Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-27
VOL. 5.-.NO. 254.
DAILY VIRGINIAN.
shooting Pigeon. with shot.

A Acarrespondent mt Chilicothe. Ohio under date
Of February %. records tho following anecdote
as yeiitahle fact;
week or tw, since, tho woods and feeding
lots around this little city we're perfectly alive
with pigeons-as. indeed. they are every fall
nnd spring Among the many who seized their
double. barreled guns and rushed to the slaughter
was my friend Sam XXX, from Bucks county,
an eager sportsman; SO eagsr upon this occas'on'
indeed. thut after driving Mt 2 ~ speed some
five or six miles out from home he discos cred. with
dismay, that he had left his shot bag at home
Here was dilemma for you I And to make tho
incident intolcrablo, the morning was simply
perfect mud the birds settling and rising in clouds.
Wha, was TO be done That was n question up
on which Sam exhausted his ingenuity without
arriving at any satisfactory conclusion. Hsv-
ing gyraied two or three times around the eigh-
ty acre lot. to tho music OF some profane excla-
nations, he became calm enough to make up his
mind for the returned trip. pgeonless. Just at
that moment he saw another sportsman drive up
to the tcnoe nenr by, and soon recognised Cap
tain X -, "Ab how lucky !" thought Sam; II
can beg, buy, or borrow some shot of him. But
--bu, if he has n short supply and declines
divide in view of tho multitude OF birds! All! l
have nn idcn" .. 80.
Good morning, Captain R. A beautiful
morning, this. for rhootng aud the pigeons arc
as thick M bhckberries."
'.Coot'n morgen; Herr XXX" responded
tho new conner, who is one of tho most gentle.
mnnly. but not ono Of the sharpest, Of krant aud
sausage consumers; ''mo think We have benty
shopipn dis day."
"Ycs. plenty sport, captnn. But, say Cap,
do you soc yon coffee nut al the edge Of the
timber it big leaves stiIl hanging, look like p-
geon. Now that tree will attract all birds I" a.
light upon it. S'posc we build blind there aud
shoot together to day Wo can take in thou
sand or two, guess"
"Very cool, Herr Xxx" responded the
German aud na few minutes the cornstalk blind
was erected, aud tho sport smen ensconoed be.
hind it ready for business.
On came tho long line Of birds. circng around
the feeding ground for u moment. aud then set
Ting upon the coffee nut tree in iens,ftties, hun
dicds.
"All ready, now, Cnptanl" whispered Sam.
"Ynh - exclaimed the excited Captain.
"Fire together, ,hon'-bang bang! went
both cuna. and n dozen bird, wero Autterng ON
the GROUND beneath tho tire e. besides two or three
that sailed of wounded, and were lost.
"prctty we'll done :" exclaimed Sam. Bat lot
,hem lie. Captain; will gather up the spoils
when we get tired ofkilling'
And 50 they shot all day long. Sam taking es-
pecial pains 10 fire simultaneously with X; and
when. nn one or two occasions, he accidentally
fired alone. the '.gun hung fire." or sou,e-
thing got in h,s eye just Ms he pulled tho trigger,
and resulted in n clear miss in tho evening they
divided one hundred and forty three birds be.
tween them, and drove home in high glee over
their good sport and heavy gaine bngs, To this
hour the Ctptnin has not learned tho fact that
Snm did not fire a single charge 0fshot IN all
that day. tl.. tlHt