Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1909 — FROM DARKEST OF ARKANSAS. [ARTICLE]

FROM DARKEST OF ARKANSAS.

Harvey and Clyde Davisson, and Jess Walker returned Friday from ian exploration trip in darkest of Arkansas, that rivals those of Livingston and Perry. For long, long weeks they had swept down the bosom of the sluggish St. Francis in search of some civilized spot, but nothing was doing. Harvey’s hair grew so long that he had to tuck it in his boot tops, and Jess Walker looked so uncivilized that even the wild " hogs that swing around in the tree / tops, would come down from their lofty perches and talk pig language to him. Clyde grew so lean and thin of flank that he had to drink muddy water to keep the sun from shining through him. After a '"month of weary wandering they sighted a gallon of Moonshine, the first indication of a returning Arkansas civilization. Their hounds ferreted out a house and the natives directed them to the railroad station and home they hiked with their pockets full of acorns and Arkansas tooth picks. There is now on exhibition at the Democrat office some of the trophies 6f this chase in the shape of a wildcat pelt and thews of a deer they killed with their bows and arrows. They all want to go back next year and live in the woods, on seven cent hogs and flapjacks