Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-11


by Hamilton 4 Co.
10 the first six averages-E,ch a gilt patent
pocket oil can, by Henry G. Wiseman
There was a shoot last Friday at jefferson
vile, and the boys have been smiling at the
word telepboned to Slack, which was that
they wanted a thousand clay birds and that
wh'n they wanted the Springfield boys to
! participate they would let them know. 1t is
needless to add that no word was sent
On Thursday next a tournament is to be
held at S)on, and everybody is invited.
| They claim to have secured number OF live
| birds.
The next meeting OF the Central Ohio As
sociation will be at Beliefontane Wednes-
day and Thursday, Oct. q and %. The lit
tie city always gives good shoots, there be-
| ing number of shots in the vicinity.
"Poor jake says that il Cyrus Mill, sees
! what lie offered for the sixteenth prize he will
want TO join the club, but that he has already
spoken Tor "that buck-ssw,'. not because he
is troubled with dyspepsia, but because a
buck-saw is not donated every Jay in the
year.
"Al. and Charley" clsin the cake fjr their
latest exploits. The former fired through an
old file Of the American field with a forty
four caliber revolver without ever getting a
feather, while the lstter has been frescoing
the ceiling with shot gun.
A challenge has been issued by a member
OF the club, land when that new black board
Ia, Gn;, had la
any man In the county a hundred bird race,
fifty single and twenty-five pair, for an oyster
supper tor the entire club. We would like to
see the match, and have not heard dissent
ing voice in regard TO the supper
"P,or Jake played it very fine upon the
boys some time since. Ht went out shooting
and returned with seventeen teal. OF course
as the season had just opened the duck shoot
ers were anxious to know jus! where he got
them, and if any were left. He related his
adventures as follows: "fou see John and
| had it all fixed to take hunt after pheas.
ants, aud says John TO me, says he, we'll 90
out in the beach" "All right,vut in the beach
il is," says |. $50 in the morning got up at
daylight and goes to market with my
basket, and the first fellow | met was Bill,
from up the river. ] bought some cabbage
from him and was just going away when
Bill says, Jake, don't you go shooting any
more2' o. course do, says !. 'Well, | see
lots Of ducks up near the Paris bridge says
he. So? says |. Well, bought some vcge-
tables and was talking to Fritz Kuukle about
his making me some head cheese when he
says, why aint you up the river shooting
ducks?' Any up there? says I. why, tho
river was covered yesterday, says he. So2
says !. Golly | began to think that there
must be some ducks up there, so when
went back to the shop says TO John, let's 60
| up the river and try the ducks, aud told him
what had heard. So up the river we went.
Well, we got to the Paris bridge aud hitched
our horse and went up the river, when all at
once John he calls out from across the stream.
There they are, Jake There they are, Jake
So! and saw them fly up aud light in lit
tie slough just ahead. ! called John over
and We had council OF war just what to do.
Now. says to John, Il AN an old duck shot,
| and have killed hundred to every one you
ever saw, so we will both keep on this side
and crawl up on our bellies till We get to the
edge OF the slough, and then when | give the
word We will raise up and let them haze one
barrel on the water and the other when they
riss.' All right! So we crept up as still as
mice, and was afraid every minute that
would cough was so dry, and John stepped
on a dry twig that broke, and altogether
ter lest they should hesr us. But there they
were all right, feeding as If there was no
danger, so | whispered to john, Are you
| ready2' and he says 'Yesr Take. aim
hrel = Gollyl You ought to have seen
| that LETT barrel Of mine NOW them. tell
| you that lis the Ssst gun in town, and If
| you know anyone who wants to buy
one let me know. Well, there was only
three that got away, and John he wadei
| right in and began to gather them, while
| chased some wounded ones down the stream.
| While We were getting what we had shot,
the other three flew over us again and again,
but We were so excited that we never
thought of our guns, aud besides | am no
hog, and we might have leIt those tor seed
anyway. We huated up the river little
way and did not find any more, so we came
home, and were only gone two hours and
half by the watch. Seventeen is u pretty
good mornings work TOR this part OF the
country, isn't NJ" And Jake held up the
bunch OF ducks.
! We heard this story three or four times,
and always just the same. He went into the
most minute details, describing the state Of
the weather, bis feelings, the way his shells