Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-06
Eg-A Practical Joke and a Frioht-Amono

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the habitues of the McLuro House. there is one.
oly fellow who is very fopd of rifle shootinp
and who is said to be sufficiently skilful 10 ton
the head IF hornet at two hundred Yards
lie has Sharpe's rife of which he Is very
prOud and which he takes occasion TO exbibi,
10 anybody whom he can interest in the instru.
nent He has two pair Of pants Tor the lovely
"Ieadener," and keeps it constantly as bright as
anew pin. An evening or two since, rough
RsdWamus, from somewhere off Turkey Run.
came tOthe city, with lot of squirrels. which
be disposed of at.the McLurc,. and as he was
about leaving the house he came in collision
Eith our sportsman, who soon discovered by
bloody bag, hanging upon hts arm, that the Red
vas hunter, and Immediately he was invited
around to take look at the gun. The back.
ToOdsman admired the gun very much, and left
with determination to purchase one like it
He had scarcely gone out of sight, when some
one of number Of wags present, with view
of perpetrating joke, pretended to know the
old hunter for consummate thief who would
steal anything he could place his hands on of n
portable character. The owner of the gun. by
an accumulation of. evidence, was pretty strong.
" impressed with this idea, and while portion
Of the wags were traducing the old hunter, the
balance were engaged in stealing the gun from
its owners room and concealing it in bed in
No. l47, Immediately opposite. This being &C.
cOmpliShed, they returned and reported to the
mtrSsn1n that the old hunter had been cnqui
ring for him again. Having proceeded thus far
and everything working fnely, enc of the wag,
went out aud brought in stranger who pre-
tended TO have heard. of the great gun aud ,csi
red TO look at it. The owner, in the fullness o
his good nature, was pleased to show the beau.
TT, and conducting the stranger to his room
fe.t for the gun its usual place. or course i,
was not there. Entertaining prejudice against
the old hunter (who is really an eStimable ole
rnan) our markslnan had no doubt Of the dircc
tioa the gun had taken, and perfect torrent o
abuse was Showcred upon the old felon's head
Whilst the indignant markstnan was debatlnt
with himself whether TO start in pursuit of tn,
thief immediately, or wait till morning, yer
dant traveller arrived, aud the proprietor no
being aware that No. l47 had been recently con
verified into an armory, put tue rural gentleman
in that room. In the course of fifteen minutes
sharp report was heard issuing from tina,
quarter, and instantly the traveller appeared al
the office in model artistic costume, with hail
upon end and countenance betraying great
terror, insisting that he had been fired upon by
some malicious person who sought his life. o.
course all hands swarmed into lat, where the
gun was found concealed in the bed. The trav.
elsF had stepped upon the lock and merely ex,
PlOded cap. Anvxplanation ensueG, and butt
Tue frightened guest aud the marksman Joined
heartily III, the universal laugh. when followed
~ R000ing a shoe Saop.-on Tuesday last