Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-06-21
THE GUN CLUB.

| i'c'u DiOSS, piCti~oO opcl
door so that we may be able to get a
little of out doors in here and mix with
this dense fog; Il mixture of that kind
is not Intoxicating ; in fact it is some
times considered conducive to clearer
head than smoke alone"
Now, we are ready to hear from Sec.
Bowers an explanation as to why he al
lowed foreigner to come in and do
better shooting than some of our own
Club. AS he is brother of the culprit,
he ought to be allowed the privilege of
enlightning US as to the cause of this
mistake"
The Secretary was busy making set
Elements with several mosquitoes that
had presented their bills, and failed to
hear the request of the President until
called to attention by Hartsing, who
could not help feeling elated because of
the fact that he was not the one knocked
out by the :'foreigner," and even felt
rather jubilant that he was not called
to task for disappearing so suddenly at
the previous meeting, when called upon
for an explanation.
Secretary Bowers finally got the full
force of the request, and proceeded to
state that the main reason for his MAX
ing the unwarranted showing that he
did was that the birds almost invariably
got out of the way before his shot
arrived in their vicinity. 1.-THE slow
ness of the shot," he said, "was due to
the heated atmosphere, to which they
had not yet become accustomed, and
there was a feeling of extreme lassitude
in their little bodies that caused them
to tire before they reached their desti-
nation"
AT this juncture some unkind indi-
vidual remarked, ''what was the matter
with the shot gun brother used?"
This rather warmed the doctor, and
he eXpatiated on the fine qualities of
his gun, which was used by his brother
as we'll as himself, and said further that
sit is II sort of Sunday gun, and 1 told
brother explicitly how to use it; but he
instead of following my directions, used
it as an ordinary gun, and telling me
that he hated to shoot a gun that had
to be used like piano, or other musical
instrument; that he did not desire a gun
for the music it would make, but for its
execution" OF course l could say no
more at such time, and was compelled
to let him use it in such manner as to
hit the birds, while had to use extra
care in handling the beauty in order to
counterbalance his carelessness. l
could not pull the trigger too suddenly
for fear of jarring the polish on the
inside of the barrels, or giving the man
engraved on the side of the
stock headache. If brother had taken
the same care, he would have got no
more birds than I did; for L distinctly
told him day or two before the shoot,
that he must expect to be beaten by me-"
The President said that the explana-
tion was satisfactory, and thatin future
he had better use gun to shoot with,
as there was danger of injuring the
credit of the club.
The Secretary desired to know if it
was necessary to lumber up the minutes
with the explanation just made.
President thought that it was, but in
order to ascertain the will of the club,
vote was taken, which resulted in a
tie, and the President cast the deciding
vote in favor of putting it on record,
saying that he would give his reasons
therefore at the next meeting of the
club. Adjourned.