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I SHOOTING DUCKS.
A REPORTORIAL EXPERIENCE ON THE
? LAKE MARSHES.
A-u Early Breakfast and a Cold, Gray Sky
—The Preparatory Outlit —The Fun
Wares Fast and Excit
ing—The Game.
[Chicago Tribune ]
Our reporter started "out in the midst of
the furious snowstorm the other afternoon,
well equipped with all the implements for
the sjftrt of duck-hunting. Briefly enumer
ated the articles of his costume were: One
double-barrel breech-loading shotgun and
cartridges; oil-tanned horsehide boots reach
ing to the hips; two pairs of woolen socks;
heavy underclothing; two outside flannel
shirts; corduroy suit and hat; outer shoot
ing jacket of canvas; long rubber coat; and
thick, oil-tanned dogskin gloves. Arrived
at South Chicago, a livery wagon landed
him on the shore of George lake, one of the
Calumet system of lakes, and just over
the Indiana state line. A knock at the door
of a solitary house, standing near the
water’s edge, and decorated with huge
bunches of ducks, was answered by a cry of
“Come in,” and a chorus of “dog music.”
a long table sat a dozen or so hun
ters rapidly making away with a steaming
hot supper pf ham and eggs, potatoes, broad
and butter, and coffee. Guns were in every
corner, and various articles of apparel were
drying over a roariug wood fire. The re
porter Was quickly doing his best to let no
palatable morsel escape. Then followed a
social smoke, the loading of shells, the final
preparations for the morrow, "Good night,”
and Oblivion in a comfortable bunk.
AN early breakfast.
At 3:45 the next morning the sleeper was
awakened by the ery “Wake up; breakfast’s
ready,” A hasty toilet was made, and soon
the table was again full of hungry men stow
ing away the greatest quantity of hot break
fast in the shortest possible time. Singly
and in groups the eaters rose and donned
their heavy outer garments, grasped gun
and shell-case, and started for the boat
house on the lake shore. The light, flat-bot
tomed hunting-skiffs were filled with clean,
dry hay, the decoys piled into the stern, and
a race begun for the most desirable “blinds. ”
Out in the lake the bitter northeast wind
was blowing a gale, and the waves were
running high, making a watchful eye and a
strong arm a necessity. The day was just
breaking, and the cold, gray sky, covered
with low-hanging clouds, and the long
stretch of foam-capped waves and desolate
marsh made a dismal picture indeed. Early
as it was, the ducks were awake and vigi
lant. As the boats crept slowly over the
lake flock after flock arose and circled here
and there.
THE HUNTER’S “BLIND.”
After a long and laborious row across the
stormy lake the other shore and smooth
water were reached, and the reporter drew
up.at his “blind.” The “blind” is supposed
to blind the ducks to the hunter’s presence,
and is a cover of brush and hay, under
which the boat is drawn. Soon the boat
was hidden behind the cover, the brush and
bay disposed to the best advantage, and the
flock of wooden, gaily-painted decoy ducks
spread in an inviting group in front of the
blind. Then the shell box is conveniently
placed ready to band, and the hunter, cock
ing his gun, lies flat in his boat ready for
the fray. A puff of smoke rises from a
blind down the. lake; the report comes
slowly up against the wind. It is the first
shot of the day and the sport has begun. A
sharp and steady gaze in the direction of the
shot shows three flying objects skimming
along the water, coming with the rapidity
of a bullet against the wind and heading
straight for the decoys. On they come to
within forty yards, unconscious of danger.
Then they see the trap, and swerve in
affright, rising high in the air. Too late!
The hunter rises on one knee and takes
quick aims, fires, and two of the three ducks
fall with a splash into the water.
FUN ALIVE.
By this time the ball is fairly opened all
along the lake, and the heavy reports in all
directions stir up the ducks and keep them
flying. The fun waxes fast and exciting.
