The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-01

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-lShr; I wish
TO correct ssht OF John D. Roman in regard ~
the needle shooting in Saturdays suN In the main II IL
correct except that the eyes were not broken on but
the contrary the rifle ball went through the eye each
needle slick and clean at each click used the com
pound compressed alternate elongnting and expanding
ball but litte known In ts country which adequately
extreme dificultv III the undertaking will be- perceived
~ It was requisite should time the shoot TINT the
canSsuSn am happy a., t. state ih1 not one Of The
downward. and were carefully gathered by me- being
j sntRrAS lIaYEs. The Albany Shot
To ruE Error ~ rnr srS-Sr. We have In the dining
room Of the Manhattan Beach Hotel omnibus driver
named Daily who shoot AZ 5oo yards single grain
Of concy Island and lie Ia. been known TO shoot ten
successive times without missing once lie deserves the
WILLIE wmpwAvN
To tns EpiroR or Tn SvS-Sir send you the pasune
Of n marSsman in Company u. Ninth Regiment " q. $.
y Y. while stationed at West Albany during the labor
rots last 'amm,r In Tie niss when the mo'9ui' %,
oncd AID shocked ihS teeth on, Of The mosquitoes as
out oi every hundred The above iact, cal I've proved hy
any of the officers the Captain having IN his possession
numerous teeth u NEG
To Enron Tur suN-Sp desire to call the
attention Of rncmen TO the following Denis sullivan Of
pahl.rcn Post Iia C. A r.. is the champion 90 yari
shot OF the post Daniel oBrrn, Commander of Dover
Eos; ~ Delaware. q. A challenged sullivan To shoot
OF hi. patent putty blowers. distance 2n yards The
FAX. rn0 Ill., j pcsntns IN victory for Brlrn
by the iolawins remarkable "n", out OF possible 5r
JAMS L, RrrSotns Adutant. Dover Post
To TUE Enron THf suN-Sir. In the year 1861
resided In fishkil Landing and published the Fishki
Standard one of the most popular men In Dutchcss
county at that time DR. John De La Muntagnc whom
Abraham Lincoln appointed United states Consul at
Nantes France. during his first term The Doctor
Of the most expert marksmcn with both rife
and shotgun that have heard Of AMI have
and heard OF many lie drove up to the office
dav and stated that he had days been eNprri-
mcntng with adonbc-barrcllcd shotgun and wished 70
show 10 what perfection lac had nitalncd rode with
with me At his request number OF blank sheet. PRINT
ny paper one Of these sheets wa. tackcd 70 fence aud
the Doctor took position about nny yards distant nom
it lie WAS extremely careful in loading each tarrc-.o
ever that in loading it .sary that each shot
should oceupy tts exact position | was 10 watch the
and wa. TO give the word when the air quiet After
hlazcd away with one barrel and few seconds later
disehars,d the ether Now said he. let gsgo over
nsre on the white surface OF me l"!'rrs Abr,
showed tie words - llan a. II Printed in wood two.
d" fishkiil STANDARD"
a Re sa S@ vs aS W." "S MY ,u msn 'SGs.
arn' ol tRe nscf p. S among Mhgm MTTe pr
hrsi Regiment sam Cudcrhil David Mclaughlin aud a
verify this statement have only to add that few days
nterward Col Rcrian. the -harpshoo,rr, visited the
that wees and rendered pr. De La Mlutn-uie The posi-
ton o Major iu ms stcrwari famous regiment which he
accepted and hed with credit 10 himself and honor u
tile regiment vas.
To EpIroR TIM suS--Sir "Munchausen Jr.,"
and his followers have been telling TINS suS's read
pretty tall shooting yarns yet think my cxpe
ricnce IN that line ccipscs them all when lad
Of 10 years oincd COMPANY ot lads Of my called
the Bee Hunters Il business gather much
honey possible from the surrounding nci.hborhood
We found 1t necessary. after several encounters
with enemies. the little busy lees" to devise
soma means Of escaping ihcir SUNG We iecued on he
following plan; We armed ourselves with our hg
hrnthcr's, powder and bal shooting niles. and began
rhc practice part ~ fhe programme 90 hc carried
out Atier practising w.tk We nude rule that amy
fellow who could not shoot h, bullet through the hole IN
The target let by hi, ierssnrs ball, should be
Ne were ready 10 execute uur new flAn Of stealing the
sweet honey without former bitter accom- anmrnt
Bil Jones. captain. brave youth Of eleven sum.
mcrs made honey -ahrrcr. ana proceeded to
make the first attack under the new system.
Ril advanced inircIiiv upon tho enemy We
stood on uhes IN haud ready to protect orr leader.
The bees found that d. ~ old cncmN approach
Ing and ant out delegation to warn HIM on but the
delegates like ShuTrs turned minus their siiugk We
never missed bee, AMI XII never stung
We mad enough honey spr, nd on iuCkWhcat r,kus
all the next winter and II ia L. tins day local phcnnm
rna that an the bees IN this section are perfectly harm
less They have not iurgotten the bee hunters hut they
have tOThOttVu how TO their