The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-10-09
The Deer Hunt.

a sTnandron of military men. all
Kurnels, Majors and Cap,ings, selected
for their muscle aud dnarksmcnship in
the early part of last week collected
their commisary aud ammunition trains
at Centreville, and from thence pro.
cceied, by way Of Troxclvillc, to II
point between the Middle Ridge and
Little Mountain" where they cncamp.
ed. The sqrandron comprised the
following distinguished braves -Kur.
nels John Mohn, Peter Hartman, Val.
cntine Walter Majors Henry Long,
Jacob X. Snyder, Charlie. T.. Sampscl,
Daniel Bingaman, Scranus Bowersox T.
Gptngs c, Sle,lcr tof the Prothonota>
rys oilice,) ]. II. Hartman. NJ i.
Hartman. Daniel, diins Abraham C.
Harman, Sim Kline and Surgeon Gem
eral J. w. Samps ell.
At the entrance Of the mountain
paih-wny Kurncl .Nohn suggested that
il was right and proper that they
should give each other some pledge of
fidelity and determination To stick one
io the other and bill defiance to preci>
piccs, avalanches, bears and other
wild animals and here Kurnel Mol,n
suggested that the oath I've administer.
ei on the American nag-hut there
was no flag in the train and the fertile
brain Of the Surgeon General soon got
them out Of the dilemma -Kurnel
Mhn must take of his shirt the only
white one in the squadron and the Sur.
ycon General collects quantity of
poke-herres with which he painted the
stars and stripes with the hand of an
accomplished artist-"all hands on the
hag," says Cap,ing Stetler aud the oath
is administered and they all kissed
the fig too, except Kurnel Mohn who
smelt IA mice.
Well, they procee led to hunt and
hunted tn proceed--the nights were
spent in telling the stnries contained in
n hundred volumes Of Beadle's lO.cent
novels which were easily swallowed -
going to bed after n big dose of Jamai,
ca ginger produces that effect. But,
on the 4th day they killed ,leer-it
Was 4.prongcd buck-it came close
o.Kurnel Val. Walter-he shot at it
IL proceeded up the pathway to where
Majors Long and Bingaman we're sta.
'ioned-3ingaman ired--then Long
fired--then the deer fell mortally
wounded--then Kurnel Walter stuck
it with all lb cavalry sabre which he
uses as a butcher knife. Tho hunters
were called together-a dispute arose
about who fired the fatal ball-the
squadron went into committee of the
hoie-Bingaman and Long each claim
ed to have fired the ball and at length
Walter conceived the notion that he
might have sent the bullet on the fatal
mission-the Surgeon General makes
n REORGANIZATION examination" and
says, "Kurnels, Majors and Capiings
the bullet what killed this deer was
fired from q rifle held slantindicular,
the ball describing semi-circle, strik-
ing the deer on the collerymJrbus of
the front shoulder making a triangular
orilice In the skin, separating the col.
lerymorbus, penetrating tho cerebel.
lum of the exterioris, posteriorum -
tum.tibus conhabulating the parietal
vertebrae of the inside lining ofthe
cuticle membrane decorating the juglsr
vein at the eastern extremity of the
peritonitas, penetrating the garoted
arteries, contracting the cerebellum-
spina!-digitalis in the vicinity of the
mercuriam and the nervous system
and lodging near the posteriorumti,
bus"-Chronies that's it-but the dis.
pute was not settled and Long goes to
target. cuts out two bullets ana while
the examination in in progress, slips
them into the body of the deer and the
Surgeon finding these bullets settles
the question and sustains the conclu-
sion that all three shots fired took
effect.
Surgeon General Sampsel and Kur-
mel Peter Hartman chase bear--.at
the end Of the chase they claimed To
be at least one mile ahead OF the bear.
J. X. Snyder saw fine large doe, but
on sight got the Buck chills" and
forgot he held Winchester rifle.
~. p. Hartman slept on post and a
ground.hog eat the soles off his shoes
whilo sleeping. have no m,re pa
per and am throe miles from the store.
YOnu.