There is no time to row out after the dead
ducks. They go drifting off before the wind
and the hunter must get them later if he
can. The ducks come singly, in pairs, and
now and then in flocks. Some; imes it is two
with one barrel, sometimes it is a clean miss
with both barrels, and now and then a lucky
shot at a flock will bring down three or
four. For half an hour it is load and fire
almost as fast as the breech-loader can be
manipulated. Then comes a lull. A careful
look around the horizon shows no birds in
sight. The reporter slips out of his blind
and runs down with the wind after his dead
birda Right and left he picks them up,
their white breasts showing clear on the
dark water and making them an easy object
to see. Then he rows back to his blind and
with a glance of satisfaction counts up thir
ty-five victims of the slaughter.
PURSUIT OF THE WOUNDED.
■ And so it goes. Not seldom the duck falls
in the water merely winged, and does not
come up. There can be seen about an inch
of his bill. A quick shot about half a foot
this sidp of the little black object and the
dead bird, killed by the concussion of the
shot on the water, comes to the surface and
floats breast up. When the reporter gets
back to the house he will hear some new
hand telling about how he killed a duck
“dead as a aoor-nail” and it went right to
the bottom and never came up. So would
the duck he has just killed have done had he
not seen the bill stuck out just to the breath
ing holes, and silently and imperceptibly
gliding but into the lake. Again a winged
duck comes down just out of gunshot, and
starts like a propeller for the center of the
lake. Should the bird be pursued, it will
be simply a waste of labor, time, and pa
tience. He can swim as fast as a boat can
be rowed, he can dive like a fish and double
like a hare, and the “crip,” as the crippled
bird is termed, will fight it out all summer.
TIRED AT LAST.
About 10 o’clock the birds cease to fly. No
longer is there the excitement to keep one
warm. The bitter wind sweeping across the
flat country pierces canvas, corduroy, flan
nel and flesh and blood. Os all cold places
the coldest is an open boat in the Calumet
marshes. The fingers slowly stiffen, the feet
become numb, and finally the chill strikes
into the very Vitals. Then the reporter’s
fancies turn with persistent fondness to the
roaring fire and appetizing dinner. The
picture is too strong to be resisted, and he
makes ready to start across the lake. The
stiffening fingers must be dipped into the
freezing water, and the boat rowed here
and there, sometimes shipping a wave, for
the wind has changed to the east, and blows
directly acrosOhe lake,, until the decoys are
THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1885.
all taken in. Then a long row in the teeth
of the wind until the shore is reached. Then
the boat is pulled high on the beach, the
ducks tied with a strong rope by the necks,
and the reporter, chilled and wet, tired and
hungry, staggers to the house under his load
of ducks with an elated heart and an appe*
tite that is wolfish ip its intensity.
DOWN IN GEORGIA
The Chattahoochee—Misdirected Agricul
ture—The High Georgians.
[Beadle in Cincinnati Enquirer.]
Four miles from Gainesville we forded the
broad Chattahoochee, about as large there
as the Big Miami at its mouth—no slouch of
a stream, though near its head. It is an odd
fact that this stream runs on a ridge through
all the upper half of its course; its water
level in many places is much higher than
valleys on each side of it, and but
a few hours' ride distant. But it
is in a trough and shut off from
these lower valleys by higher ridges. It
was pleasing to notice how regularly, as we
descended from the mountains, the improve
meat in farm fixings kept even with our
descent, till at last, in the broad valley,
we found frame houses and barns big
enough to till one bin in Indiana. In fact I
saw two barns near the Chattahoochee
which would have been big enough for a
forty-acre renter “on sheers” in the
Wabash valley; but these were the finest I
have seen in Georgia. They looked so at
tractive that we stopped at the farm-house
and for “two bits” obtained hot biscuit, cold
milk, honey aud butter, which completed
my capture. lam now clean “mashed" on
the Chattahoochee.
It is strangely soothing and restful to the
mind to be on the broad, fertile plains here
abouts after two weeks in the mountains;
but Gainsville is a high-up place, too, and a
great summer resort. Around it and within
easy drives are sulphur, iron and chalybeate
springs, and only two miles from town is a
distillery which can sell by the gallon re
gardless of state and county. The air and
water are tonic. Society, too, they tell me,
is very good. Gen. James Longstreet lives in
the suburbs in elegant retirement, or per
haps it would be better to say complete re
tirement. He does not at present desire the
company of a newspaper man; but his
friends say he has some very emphatic ideas
for private circulation.
