The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-05
SEipe Shooting.

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44a MI SBfpe Shooting. .. a.
It has never been our good fortune t.
meet with ajuyenile Nimrod who will ad
init that il is bis fault when he fails to kill
bird on the wing. We have even heard OH
20 50 far as to say that he found less diff
cuitysin snipe-shooting than with any othe1
game bird; and to use his language, 'tha
he could kill one every pop" All hunter.
of experience admit that when a little wilc
tits exceedingly difficult. to kill them, ow
ingtto the rapidity and irregularity of thci'
flight, together Within long range at which
one is frequently compelled to fire.
We are not q sportsman, but it strikes us
that in order to succeed in shooting thi.
species Of game it is required. first to un.
derstand the nature and habits of the bird,
which reminds us Of a recent story found
in a stray exchange.
An acknowledgement concluding that
he would theorize and practice at the same
time shouldered his gun with q copy of All.
dabon under his arm, and llied forth for a
snipe hunt. Hating at a field where he
supposed the bird could be found, he noun.
ted the fence, and after seating himself
opened his book 10 see what the great au-
thor had to say about the bird and his hab.
its. He reads aloud to himself THE snipe
is q bird of passage-is here to-day and
there tomorrow, gentle and shy BY turns,
His mood depending upon the weather, ard
ss fckie as the wind" Hello - says a
stranger, "whas are you studying 50 in.
tenly.n ssThe uncertain life and ways of
asnipe, says Nimrod.
mot half 50 uncertain as many other
things We read about" replied the Stranger,
and handing him a scaled package, rode ST.
lently away. Nimrod with trembling hands
broke the seal-there was nothing there
save this,-a picture of an open field all
covered with snow; a oma and three
children houiseless,t ffriendlsss, nothing to
eat, nothing TO wear, weeping over the
grave ola dead father. on whose head, board
was written the words,-'UNINsuRED,
7MoRAL-Insufe in the Piedmont and Ar
lington Life Insurance Company. i
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10 the Editor Of the Ope1ousas Journal
aDEAB Sin :-You will please give these
few lines an insertion in your valuable pa.
per: IL may hep to stir az, our people to
do something for the safety Of the lives o.
inhabitants and the property of the vii.
lage ] see BY the last copy Of the Plan.
ters' Banner that they lost property to the
amount Of $40, 900 by fire, and had they a
good hose to their engine at an expense Of
three hundred dollars they could
have saved pearly all as the members or
lie Fire Company worked molly. 1t also
states, chad our Hook and Ladder Conipa-
~ been supplied with ladders. hooks ard
lxes al, the late fire which commenced at
sebastian's might have been stopped by the
use Of, these and water buckets. One lad
Ter and'a bucket Of water would have So.
red the Episcopal Church." Now We can
'ay we have no engine, no hose. no buck.
no hook and ladder, and HI Ere should
take place In 0pelousas, we have q Fire
Company, all willing young men, BUT would
hey PC q Fire Companyf No, they would or.
" oe spectators--now is the time 10 pre-
pare Tor IRE before It bursts upoa Us. Let
DO taken Instantly To call mon
people who have subscribed for the
New Engine for the town Of O-relousas. and
proceedto New Orleans as soon as the ,nsn
ey IS collected. and purchase ID an engine
for the protection ofIife ana property: and
moreover I think It i the duty Of the Nav
Dc Of the town Of Opelousas 10 see t. It in
rsediateIy. and some other influential man
70 hunt up i Hook and Ladder.
Yours. DC.
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i The Aexandria Democrat Of the 2srd
uit.s says.
On last Wednesday evening, the boiler
Of Seipfs Saw MiHa, exploded, doing conside
rable damage to the property, and wassihe
eanse. of the death ef d negro fireman, who
was blown to pieces. and done such injury
e Davis Iryiagy he engineer, = to cause
bis death j. . few hours.
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