Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-11-27

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struck the earth.
ether Gee-roozlem," and a reg
nlar bread cave opened in David
eager face, as he bent nearer tn,
speaker.
"To be sure he could" sale
Nashville, evidently taken in by
Dawes simple manner. "Why, i
isn't anything for him to cut al
apple into three or four slices
throw them quarter of mile
high and shoot every seed out Of
each piece before they fall. / saw
him do thirty-two bushels of dried
apples that way out in the Rocky
Mountains, and he was half asleep
at the time," and many wink the
drummer wunk at his companions.
ether good gosh ~ exclaimed
the meek mountaineer, closing for
the first time his gaping teeth
"Wbat on yearth'd you reckon he
mout a done eff he'd bin awake and
tried hisself!7
"Gracious only knows" contin-
ued the narrator, "hut my friend
here" pointing to fellow traveller,
"saw him on four different occa-
sions shoot the pegs out of mans
boot who had raised his foot to
kick dog. Amt that so, Evans
vile 7"
The drummer from that city be-
ing thus appealed 10, raised his
hat and scratched as if calling up
the past, and said that Nashville
was partially correct, but only par
TALLY. He had only seen the
great marksman shoot the pegs out
Of two boots, and that in both in
stances they were on the feet of
men who were flying from a police
man. The doctor had kept shoot
ing until he had shot both boots
of of the running man, and he
stumped his toe and fell down,
enabling the officer to over
AXE him. The doctor had only
missed one shot, and that was when
he fellow lodged behind lamp
post to scratch his leg.
Dave here threw his quid of to-
oacco and knocked buzzard off
/ tree.
The action was noted by the
RUNNERS with some surprise. +,
They continued, however, though ,
With shade less assurance. Shift {
ng the description to Capt. Bo- c
ardus, New Orleans salesman, S
lboring under the same design of I
ewildering the innocent Bend @
oys, kept afoat the chat about \
killful shooting. He told in the q
landest manner of how that gen a
eman not only killed pigeons f
ght and left with his shotgun, h
ut "that he could hurst into find c
rs $4,000 glass balls in o. minute e
nd tbree-qnarters without wink {
lg an eye or moving MUSCLE" {
lie didn't know whether il was A
.ue or not but he had heard that /
was common thing for Capt. I
'ogardus to kill enough prairie v
hickens in two hours to glut the s
,ew York market. He knew, /
owever, for certain, that the great /
portsman always carried a train '
{ cars with him when hunting out
Vest, and that the Kansas Legis- G
ature had sent him memorial to 1
Iesist, for fear of breeding fam t
ne in the restaurants-not in the 9
houses.
"What, you don't doubt that, do
'ou 7" as two or three of Dawes
,rowd stretched out aud yawned, 5
to the New Orleans man
he slightest suspicion of skepti- l
ism. :
"Naw," replied Dave, who SEEM
ID the talking man of his party ,
nav, we don't low you've lied ,
,iry time bout them tricks, kase
,ur little Turkey Neck Bend gang
kinder shoots a little themselves
Saturdays, jes' fur fun"
A simultaneous turning Of heads
owards Dave disclosed slight un-
asiness in the drummer camp
Dave took pebble and spitted a !
rog off a limb about thirty feet
bove him and drily remarked that !
'e learned to do that when a boy.
eyer see, stranger, the boat will
ONE along terrectly, and l won't $
ave time to tell you all about the I
in shootin' that's tux
lace since / growed up, bat you 7