The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-22
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"Dnctor.' said a rcd-faccd and watcry-
eyed man from Wayne township, as Inc
came into DIR. Babcock'S office. in Ham
mIondsport. the other day. "I'm afraid my
eyes il goin' back on me. and i dropped in
to kind a. see if | can find out where
They're lame"
All" said the doctor. hat seems tn
br ti,.. matter with your cycs:'
THAT what ! don't know" replied the
man. "but they played me "a trick tothcr
day that don't leave no room for doubt
but what there's sonethin' ont u gear
with 'eru somehow. III give you the
symptoms. Maybe you don't know that
I'm quite "a cooii-huntcr. hut l am.
4 other day my boy botIgh one.
- these britch-ioadiu' and rcpcatn'
s~hotgun-. and ] old him Id go out
and sec how II would work ON u coon. 1
went out and had not gone more. than u
mile. up IL" hill before I saw II big coon
po., onto lIr limp of =. chestnut tree. He
cams. tier, so sudden that | couldn't get
il through me Nhcr. he had come from or
how he tAerc. Eut ! didn't stop To ask
no atIcsitouS. but up and blazed away.
Now. | We = 81 the name over our way. Doc.
of "a We ms ing "A y hi z i shoot at. and
ga course when . p,i.ie,i up aud ~whangcd
away at ,isit coon expectcd To- see him
tumble. but he didn't. When the smoke
cleared away he lot thcre. just as he was
when | seen him iirst. was surprised
now, l tell you. | thought il was the guns
fault. bat bls.zcd away again. The
coon never moved. i happened tn look.
III - UT 'ihl'I ny ~ w 't
the one the coon was in, and there sat an
other coon ON "A limb. i thought I'd try
nay luch ON him. and so ! let Inn have "A
shot. He never stirred. / begun to- get
mad 10y this time. and burin' "A little corI-
v.r-atiou ] was hayin' witt. myself about
Tho gun ] happened Ia glance at "A tree To-
TIC Iefl Of Nh" first tree. aud there. on IA
l.nll, was another coon. l tried my luck
on TIA. yhIri coon. and didn't Lit him nc
NOR. than l had hit tothcr two. looked
at rh.. first tree. there was th. first coon
s.rtiu' right whore h. was when ! first see
and th-r.. waS HAT coon still on the limb.
] turned Iuy head toward another tree.
aud fll.rs. -.-.u "A fourth coon. aud look
ing around IA. whichever &ay ! might.
every tr-. ! seen had "A coon III IL. and all
a. "a, a. "ssDn- could bc. ! got Wild.
Thunder" ] boli.rs-b; here's ti"
woosi- full % coon. aud ! bs,n't got notbin'
bn, this n.S-fangi'si gun that won't hi, /,
harm
.Bu, ] begun To- blaze away az fact Ia
,h. gun could rpIt "a cartridge. fust at one
room aud then at another. until every
darn load was rrnpii'i out % that gun,
aud hadn't dropissi a coon.
Wac jist agoiu' 10 hlat that gun e.
flinders agaID-, "A tree. wi"n hap
psD"d 10 rIb my eye. aud when ] tool
my hand down. there ob my finger VIA,
a nice. jolly. Fat ~npI tick. ] looked up
but every com ~as gone. III" fact % tb'
matter h.. Doc. that wood u'k had bs-f
batIgin' ab tp oi. Of my ~ss.-wiukers al
he time aud j Thought ] WAS seem cssJfIs
is" ] gittn iI.str-siglitssi of ~ the oiti'
NY" dpuflin up on "a
"S.ith"r ONE said ia. siprtpr. "Hay'
un- hind pocket ia your hunting pants GA
down from quart si<e ~ half1piut. an'
yDuJl Hp all right"
IN. man went out shaking his br..
and said he'd think about Il.