The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-09
TRUESDELL.

At this writing we are enjoying good
roads and splendid weather in this
burg.
On Monday last two Kenosha bicy-
clists were out trying our streets, they
were the first riders here this season.
j.. Soaring, of Raymond called on re-
latives at this place on Monday.
Geo. Wynhoff, of Caledonia, Wis, is
spending a few days with relatives
here.
Winfield Mahood, who for the past
three years has been employed on the
Uhlein Bros stock farm at this place
departed on Monday morning for his
home in East Josh. He says he is 60
ing home to be papa's boy while
now.
Mike Monohan spent a few days of
the past week with friends in the
Cream City. 5GEM t5JUa6
Supt Laughlin of the stock farm here
has had more sport than a little of
late with our young sportsmen. About
week ago he placed several ducks
(decoys) on pond near the depot,
hardly had, the ducks begun to bob
around on the water, when the eagle
eyes of Otto Schmeckel were riveted on
them in the far distance, he like true
sportsman got down on all tours and
when within range fired the fatal shot
that was intended to help increase the
size of his dinner, but as this gentle
man can not masticate pine knots it
was a failure, don't go away mad, he
didn't. A few hours later the same
flock of fat ducks was espied by A. P.
Werve and E. P. Alsted, these gentle
man were also loaded for ducks and
after crawling over the grass bearlike
fashion for about half mile it seemed
as if they could see the big fat fellows
wink their eyes, and as they use what
they term single barrelled blunder-
bIuss they thought themselves within
shooting range a halt was made, the
signal given, the blunderbuss opened
up and roaring noise resembling the
discharge of a cannon was heard. After
the smoke of battle cleared away they
expected to see pond full of dead and
wounded ducks floating around; mag
inc yourself in their position and you
will have an idea of the feeling they
experienced. And they never smiled
again. VIM. Mueller and j. Billings,
Jr. were the next to find these birds.
They likewise managed to get near the
pond and fire into the flock. THESE
gentlemen have never openly pro-
claimed to be professional hypnotics still
they have heard a great deal of hypnot-
ism, and to shoot into a flock of ducks
and to see the uniniured ducks, of
which there were quite number, re-
main motiOnless on the water, was too
much, and they naturally concluded
that the ducks were under their in
fuence. Still they again reloaded, and
in the excitement forgot to use powder,
which made it necessary to have the
guns wormed out. After running half
a mile to get Wormer this was done,
and another attack was made on the
ducks, upon which an investigation
was made with results that can easily
be imagined. John Umland was the
next to fall into the trap, and his eX-
perience was about the same as the
rest. One would naturally think that
by all this shooting the decoys should
have been filled with lead, but we must
agree with Mr.. Laughlin that unless
they got close enough to a duck to see
her wink her eye there would be no
danger of the duck being hit. These
ducks didn't wink, but the boys are
doing good deal of it just now.