Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-02-19
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Nr. Editor $1,000
What an amusing
dilemma we were :o-ccl to witness when
the Owels Creek 81 found that he had
gone beyond his depth on g IN. lore. How
lie twisted and turned his arguments into
every conceivable shape, and final y said,
We'll if you ,cant to knoto ho~ much ! hno,c
ab,ut mathematics, Just ch.Nenge me into a
contest. and TN let you knon phat some boys
knon" Now rea ly, if yon are 10 better IN
formed ON mathematics than you have prov
en- yourself on gun lore, You would make II
sorrow III debut N a mat,,, ll,tcal contest
While you were replying to Ike loot you
>ere - man of great weight and broad prt-
ii al experience concerning fire arms but
SO soon as American" got after yon wta II
sharp stick you at once cried OUT, Il cant
shoot, IL r never expect to-"
Further en-, you say that yol are well in
formed, as yoa have made the gun special
study for seven years" On goo lnrss Now
really, you are certainly jestins just think
OF it, why seven years study would have
quaiiti Il you tor some of The learned pro-
fes~ions. Now come down little, say seven
m'ntcs, it will sound better in comparison
with your information, especially when you
top it Oft by saying you cau't shoot, nor new
er exp, ct to.
Then again you say to american" not to
think that y,u arc a Foreign man, but that
you are for these United States; AMI yet
right in the iace of this assertion yoi send
away over the blue Atlantic nons foreign
| ers to get so simple thing rs gun.
Now ask you, if there is any nth or
consls, cncy in such argument as you have
offered?
In the next place you boast of your great
information concerning All caorem dut -
Now be careful, you made such boasts con-
corning fire ANS. Why my g ol boy, it is
quite probable that l am one among the
legion in the country who have forgot n
more than you ever knew about ad caNrem,
especially if you have spent seven years of
your youth on the'special tn " Of the gun.
In the next place you find fault with Amer
lean" because he coanls tn. dd oaI0rem duty
in the cost of your gun. Now il this duty is
not to count then you have b It two alterna-
tivcs one of which is buy the gun and let
it in Europe; the other is to smuggle il
through the Ii nds of the rc.enle officers
neither of which you are going to do con-
sequently the ad sllorem d iy must be paid
and that by yourself, wa Oh ~ i'll make it n
much higher priced gun than one OF
same quality of Amcyc,n MAKE.
In regard to wa re- for labor in this coun-
try and Europe. you VIII hnl ny reference
70 your statistics Tat there j. very little
difference, when II comes to skilled artisans
such as are employed in gun N king. LII
regard to eXtens on ribs ind the various gun
actions. | will Ii We i" refer you to that great
work on the gun by II .hmk, as it would re-
quire much more space th,n our kind editor
would feel like according me, were TO g.
into detail on the subject.
In regard to who "American" is, | will sa,
you are entirely off, as usual. Now you cal
place your pen behind your ear again ant
mediate awhile, and this time keep you
finger on the pen and you will not be eier
nally losing pens tehind those great ears,
american"