All this brings me to speak of the grandest
mistake of north Georgia—her misdirected
agriculture. Unless all the signs fail, the
region I have lately traversed is the finest
grape country in America, if not in the
world. The underlay is broken rock, above
which are bowlders, gravel and loose red
earth; the winter is mild, the spring wet,
the summer uniformly warm and the au
tumn long and dry. Frequently not a drop
of rain falls in August or September. Here
are all the conditions to make that the Bor
deaux district of America, and the very few
vines now planted are doing splendidly. It
is also a first-class region for hops. It is
such a pity that the native waste their ener
gies on corn and cotton.
What a peculiar people these high Georgi
ans are, any how. What an odd, amiable,
clever, careless, and ne’er-do-well race. The
nearer I got to the mountain the wilder the
life appeared; big families in rude pole cab
ins a stout man could put up in two days;
neither house nor fence set with any regard
to compass points, and as often as any other
way no door or window on the side next the
road. But the oddest of all are the country
churches, the mountain religion and the
.polemical war between Baptist and Metho
iist. Here and there among the
oothills, in the most unexpected
ylaces, at the mouth of a hollow or in
the middle of a pine forest, I ran upon the
country meeting-house. In it was neither
hanging-door or window-glass. Scattered
over the floor were last autumn’s leaves, aud
the structure was reared on “stulls,” four
feet above the ground. This makes it nice
.’or the long-nosed, up-backed, sandy and
spotted hogs of the woods, whose favorite
winter bed is there; but not so nice for the
mountain maiden, who attends when ser
vices reopen in the spring. I judge that the
favorite text is, “The wicked flea—when no
man pursueth, the righteous are bold, etc. ”
Persimmons.
[Exchange.]
Persimmons were first spoken of in print
by Capt. John Smith, who classed them
among Virginia plums, but called them put
chamins, remarking that if eaten before
they were fully ripe they “draw a man’s
mouth wrie with much torment.” The name
persimmons was evolved from putchamins.
Both are of Indian origin.
No Trouble,
“I’d rather take a thrashing than go to
buy a suit of clothes,” said a young man the
other day. “There are so many shapes,
styles and patterns now-a-days, that when a
fellow gets in their midst he doesn’t know
what he does want.”
Well, call at B. H. Levy & Bros., and you
will find every aid towards a satisfactory
selection. It is true our display of gents’,
youth’s and boys’ clothing is very large and
elegant, but we are sure we can please the
most fastidious in very short order, both in
fit, quality and price. We guarantee every
thing; we take all the chances; you take
none. You get what you want or your
money back. We keep every article of
clothing worn by the male sex and are kept
as busy as we can desire to be.
Speer’s Wine for Consumptives.
Consumptive persons are greatly benefited
by the use of Speer’s Port Grape W’ine. It
gives nourishment when everything else fails,
and physicians prescribe it as a rich, nutri
tious wine. Prominent physicians and mem
bers connected with the New York Board of
Health have inspected Speer’s vineyards
and wine cellars and speak of his products
in the highest terms.
For sale by Osceola Butler, druggist,
corner Bull and Congress streets.
PILES I PILES PILES!I!
8 .ire cure for blind, bleeding and itching
piles. One box has cured the worst cases of
•.wenty years’ standing. No need to suffer
Ive minutes after using Williams’ Indian
Pile Ointment. It absorbs tumors, allays
tehlngs, acts as poultice, gives instant relief,
'repared only for piles, Itching' of the pri
vate parts, nothing else. Hon. J. M. Coffen
ury, of Cleveland, says: “I have used scores
•f pile cures, and it affords me pleasure to
ay that I have never found anything which
fives such immediate and permanent reliel
« Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment.” Sold
>y druggists and mailed on receipt of price,
1. Sold wholesale and retail by O. Butler,
!avannah, Lippman Bros., wholesale and re
iall druggists.
