Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-11-05
Shooting Pigeons without
SHOT.


\ correspondent at Chillicothe, Ohio. re-
ports the foIlowing anecdote as veritable
fact.
A week or two since the woods and feed
ing lets around this listlc ci'y were perfect
y alive with pigeons; as indeed they are
every fall and spring. Among the many
who seized their double.barroIled guns aud
rushed to ihe slau5 5hier. was my f.end
Sam K. from Bucks county. an eager
sportsman; so eager OH this occasion, in
deed. that after driving at 2.40 speed some
five or six miles on; of town, and seeing
his horse properly taken away. he discov-
cred, with dismay, that he had left his
shot pouch at home! Here was dilemma
for you! And to make the incident more
ntolerable, the morning was simply per-
f..., ond the birIs Won. ca.,lin>s and risints
in clouds, What was to be donee That
was a question upon which Sam exhaust
ed his ingenuity without arriving at any
satisfactory conclusion. Having gyra;cd
two or three times around the eighty acre
lot, to the music of some profane exclama-
tions. lie became calm enough to make up
his mind for The return trip, pigeoness.-
Just at that moment he saw another sports
mao dive up to the fence near by, and
soon Recognized Capt R. How
lucky!' thought Sam: Il can beg--but--
what if he has short supply. and decliies
divide in view cf the multitude of birds?
All! have an ideal!
Good morning. Capt. R; beau
tiful morning, this, for shooting; and the
pigeons are as thick as blackberries.
'Coot morgen, Herr K respond
cd the new Conner, who is one Of the most
gentlemanly, but not one Of the sharpest
of kraut and sausage consumers; "me tink
we have blenly of shoolen dis day
Yes. plenty sport, Captain. But say,
Capt. do You see that cotfenut tree at the
the edge of the timber? It's big leaves still
hanging, look like pigeons. Now that tree
will attract all the birds to light upon it,
S'pose We build blind there and shoot to-
gether to-day? guess we can take in a
thousand or two. | guess
Very coot, Herr K responded
the German, and in a few minutes the corn
stalk blind was erected, ana the sporlsmcn
ensconced behind it. ready for busines.
On came the lon, line of birds. circlins
around the feeding ground for moment,
and then settling upon the cofe-nut trees
in tens. ffties and hundreds.
'AlI ready now, Captain whispered
Sam.
YAH exclaimed the excited Captain.
Fire together hen'--bans! bargl went
guns, and dozen birds were fiuttering on
the ground beneath the tree, beside two
or three that sailed wounded, and were
lost
Pretty we'll DONE exclaimed Sam But
lot them lie, Captain; we will gather up
the spoils when we get tired Of killing
And So they shot all day long, Sam ia
king especial pains t. fire with r.; and
when one or two occasions he accidentally
fired alone, the 'old gun hung fre.' or
something got in his eye just as he pulled
the tri gger," and resulted in clear miss
In the evening they divided some one hun
dred and forty birds between them, and
drove home in high glee over their good
sport and heavy game bags. To this hour
the Captain has not learned the fact that
Sam did not fire single charge Of shot in
all that day.-SPira Of tie Times.