The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-09
CLEVER MARKSMEN.
What Some Hunters Gan Do with
Their Rifles.
A Pcnnsylvania Hunter kills Doe, But
Loses Ills Gun--fIow tho Major As
tonishcd the Captain - New
Way of Marltlng Hogs.

A stranger doesn't have to remain in
this hunting region very long before tho
natives toll him some interesting stories
about shooting, writes Clifton (Pa.)
correspondence of the Now York Tribune.
Over in tho Beech woods live two hardy
brothers who may be called James and
Charles. Both are capital hunters and
marksmen, but Charles, tho younger,
occasionally loses his nerve when he
sees q deer bounding along a runway.
Tho consequence is that ho often misses
fine bit of game, whore If he had kept
control of himself and mastered tho
"buck fever" he would havo brought
tho deer to its knees and secured it.
James never gets excited on hunt, and
tho fact that Charles frequently does
has been source of great annoyance to
his older brother, who has tried in vari-
GUS ways to cure Charles of his nerv-
BUSINESS when game comes in sight.
Early in December James told Charles
that no was going to give him chance
to redeem himself in tho woods. SO
they went down into tho edge of Carbon
County after deer, Charles promising to
brace up and not got all Of n tremble
If ho should happen to get q shot at q
fine buck or doe.
When they reached tho hunting
grounds James gave Charles his Win
chester rifle, placed him on n runway
close to creek, and strodo to the top
of tho mountain to scare up the deer.
Inside of two hours fat doe tore down
tho mountain side and struck into tho
creek within few yards of where
Charles was waiting for shot. He
blazed away at her and broke her
down, and then he dashed into tho
stream, cut the does throat and hauled
her to tho shore. 1t required some
Juggling, for there were many limbs and
logs in the way, and tho proud young
hunter sat on log and rested. Pres
entity James, who had heard tho shot,
came running down tho hill to SEQ what
luck Charles had had.
"I've got her this time, as sure as you
liver Charles sang out.
81 SEQ you have" said James, 'but
where's the gun?"
at stands thoro by tho stump
Charles said.
''No, it don'tl 1t amt anywhere IN
sight!" James yolled.
And it wasn't anywbaro in sight. III
was in the bottom OF tho stream, whore
Charles in his excitement had uncon-
sciously thrown it whcn ho rushed III
after tho wounded doc.
The Major and tho Captain have long
been rivals with the riilo in this neigh
borhood. One day in the fall thoy shot
at pigccns for can of gunpowder. Tho
first ono that failed to knock pigeons
head of was to pay for the powder, and
at it they went. They shot nine times
apiece without n miss, but tho Major
slipped up on the tonth bird, and tho
Captain shot tho tchth pigeons head off
and won the powder.
Before tho week ended tho Major and
the Captain tried their Workmanship
on natural white round spot on dis
tant beech tree. Tho Captain put
bullet almost in tie center of tho spot,
and then tho Major banged away. When
they tramped over and looked at tho
whito spot there was only one bullet
hole in it, and the Captain yelled:
"You missed the tree altogether, Ma |
jor. didn't think you'd do that"
"Guoss 1 didn't miss the trco, Cap.
Guess my bullet went in the same hole
yours did," said the Major
"Bet you ton dollars you didn't hit
tho tree ct all, Major!" the Captain
yelled.
"I'll cover that bet, Cap" said the
Major, and the money was put up at
once. Then one of the spectators ran to
~, f,v.o ttrhn hn
turned chip six inches thick was
quickly chopped out of the tree and
split in two on line with the bullet
hole. There lay the two bullets as
,nugly as pair of kittens on carpet,
and the Major danced a jig on top of
big stump, he felt SO good over beating
the Captain.
One summer tho Major had flne
piece of corn. Tho hogs belonging to
one of his neighbors kept breaking into
the field and raising havoc with tho
corn, and the Major finally sent one OF
his sons down to tho owner of tho hogs
with the request that he should keep
his destructive crestures on his own
premises in the future.
"My hogs amt been in your corn-feld
,nce," tho farmer declared co tho boy,
and the declaration was delivered to the
Major.
"All right" said the Major, "the next
time his hogs get in my corn I'll mark
en- SO that hc'll know 'em as long as
they live"
On tho following day the hogs broke
into the corn-feld again, and the Major
sailed forth with his ride and put bull
lot holes through tho ears of eight OF
Them. In a day or so tho boy went
Town to the farmers place and found
that the farmer had his hogs ears plas-
tered with tar. After that he kept his
aogs at home.
To Make "a Husband Glad.
A fnw stitchoa In the worn enda of wat