The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-04-12
PRETTY QUICK WORK
rHf MIDNIGHT SHOOTING or a
RATTLESNAKE.
storis. 81 HemrrEabie Hunter Lamar
G.. Iontaine. Author Of AN Quiet
Atoua the Potomac" T. the Crack
shot ~ the south

ably Inc most successful bear hunter
In his or any other part Of the couu-
try. say. a Helena. Ark. special In
the -. Louis Republic. Moreover, he
/, the bast rife shot In the South. and
ono Of the best In the world. lilo Is
over ~ years Of age. lie served gal
lantly In the Confederate army. II
was be who ioatcd down the Yazoo
river In an Indian "dug.out" right by
the Federal fleet OF gunboats and
landed At Vicksburg without having
tasted particle Of food for three
DAYS lle was one Of the most fear
les. and daring scouts ON the South.
ern side Of that conflict. lie Is the
author Of "All Quiet Along the Poto-
mac which will live for years In his
tory. Ilc lost a leg In tho light
around Charleston, but no one who
zoe. him walk would ever imagine
that he was minus one Of the most Inn
portani parts Of the human structure.
lilo Il a. agilo ~ u schoolboy. lie has
meyer tasted tobacco. whisky or
coffee. Ills hair Is rs black ~ a
crows wing aud his vision Is unim-
palrd. lie docs not use glasses ~
all.
lie ha. had many thrilling oncount-
ors. and Il II real pleasure TO hear
him tell Of his trials. Here Is one
OF biz stories.
Zone morning heard bear
training around the leaves not u
hundred yards from camp some OF
the boys wanted TO 20 out aud punish
him for his impudsncc. but wouldn't
Let them do anything Of .ho kind. |
won't myself Well, sir, instead Of
finding one. YOU can stun mo full OF
snwdnsi and exhibit me ~ the big
rast liar In Mississippi II there wasn't
sixteen Of the brutos. Aud they were
great big hcalthy-looklng fellows. VINO
seemed 10 think the country there
abou,s belonged 90 thcm without dis
pnto. but thoy couldn't blum inc. |
singled out the biggest one In tho
pack and lot him have II right under
tho shoulder. Before you could count
two / had another ono 'wcltoring In
his own blood, ~ you reporters would
put H. The air was filled with smoke
and before IL cleared away | had my
gun loaded again and was pccping
through tho bushes trying TO discover
where thoy were. happened TO hear
nolso behind mo and on turning
around, there thoy were. sncaking
up on mo from tho rear. They we're
not ten fcot away. aud the only thing
left Tor mo to do was TO put this game
leg Of mine 10 work. which did.
suppose | ran fully mile, AMI on
tuning around. Imagine my astonlsh.
mont TO SEQ all OF them at my heels.
Tho only thing | saw TO do was TO
take TO tree. and ! went M one like
q cat before a pack Of hounds. Those
bears stayed right there all day. OF
course they wouldn't have dono so II
! had not lost my ammunition In
my hight. Darkness came and not
wiihstanling unccaslng blasts from
my throat thcro came 10 me no a,-
slstancc from the boys In camp All
that night the bears. fourteen Of ON,
lay right at the foot Of the tree, oc'
caslonally CHANGING up NJ mo 10 see u
/ was doing all right. About daybcoak
another huutcr came along. He put
them to flight and | was rolea' cd from
my worry tircsome position, where !
had boon kept for nearly twonty-iour
hours. The hunter gave me some
shells which NJ my gun and then We
started la for the enemy. By ~
O'Clock that day We had every ono Of
thcm killed.
lontaine was once put on the stand
In tho trial Of Jamos :. Hamilton,
charged with having murdered II. ID
Gambrcll in 1886. lie was employed
by the defense to trace certain
physlcal signs which wern alleged q
have been produced by Hamilton OF
some Of his friends on the night Gam
brcll was slain. privats John Allen
u member OF congress, was conduct
ing the prosecution He attempted
10 got funny with fontalno. and fol
one time IN his lie ho ran up agnins
brick wall.
.,Now." asked Mr.. Allen Of the wit
moss. ''you claim 20 be an expert h
civil engineering and in rife shoot
ingY'
$50 | am replied Foniaine.
well. can you toll tho court some
thug you have accomplished to war.
rant your claims?"
81 might. n the court would like {,
boar them" said Fontlinc. Their,
bcing no objection. he continued.
.Some years ago was employed
by a Texas syndicate 20 DO some wori
for them. | had run limo 50 manl
ynros 10 the south; thence west =,
many varos. may explain 10 tbs
court that tho word yaro is "A Spanlsl
one and Is equivalent TO yard. Thu
time consumed In running this lin,
WAS over three months. Now, gen
tlomen, 10 accurate was my transi
and 80 perfect was in my calcula
tIons that when | ordered my rodmai
Ia stick the Jacob stah In the ground
1 he damned II right through tho ey,
Of a grIn1stone which hal beef
buried under the ground and whicl
was the point desired TO make,
There was litter in the audience
which the Judge promptly suppressed
Now give us u story Of some re
markable shot that you have made,
asked Mr.. Allen with cynical smil
ON his lips and general air OF douh