THE HOP* O?THE NATION.
Children slow in development, unyp
scrawny and delicate use “Wells’ Health
Renewer.”
Goods always exchanged at L. Freid’s if
not just as represented.
Lisle thread for sale cheap'at L
Freid’s.
J PERSONAL
“Deeds are bettor than
words.”
(HUNT’S (Kidney and
LIver)REMEDY has saved
from lingering disease and
death, hundreds who have
been given up by physi
cians to die.
k “Timo and tide wait for no
man.”
HUNT’S (Kidney and
Liver REMEDY) cures all
HOWS
Remedy
NevsK-KW
Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urinary
Organs, Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, and In
continence and Retention of Urine.
“Strike the Iron while it is hot.”
HUNTS (Kidney and Liver) REMEDY
quickly induces the Liver to healthy action,
removing the causes that produce Bilious
Headache, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, Cos
tiveness, Piles, &c.
“Honesty is a strong staff to lean upon.”
HONEST TESTIMONY.
Over 70 Years Old.
Col. Benjamins. Hazard, of Warwick, B.
I, over 70 years old, sufl'ered for 15years with
a terrible kidney and bladder difficulty. He
was persuaded to try Hunt’s [Kidney and
Liver] Remedy. In less than a week the ex
cruclai lug pains left him and have never since
returned. Mr. Hazard recommends Hunt’s
[Kidney and Liver] Remedy to every one
similarly alillcted, with the greatest confi
dence in its power to cure.
“Use wealth generously.”
School Teacher.
Mr. H. L. Soper, princlal of the High School
at Hopuonock, Ct., says:—“My kidneys be
came weak and sluggish. Finding relief In
Hunt’s [Kidney and Liver] Remedy, I con
tinued its use until I had used four bottles,
when 1 became well.”
“Economy is the household mine.”
Decided Benefit.
Mr. Hiram Franklin, of Naugatuck, Conn.,
contracted a disease of the kidneys. Not find
ing any help, as a last resort he began taking
Hunt’s [Kidney and Liver] Remedy. The
first bottle giving decided benefit. He
continued its use until he had used three bot
tles, when all trouble disappeared.
81.85 AT DRUGGISTS.
jar'Tttke No Other.”®®
Send for Illustrated Pamphlets of Solid Tes
timonials of Absolute Cures.
HUNT’S REMEDY CO., Providence, R. I.
C. N. CRITTENTON, Gen. Agt., New York.
DE IF ANDBLIND.
How an Atlanta Woman was
Made to See and Hear.
AN INTERESTING STORY.
Miss Minnie Wallace resides with Mrs.
George Fickland, 41 McAfee street, Atlanta,
Ga., and from her own lips a Constitution re
porter learned the following story;
Several months ago she became almost to
tally blind and deaf, and could not taste any
thing except da It. Her bones became the seat
ol intense pain, her Joints were swollen and
painful, and eventually her whole body and
limbs became covered with splotches and
small sores. Her appetite failed, and she
gradually lost flesh and strength, and had but
little use of herself, as her limbs and muscles
were paralyzed. She, as well as her friends
and those with whom she lived, despaired of
her recovey. Her sufferings, combined with
loss of hearing and taste, and blindness, wore
truly heartrending.
All treatment from physicians and the use
of medicines seemed powerless. Her dis
ease was blood poison and rheumatism.
As she now seemed well and hearty the re
porter asked what wrought such a wonderful
change.
“I used. a medicine recommended by a
friend,” she replied, “and before one bottle
had been taken I began to see and hear. The
second bottle relieved all rheumatic pains
and improved my appetite. When I had com
pleted the use of six bottles my eyesight and
nearing were fully restored, sense of taste re
turned, and splotches disappeared, sores all
healed, and my strength and flesh restored.
1 now feel as well as I ever did, and my
friends, as well as myself, are astonished.”
