Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-02-26
PeL,cln SHOOTING.
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Probably Tie biggssg tas " festhercd
game. or rather birlS ever made In this
COUNTRY Vas male AZ lake In Dakota two
year ago by two sportsmcn. vho tillei over
quarter u a ton % Telicans AZ i've shots
Tho shooters wur Frank Il EsbelmAn. q
Wooster. O.. and ElAm Wagner. IN of
Dakota ss,iier. With whom Mr. EShelman
was stopping While on hunting trip to The
northwest Early ons September afternoon
Mr. EsislmAn ami yuung Wagner wrre
cru~<ing tho Trairie from a mornings sport
with prairie chickens. AMI -heu about four
mlh- from Lake Ale. southeast of
the Sis.ion lniian r-..ryati0n. where
the wpgner homestead vas lccatci.
their attention was attracted by white
obj~r,s aTar,nily drcpping rHn tis
sky oyei Lake Aicc The sun WAS shining
brightly AMI L. rays partially rcd~rtsd by
the moslns obj,ris In mil air. AMI they
looked from that distance Ike largr dAks- q
now dru,gdng oaTthwarl Young wsgDer
unlers;ssl the aiuaiion AZ glancv. know
lng that the ohb-is wvrv animate ooes. AMI
that the cirviing. -'itiing Night downward.
unlike tbi ssrTang nighi u gv-s ~ ssan,
.howei them io L. I.lioans, and Tho sra-1u
for the southern nighi u gr-s AMI swan ~a'
little Early rrlilans trv,.l souic~bsre up
In Manitoba. and their fall hight a. the -ouih
oVaaunally tAks- la eastern Dakota. vhsrs
they ssnsraiiy drup oc for day - - on ths
hks- ln tbo tsrritory
II Apt..,r~l to Esl,slnian AMI his cnmpAhion
A. tisourh the blue .ky ovef the lake ~as
alive with The white oh js'ts. AMI frum rts
q Cruuni they ~Aichci the do~n poar q
TslioAns. snd gradually Nv . long line Il
white sirsishing Acrc-s tbs surface q tn
al. whil. fs.siing Isl,cans ssim single hle,
the rar ons- continually nying over The oiss
ahsal, leap frug fAshion, a. the bal one-
Col,bis up ueariy all the fc..i ob,aiuAtle, -
that the r,ar cDes wuuh nni I.sf picking
Young Wagner bal bail -'ne etIsFisDos
viih I.ll ans ca Lake Alio,, AMI knsv that
shcn ihrOash fs,,iing thsy vouh ouugre-
gate on sand lar known a. The Point, On
the snuth siis q "a. lake such ~Hs ibe
ca-.. AMI AN hour 90 later The tar. frum
shorv to tsrminus. aluut ip fesi cat of ihe
water. ~as cuysr,.i with thr big hir'is
Thsn ih-tso hunters, having r.ache'i homs
AMI having antiouiy waited for the I.licAns
20 raihsr un the sAni tar, started for tbsm
Tlle lar vas difiicalt q aor'-s, The cuuniry
aruunl b.lng larr. ami foT -'ycral hundrci
yar,ls EstelmAn AMI wagnsr cawLsi snake
fAshion thrvugh the gra~ Wagner bal an
oii duuhle tarrvls.i muEfie lJa,ief, AMI Eshsl
man hai twelve gangc tr,s,h ioadcr ilAV-
In dl--arici thsir hunting coats AMI Nss's a.
male eraslinr ea.isr wagusr hai only tsu
loaais In hs s7ln ami Eshslman bal two shots
IN his. tsstir- tsc sl,sil. In The Is.ksi u his
fannsi shlri, all loaas l-uing lB shot Wien
within al.1ui atty yaris q The I.lint they
ru-.s up Tss f.iicsns ssre sittiug usotiun-
~ AMI In moplsh Aitiiudes fully ao Serr
,oerihsr on tl,s Tar. and four lnads q ms
urrc emfsiei into thcm EshslmAn hr,,i thc
afth hot ~ the I.licans attstnpi.i 81 raiss
anil turnci over Eve. having hsi onc ~ Tho
sliells frum BIZ shirt I-.ket Shllc "SUrning
lt thruugh The grass lclicAns - ~ cl-s "a
Cr,hcr that u d. with difiiculiy that they can
ral-s whsn s1iieniy surpris..i, AMI they ~crc
slos Ia getting away. thrir long wings, ~ith
Jfvai u eight f~st 90 mors. striking each
oihsr
Just twcu,y-oDs q the fock siays.i la the
Tar. two crippls- attempting ~ swim 20,
one sncvs,ling Ths other vas caught by
n. wiug AMI pullei tack by yuung Wagnsf,
~ho ussis-i into Tho water ~Aist dep "a haul
him hack. making twcniy-two Islicans
hfuagh, o. Tag BY hvs shotA The hlris
~cighs,i frum hfi-.n o. thirty I"unsis, thslr
oomlln~l weight t-ing atuui quarter q a
ton Il r,,Iuircd wagon % haul ihcm 10
the hou-, Am0nE tls Ia wsrv ~Vcral oil
male. with "horus- GA their blllA The oil
ons. arc oasily distinguished frm yoans
ons. The latter have Ialo gr,s'nish fe'i, and
ths ssin Aruund The eys- lsars similar color.
I..s - OF ousv are morv u an grange or
pinkish huc. Al-o the skin ahuui ihs sysS,
nss lArse skin ,Acss GA The 1uvr man.iibls
were smWy, sto,pt markell h-re AMI thsrs
With I've lcschoz
~ pelican meat l. nj consiierci TalAiAhle,
tbs ioAihcrs vvru taken fur b.silins, AMI
srycral u the fne-t binds wcrc pr-sry~i for
mounting Cor Cinctnnati Enqulrvr