The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-19
Absad Shot With a Riaa.

DR.. w. T.. Carver, the man who can put bull
let through silver quarter while the coin is
flying through tho air, 10 now astonishing the
New Workers. by exhibitions of his skill. Tho
New York Iin.s says:
The scene Of yesterdays shooting is worthy
of.description. small wooden shed, with
bar in one corner in front Of this table, on
which were four rifles, several boxes Of cart
ridges and half dozen score books. Fifteen or
twenty feet in front OF this, again, n barrel and
q man, the man taking the glass balls out of the
barrel and throwing s<ss1s-f Gstge eair, and DIR. /,
Carver bre2king them with the bullets as FIST
us they appeared. Somebody was always mt work
loading rifle The marksman could fire them
faster than the leaders C uld load. AID they
were the most remarkable rihes-breech. load
tdrs. of course. When they were opened at the
end one cartridge was showed in after another,
till IL seemed rs il the first one must surely be
somewhere up by the muzz,c.
&Dr Cnrvcrs costume has nothing to do with
Ms craftsmanship, and his shooting is strictly
business. lie seldom misses what he fires at.
Most of the time taken up in shooting glass
baAs, filled with feathers. The balls werc of tho
thinnest film of glass, slightly tinted, so as. TO
be seen easily in the air, and when they broke,
the feathers scattered in. every direction. I he
balls are thrown about 20 feet into the dir. and
the marksman was not more than II yards from
them at any time. II was noticeable that the
shot was invaribly fred just as the upward in.-
pe,us of the glass ball ceased and it was about
to begin its fall This close glass ball shooting
did not give the idea of remarkable skill, prob
ably on. account Of the short distance. AkeSI
though the average was o hit out Of every 10y
1t looked much more wonderful when the nsss,
tant threw the glass balls rs far ms he could and
Dt. Carver broke each rs il fiew the distance
being not less than 100 yards. Several coins
were shot, straight through the centre, rs they
whirled in the air. ..-- W
One of the most astounding Of DR.. Carvcr's
|.featS was his hitting bell al ball when Il was
almost out of sight, up in the air. The ball is SO
made that when the bullet strikes It, il rings like
asVall gong. The assistant threw this bali many
|Aiues rs high as lie could throw il, till, some
times, it could hardly be seen, but every time the
marksman brought the sound out Of it. He also
cut in two all the lead pencils he could induce
tReHpectators TO throw into the air, and hc
Gred successfully ut large nunlSer Of unused
cartridges. When the assistant threw two glass
bnlls up at the same time the riheman, with n
doub!c-barrcl weapon, first broke one and then
the other, without making single failure.
The two requisites for good shooting are of
course an immovable rest for the gun-stoek
and n steady hand AMI arm .,r the bar
rel. The secret Of DIR. Carver's wonderful
craftsmanship may be in his immense and
| perfectly balanced body, which stands firm as
| rock. With n steady hand also, such O man
| may do almost incomprehcnsiblc things with q
good rife. His body seems able to withstand
| any attacks Of nervousness; yet when he miss
shot he is very likely to miss the two or
| three succeeding ones, q sure sign that the miss
| furries him. Another of his peculinritics is
lie aims with both eyes opcn-so that no
eau keep an eye on the Indians, he says, Will Q
| he is firing at a buffalo.