The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-07
BILL NYE AS SPORTSMAN.
Some of His Experiences in That Line of
Life.
W.

from the New York World.
could get along with hunting suit which
is offered me by an acquaintance who is Just
my size. He will sell it 10 me at half price in
order to buy barrel of -four with which he de-
sireS to surprise and delight his wife. The hunt
ing suit, though four years old, is well pre-
served, never having had blood upon it but
once, when his gun kicked off the left lobe
of his nose.
would also want handsome, ornamental
revolver, with folding hammer, cartridge
ejector, intaglio engraved and plush case for
same. This l would need in case / had an en-
gagement at close quarters with an infatuated
tomtit. would also get hunting-inife with
a tortose-shell handle, chamois-lined sheath
and handsome strop for same.
would need dozen boxes pink edged gun
Wads, an assortment of primers and pocket
compass.
1 could get along with n Wesley Richards
hammeress gun with cartridge ejector screw
driver and alligator gun-case, which could be
easily bought for $500.
This 1 could use for ornamental shooting at
preserves. For shooting domestic animals at
short range top action, ANIMATED steel or
twist barrel with choke bore, dust damper, piss
tol grip, rebounding lock, improved check
hook and pin, fore end lock, solid head plum
gers and stenchleSs breech pin would do very
We'll
would also need seven-pound can of
Challenge Dog Food and a bird dog to eat
same.
would prefer dog that would not object
to living in n flat, Any one who has o good
bird dog that would be willing to enter into
fiat life will do well to consider this opportu-
nifty. | also desire dog that would not be-
come irritated and unreasonable when acct
dentally shot. Last year had good dog with
this exception, He would look reproachluliy
at me and 90 away to a great distance where
he would lick his wounds and refuse to come
back. He was good dog, though, and would
Charge Nhen ordered him to do so, though
he had received no training when / got him.
Perhaps he had learned it from tho express
company while in transit.
He was with me two seasons, during which
time did not kill anything of any account
except o COW. lie then went away and never
returned.
In addition to the gun I should have to get
a set of loading TOOLS also wool swab, wire
scratch brush, two-pronged wormer, flannel
wiper, patent bristle choke cleaner Petmecky
cleaner, expansion felt swab, Barclay pattern
inside lockwood and brass cleaner, ring shell
extractor, hook shell extractor, and three
jointed cleaning rod.
One should also have Skimmerding's Tmpe-
rial Dog Remedies for mango, distemper, can
ker impure blood, fits and hypochondria. He
should also have "Yelper's Household Physi-
clan for Dogs a richly bound and handsomely
printed and illustrated work treating of dog
diseases in all their forms.
Cholly Van Tinleeybob, a spectacular sports
man of New York, asks me at this iuncture to
inquire through the columns of the press if
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grow hair on q dog that is bald headed all over.
MIR. Van T. S dog flushed small covey of Ply
mouth Rock fowls ON his estate near WeehaN'-
ken last summer and followed them into the
wood house, where he fell into large tank of
soft soap in a heated state. AS result of this
his hair came out prematurely Probably there
never was anything more premature than the
way that dogs hair fell out He is now a shock
ing sight. Cholly now goes about asking his
friends if they have seen his nude dog, This is
q bit of delicious humOr.
Any one having a liver and white wig that
will fit a two-gallon dog will do well to cores
pond with the above gentleman. He is very
liberal with his money, and so price would not
stand in the way of trade. He is vastly
wealthy, having amassed quite fortune by
railroad operations. And yet it was a simple
thing, too Cholly was an only son, and his
father was very wealthy. One day train came
into the depot with mans head on the pilot.
Going back seven or eight miles the engineer
found the rest of the man,
But he was dead lie had passed away. Even
the physician admitted that they could do
nothing for him. lie was Cholly' rs father. So
Cholly became wealthy. And yet Mr. Gould
claims that no money is now being made by
railroad operations.
But / have been wandering from my purpose
/ will close by saying that l hope the true
sportsman will not take offense at anything /
may have said III the foregoing lines The
sportsman with the money, the leisure and the
spirit of the sportsman all united is an object
OF envy, but the young man with neither OF
these attributes, who fancies he looks well in
copper-riyetted duck suit and puts money into
$500 gun when his wife or his washerwoman
is entitled to it, makes mistake.
Does the American youth imagine for mo-
ment that BENJAMIN Harrison, who q few days
ago was dumfounded and thunderstruck by u
committee coming like n stroke of lightning
from a clear sky to tell him that he had been
nominated for the presidency, would ever
have attained so conspicuous a position if he
~ ri ~ fitnn md fAnt-
ishly while young? No, indeed!
He ished plainly with peeled hickory pole
and caught more than anybody He and Gro
yer Cleveland both can now carry split bamboo
rods on both shoulders because they are able
to do so,:but in their early days they used tin
pepper-box to hold their bait or put the angle
worms in their pockets with their smoking to-
bacco, BILL NYE