“What was the Medicine?” asked the re
porter. _
“Botanic Blood Balm—B. B. B. was the
great remedy that acted so powerfully on my
disease and cured me. I never experienced
any unpleasant symptoms from its use. and
its action is so quick that it surprises all.”
The reporter then sought a physician who
knew the case, whereupon he handed us the
following lines:
“1 examined the above case of blood poison
and rheumatism, before and after being
cured, and certif} r to the main facts above
stated, and must acknowledge that the B. B.
B. effected a most wonderful cure In this
well-known case. _ „
[Signed] “J P. DROMGOOLE, M. D.”
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., will mail a
32-pagebook free, filled with magical effects.
For sale by
OSCEOLA BUTLER,
Savannah, Ga.
Without Money
AND
Without Price!
We have just issued a most wonderful and valuable
new book, which treats of diseases “peculiar to the
female sex,” and have spared neither pains nor money
to make it worthy the perusal and confidence of the
women all over the land.
Every tt, her, wife, sister and daughter in this
c untry is deeply, aye, vitally interested in this grea
work, and should send for it without delay.
It will be sent to any address in the United States
Free of Cost!
Read it carefully, study it well and you will glean
from its pages Information that may prove more valu
able than all the wealth of all the Rothschilds, more
precious than all the gems of Europe’s royalty 1
IT II M W 11!
Give Post Office anji write name plainly, and ad
dress
The Bradfield Regulator Co.,
P. O. Box 88, ATLANTA GA.
Bradfield’s Regulator and Mother’s
Friend
For Sale by OSCEOLA BUTLER,[Cornerßull
and Congress.streets.
jfwtib.
" <Ol.l Mill AN HOTEI..
Saratoga Springs, - - New York.
MR. JAMES AJ. CASE,
Os the Pula’ki House, will open this superior Family Hotel about June 15th. Elaborate Im
prov sments have been made. Cuisine under PROF. FELIX LOUMENA, late of Windsor
Hotel New York. Rooms beautifully furnished, facing Congress Spring Park. Attendance
and appointments unexceptionable.
Terms: S 3 per Day; $12.50 to S2O per Week
Bellevue Hotel and Summer Sarden
JACOB LUTZ, - - PROPRIETOR.
Special arrangements made with Committees for Picnics and Parties. A fine Brass and
String Band always on hand.
Bathing Suits for Hire. Board by the
Alon th or Day.
GOOD COOKS AND THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
ZVlnsie Jung-’s Brass Band Daily.
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BHMH
Our Wide-Awake Buyer
TIN NEW YORK
Keeps us constantly supplied with NEW •• and INTERESTING BARGAINS, as well as with
the latest Novelties in our 25 Departments.
On Monday, VJLay lltli,
We will put on our counters 100 pieces of Sum mer Si k* at the uniform price of 33c and 49c.
These represent goods which were never purchased for less than 75c to 5125.
Our Black Silks sell more rapidly than ever, because they cannot be surpassed in qua’ity
nor in price.
We are making sales in Summer C ashmeres. Albatross and Fancy Dress Goods
forour assortment and prices are just what the people desire.
In Housekeeping- Goods,
Such as Table Damasks, Napkins, Doylie», Towels, Sheetings and Pillow-casings, we are
always ahead. We offer this week for instance 9-4 Sheetings at 11 cents, and the best quality
of Pillow Cotton at in fact, extraordinary bargains all round.
We Have Never Sold More Hosiery
For Gents’, Ladies and Children, in fine grades, than we do now. The reason is, we have
Just what the people want at half value. Ii surely will pay you well to examine this de
partment.
And as to Our Parasols,
We can safely say It will be worth your while to look at ours, for we can give yon anything
you want at snchnrices that will please you.
Do not forget that we are Headquarters on Gloves, Notions, Fancy Goods, Ladies’ Under
wear, Children’s White Dresses, Infants’ Bobes, Lace Caps, Handkerchiefs aud White Goods.
REMEMBER AIRWAYS
We know the wants of the people and we try our very best to please them in every way—in
of the selection and in prices,and no matter how great bargains other houses offer,
we never allow them to undersell us.
