tcepingwlde awake 



^.,.'i ci\i.i,g| tinlf it,,. 



ihe hoaihr.e.k ; 



ml forcing him 

 n until the light 



e of the old 

 h.r, fond 'it 

 birds from 

 Is from Ihe 

 ere allowed 

 ..iters. Oe 

 kJ with the 

 e out-bound 

 iy agent to 



tini! lamb, and that his best Lcha.ior would 

 carrying a lion's share of the game. Bevy at i 

 every shot was such an easy one that lhe b.u 

 monotonous and tiresome to the preacher a 

 sprang eternal," and there was still u - ;._■. 

 tion. "Alas! the uncertainly of human e-aleo 

 As the sun crept closer and closer to his wi 



, bo- ! cull. : ::■ '"- '...,. , .[,.!, . I 



pockets grow- fainter and fainter, till it fliekci 

 peratiug iiiiui. begun adding hares to los she] 

 . I ebon :. USM, be. at . I se ■ ' . ■■ 



shoot a !ei 



•edemp- held the paper 



ed the 



lieqbilir.L. 



..istrated to _ 

 gim in expert hand: 





At suuset he trudged wearily u 



unload 

 of game, thoroughly crushed in Bjfirft and pride, maintaining a 



lowed the. discovery is often echoed to this day w beiiei or 

 dd bauds have retold tl.e story. Hut don t you tell who 

 Dorsal Fi?.g 



A history of lhe navy during lhe late war. in giving iu. e nil 

 lie- operation . of the ironol..il fleet before Corf Sumter, contains the 

 foUowing paragraph: "While waiting to renew the attack a pre 

 brdke out on hoiircf the Nnntucket which, however was evting.t.shed 



