Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-07-22

Sam was astonished, the Colonel stared
old roam never stirred.
Drake stared at his rifle. with a face
black as Othello's.
.What's the matter with you, hey ? fust
time you ever served me such a trick,
swaui'
And Drake reloaded his piece with great
wrath and indignation.
"People say you've lost your knack Of
shooting" said the Colonel, in a tone Of
cutting sarcasm.
"Who said so? It's liep thundered
the enraged old hunter. II can shoot -
"a horse at ten rods. Hal hap
Drake was livid.
.sLook here, Colonel; 1 can't stand that" !"
he began.
aNever mind, the horse can," sneered
the Colonel.
Grinding his teeth, Drake produced an
otherX. "Here," he growled, "Pm bound
TO have my shot,
.Crack away said the Colonel pock-
citing the note.
Drake did crack away-with deadly aim
TOO, but the horse did not mind the bullet
in the least. To to the rage and unutter-
able disgust of the old hunter, roam stared
him right in the face as if he rather liked
the fun.
sDrake," cried Sam, ayou're drunk. A
horse at dozen rods! o Lordp'
"Shut your mouth, or I'll shoot your
said old Drake.
"The man lies that says I can't shoot.
Last week 1 cut a goose's head at fifty rods
and l can do it again. Crickley, you can
laugh now, but I'll bet you fifty dollars l
can bring down old roam at the very next
shot,"
The wager was readily accepted. The
stakes were placed in Sans hands. Ella,
ted with the idea of winning back his two
tens and making an x in the bargain, Drake
carefully selected a perfect bali, and with
i buckskin patch carefully loaded his rifle.
It was now nearly night, but the hun
Ler was in the habit of .boasting that he
could shoot & bat on the wing by starlight,
and without hesitation he drew a bead on
old roan's head.
A moment later and Drake was driving
through the grove, the most enraged and
desperate of men. His rifle, innocent vic
tim of fire, lay with broken stock in the
bottom of the wagon. Sam Barton was
too much frightened to laugh.
In the meantime The gratifed Colonel
was rolling on the ground convulsive with
mirth, and old roam was standing undis-
furbed under the trees:
When old Drake reached home, his two
sons discovered his i'll humor and the mu-
tilated condition of bis rifle, FASTENED to
arouse his spirits with news which they
were sure would make him dance with JOY.
"Clear outw growled the angry old
man, 81 don't want to hear any news; get
away or I'll knock you down.
"But father it is such a trick played on
old Crickley."
aOld Criekley?" asbed the old man;
getting interested. "Glad if you have
played the Colonel trick; let's have it. !"
"Well, father, Jed and /, this evening
went out for deer"
sHang the deer, let's hear about your
trick"
"Couldn't find any deer, but thought
we must kill something, SO Jed banged
away at the Colonel's old roan-shot him
dead. -
.sskot Old Roan.r, Numbered the old
hunter, "Jed, did you shoot the Coloneps
hosss"
sDidn't do anything else.''
aThen," said Jed, confident that the
oke must be agreeable to his father, "Jim
md propped him up and tied his head
5ack with string and left him standing
neer the tree just as if be was alive. Ha!
ia isn't it a joke?"
Old Brakes head fell on his breast He
Felt his empty pocket-book and looked at
his rifle. Then in rueful tone he whis-
pered to the boys:
aIt's joke, but if you ever tell of it,
or if you do, Sam Barton-Tn skin you
alive. / have been shooting at that dead
horse for over half an hour at ten dollars q
shot 49,
At this moment, Sam Barton fell into
The gutter. He had laughed himself al
most to death.
IMPORTANT ARRESTS. - Officer c. P.
Bradley, Independant Police of Chicago,
and officer Moon, of Pittsburg, passed
through the city, Saturday evening, hav-
ing in charge Perry Randolf and George
Elmore, (or similar sounding name, head
men in the gang of counterfeiters which
has so long infested Northern Indiana, and
for the arrest and breaking up of which
the celebrated eLigonier Regulators" were
organized. The two above named escaped
arrest at the time, and Mr.. Bradley was
employed in hunting them up. After a
long search he found them, in Mercer co.,
Western Pennsylvania, and is now on his
way to deliver them up to the proper In
diana authorities. They are represented
to be wealthy farmers and to have figured
ID former years in Summit county and Vi
cinity.
Chief Of Police Hague of Pittsburgh, ac-
companied the officers here, but has return
18th.
WHEAT CRoP ON THE iBAcKBoNE.-
We learn from gentleman who is through
ly acquainted with the great wheat-grow-
ing, backbone counties Of Ohio, that the
wheat crop is magnificent. The harvest
will IL <or,;as tl,;c war fhon lacf.f Tha