OVVIIO YVEISBKIN.
BEGINHWMONDAY, MH 11,
AT
JACOB COHEN’S
152 Broughton st.. Great Sale of Domestic and
Imported
TOWELS. TOWELS. TOWELS.
Having a larger stock than needed, we propose to sell at a sweeping reduction Towels
that cannot be duplicated in this city at double the prices. We quote:
100 rtoz. Figured Towels at 50c doz.; cost 81c.
100 doz. White, Colored Border, at, $1 doz; cost Si 43.
86 “ “ “ “ at Si 20 doz.; cost $1 68.
52 “ “ “ “ si #1 50 doz ; cost $2 08.
30 “ “ Fancy “ at 25c apiece, $3 50 doz
18 “ “ Imported, worked border, sOc apiece, $6 doz
12 “ “ Hand Embroidered “ sOc “ i£B 50 doz
No charge for showing good
MOTHS f MOTHS I MOTHS I
We have now on hand a full supply of the well known MANAHAN TARINE MOTH
PADS, for preserving woolen goods and carpets. It is also an exterminator of Bugs
Roaches and Mosquitos. One Pad In a box or trunk will keep It free from moths Buas’ '
Roaches, etc , during the summer season. For sale by ’ 5 ’
Jacob Cohen, 152 Broughton Street
Remember our 50c. White Damask, worth sl,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
PORTER’S
CDNtt CAMIC ELIXIR,
For Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Malaria and all
, troubles of the liver; acts as well as pills with
out depressing the system; clears the liver
without requiring a cessation from work: not
unpleatant to take; not excessive In action:
Just the thing for the ailing. Recommended
by physicians.
Bottles 25 and 50 cents.
r DAVID PORTER,
a BROUGHTON & HABERSHAM STREETS
PAINTS, OIDS, ETC.
,JI ST RECEIVED.
Cargo of.
BEST LION BRANB
; Portland Cement
, FOR SALE LOW AT
ILLNLEY’S
Paint, Oil, Sash, Door & Blind Store,
Corner President, York and Whitaker streets,
> Savannah, Ga.
OLIVERS
Paint and Oil House,
SASH, DOORS, BLIMDS
Mouldings, Etc.
hiiig Very Fine.
ISAAC ROOS & CO.,
Stalls Nos. 9 and 10 Savannah
Market.
Receive by every steamer BEST and
CHOICEST MEATS from NEW YORK and
BALTIMORE.
CHOICE SPRING LAMB.
Everything of the best. Orders’promptly
at tended to. Branch Store, corner Macon and
Drayton streets.
Un Borders.
10,000
-FOR SALE BY—
I’AIuMEH HKOS.
148 Congress and 151 St.Jnllan street,.
PERCY OLMSTEAD,
' THE ONLY
LIVE STOCK DEALER
AND
Commission Broker
IN
SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED FOR
CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS, Etc.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
WE read occasionally of Invitations to buy
Meats and Vegetables at other places
but the market. Now, Is not the market
the place to buy your Meats and Vegetables ?
Isn’t it run for that purpose? If you cannot
find what you waut at one stall, you can get
it at another. We guarantee to keep the best
and freshest the market affords in Choice
Northern Beef, Boneless Corned Beef and
Pickled Tripe, Fish, Game, etc. Every
steamer from the Northern Markets brings
fresh supplies for us. You will serve your
own interest by examining our stock. Y r ou
can leave your ori'er for the whole week at
first call. Orders will receive best attention
and prompt delivery.
Logan & Calder,
67 & 68 MARKET.
Tools! Tools!
Morse’s Twist Drills, Bailey’s Patent
Planes, Disston’s Hand Saws.
A FULL LINE OF
Carpenter’s Tools.
For sale by
PALMER BRO’S.
3IILI IA KRY
MY’ STOCK IS NOW
!:ss iiii kiy Itr
Comprising a very handsome and
COMPLETE LIJVH
Os the latest and most
Fashionable Styles.
p. J. GOLDEN,
34 Broughton ■ Street.