The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-23
Chickens at Ten Cents a Shot.

n week OF SO ago tnree Marquette
sports went down to the Dutch settlement
on a deer hunt, which was to last several
days. They put up with Louis" an ag-
ricultural resident Of that locality, who
occasionally entcrtains the sportive MIN.
rod and as the allotted time for the
chase had drawn to close without that
degree of success they had hoped for,
lthcy had not in three days hard tramp:
ing seen solitary deer), they proposed
to Louis, as they sat by the fire in the
evening, that in the morning before they
started for home, he should put up some
of his chickens at a distance of thirty
rods and allow them to shoot at them for
compensation. "Yah, dat ish all right"
said Louis, you gif me ten cents ctery
shoot and ven you gill him he ish yours -
This arrangement completed the sporters
retired with anticipations of fun in the
morning. So, after breakfast, they set.
tied their bill, had their team brought up
and hitched to the fence, and all the ar.
rangements made to start right off as
soon as they cleaned the Dutchman out
of all mis- chickens at ten cent? apiece.
While the sports were fixing up a rest
Louis took fine rooster under his arm and
started for stump about thirty rods dis.
tant, After tying him securely he re-
turned, and putting board across the
rain.barrel, commenced to make change
Young Preston laid his improved Rem.
ington in the notch and blazed away, but
the majestic chanticleer didn't even turn
his head or wink his eyebrow. Evident
ly Preston had missed. A smile at the
inexperience of their comrade beamcd on
the faces Of the others as Lattimer ad.
iusted his piece and fred. Beats all''
he remarked after pause, as the rooster
gave no sign at being hit. Satterlee, IT,,
laughed long and loud so he threw him.
self upon the plank and peered through
the globes Of his fancy. "Watch i'm
now,"-bang They watched him, and
evidently he was watching them, and
wondering what in thunder they were
trying to do. The next two rounds were
fired without much comment by the sports
and his nbs never fluttered Then they
got some hot water and cleaned their
guns and fired at target. 1t was easy
enough to hit the target, but when it
came to that rooster "they wasn't there.
Finally Lattimer hit upon happy idea
His gun was double barreled-one rifed
and the other for shot, and as he quietly
slipped in sixteen buckshot and levelet
it over the plank, smile Of sardoni'
sweetness illuminated his features. The
report was terrific, and the head Of tn,
rooster dropped down beside the stump
but he himself stood up there yet in al
the pristine majesty OF former days. II
was a sight to see Silently and withou
word, those three yonng men entcre,
their cutter and drove away. Louis ha'
killed the rooster the night before au,
iroze him harder than the language thos,
! young men INDUCED in on their way bac
to Marquette. Marquette (Mich) Joay
nal.
d. Martin Mclaughlin was injured
probably fatally, by train of cars q
Bellows Falls on Thursday.
D "GoNE where a white man can open O
o Sunday is the inscription left in the wiz
: dow Of deserted barbsr-shop in Ne
a Bedford
, The number OF adult white men 10 th
; Uuited States who cannot read or writ
> is staten at $4,000; oi women in h