Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-22
The BOOmOran-.

Traveller tells u> somct hnr of the sin
:ult w Hpon used l'v The natives of Aus
rtIin. the b""mrrinr H.. saw linn
lSrl by the natives The. r.nr,. from,
"" f'''i To thir. Y eight inches III l,n.,h.
''ii w"r" of vtri"rIS >hipr>. all curved 4
.'!''". and looking. ~ n dies -ribr! tli-m
ikr a w"oien new moon They wcr.
Atd" "t adirk. heavy w"ol and w"irh.,i
rom one t. three pounds. La tlIirknc>
thry v;try rom h,lt an inch tn trl inch.
INA trp''r in p'int at c:,rh end
One "i the natives picked up piece of
wood. and passing it Il moment threw it
giving II u rotary motion. F,r the fir,
one hundred feet or more it went >,r,irlI
ahead. Then it tucked TO Ih.. l,.,t AMI
rose slightly, sill rotating rapidly. l.
KEEP th!> i;iltrr course for Il hundred feel
more. perhaps. but soon verrcd tn The let
t"tin. describing = hoiirr curve. an =
'iIon"nt later fell II the earth six or cirh
f"ct IN front OF The thr"wcr. h,vin.r de
-cri"c' nearly Il circle in the air
Another Hltiv" then took the sam.
," 'n"rAn-. rii-i cast r,!iolIinr it with ;h,.
a;tm" grip Ii took the sIme conr,e, bur
made 4 broader curve, and a. il cam.
round the black caught it hands mcly ia
nj ri glit hand
Anoller native next threw ii. and lodr-
ed II on the ground about twenty feet h.
hind linn, after il hId de>crihcd 4 circle %,
tw" hundred ytr.l> or upward After him
they AL tlicd it. and bat on" of them fail
ed 10 bring the weapon back To the spo,
where they stood
C.rbno. q nuive. then selected from tl,.
heap o; ho"lnerlnT- another one, IN ci>I
1t with sort of Jerk. Ii flew very quickl,
tor 80 OF - yards, whirling like Il top
Then II 'lartcd in:o the air. mounting fully
one hnndr"! ie".. and came over orl
heads, whtr" II seemed 10 hang siation1r,
Tor 4 moment. then settle slowly, still
whlrlIng al he caught it. Two Others ui
th" blacks Then d!l the same I Ing
Meanwhile with nv knife llni shay.
a lllilr Of the wood from the convex side
of on" OF the b"nmer;,ngs. This now of
terci I" one OF them 10 throw lIr ,ok d;
without noticing what hr! done. poised
II, but stopped short and with Il contempt
non> glance at my improvement threw il
down AMI exclaimed:
- ~ bul ulgery. Ono ~ooO.
The Others then hooked 1t it c.,ui.,uslr
but it WIS bale hu lg,rv also to them.
No one couiI he induced to throw it.
Myers >kcd them why they did not u,,
il. bat they would not give a ,ie.ini.e ais-
wer. Il WAS plain they la MT Ike ih,
WAY ii po;set. when held in tn. h mi. W
| could not distinguish any difference,
whatever between tbs ana tn olhci
weapons.
Bulrigh then walked to 4 distance O!
2oJ fee, on more from The blacks AMI ha t.
Carlop throw 10 him. Th,. uativ. lonh,r'
l..
comprch n,lin- what WI, wanted. ne -
lrcicd one Of th" hra, lest of the missiles
and, turning half round. threw it with
great trcc in 4 dii ectiom almost opposil,
from that where Burlvi-h s. od
The weapon spell >nIa:tll for @ or 90
'eel. then t1ckrIjn IN in~t,n; and flew
directly at Burl~i-h. AMI had he NJ; mos
rNperitiou>ly ducked. he would have re-
crivcd :. hard lhnmp. if nothing wnr~e
t struck the ground - ur 81 PAGES be
vcnI. This feat brought ont i broad grlI.
and something like Il ,luckl. from th,
Whole of Them. Carbon cvtn in'imlleL
that he wnuld like to try another c;.>i
hat Burlei-h expressed himself ful suits
fled
Mr Smith, however. offered = +" take 4
shot but not Ut loo short Il range. We
were Standing lh front III one ot III. Store
houses. Cuhoo placed Smith in truri o
the door and stood with hi~ lack 10 linn
with Smith hand on his Shoulder.
None of us knew what SORT ot Il man
uuNrr he hlA in mind. not even Myers
>ttndng in this po>i;i"n t.r black threw
the bromcran- strai.h, :thell Immc,i-
ucly it curved il the air. then il di~:,p-
pc;trrd around the corner of th.. LlilIinr
;tn'l before he al time To rIc>s what WI
meant. il came round the other enI (h1v
in- passed complete V around the store
hou>r) and rave him :. sounding slap on
he back which mI'ic his eyes snap
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