Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-05-27
1879. Observation-Disclosures
$HE COULD SHOOT. :
= Great Execution Done by Reuben 3;
Pettibone's Son.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1.-THE peculiar success that attend

1T HE peculiar success that attend
ed my remarkable father, Reu-
ben Pettibone, as Il hunter" said the
man from over Sinnemahoning way,
was due TO his marvellous knowledge
Of the anatomical structure of wild
beasts as much as 10 his unerring Skill
as a marks man.
1T isn't enough 10 know he used "
aay. Just where a Geer's heart is iocot~
ed in the animals body, or the exact
spot in the interior of bear where the
kidneys lie snug!y ensconced, and then
to be able 70 sock bullet there If You
want TO be sure of your game Not by
any means y deer Wal 90 mile easy
enough with bullet i'm its heart before
il viii drop, and YOU may plug hole
clear through "A bears kidneys, and yet
80 viii hump himself and get far out OF
your reach m a laurel patch Cefore be-
finds out that he is a gouer. You INA.
get the deer, after a good t"a. of
trouble and suspense, but you'A never
get the bear. ] ue safest ANA only prof
table way 10 hunt. TO say nothing OF
being merciful TO your beast. Is 10 kill
your game dead where il stands or
where il runs. Thus. Always sever
,yutricle OF deer> heart men you
shoot, and al yoI have t5 do then is
20 walk up AM skin the deer. Never
skirui,h mou.d 10 draw bead ON %
Jear's Kidneys. Separate the spiIo
cord at the neck with your bullet, ana
the bear viii die in the middle of "a
breath. Every body knows NY re.
marketable father used TO say, that if yoa
shoot the head Of pheasant as II
~woops like the wine through Tho
tLicket. the pheasant viii drop dead
Of course it will, but then see what
sn1cking-loolling thing the dead bird is,
w.,h its ragged, bloody, headless neck.
BtAeading your pheasant thus is cruel
Just - the base of the birds bill, below
;hc eyes, is a bunch Of nerves. \ sud-
l den snock TO those nerves will kill the
bird instantly. Direct your rltie bali.
NJ the bird takes wing, so that it viii.
whiz over that bunch of nerves so close
that if il was hair closer il woulc
break the skin. A stroke of lightning
couldn't drop that bird any quicker
than the conclusion of that passing bull
let will. Remember this, my SON Reu-
ben Pettibone used TO say, and never
waste, pain or mummiX your game
"Of course you have all heard how
my remarkable father used TO bring in
his scores and scores of birds. fat,
plump, and not one mutilated, but YOU
never knew before, | guess, by what
marvel he was able 10 do it,
I'VE didn't. hey?" said the man in the
red, blue. yellow, green, pink and pur-
Pile MackiDaw jacket. well, know'd
it, by guns! An | kin fetch 'em in jist
the same way he done III"
What" exclaimed the man from
over 8innemahoning way. DO you
mean to say that you can paralyze-"
Don't mean TO say nothin' o. the
kind" interrupted the man in the varie-
gated jacket. But | kin snare, by
guns!"
"Mackinaw," said the man from over
Sinnemahoning way. after pause,
base insinuation comes with i'll grace
from a man who borrows all the tobac-
co he chews." a
This was hard on the man in the many.
dued jacket. lie was just on the point
Of asking the man next TO him for bite
Of his plug, and. although he wanted |
the chew badly. he didn't dare give i'm.
mediate confederation TO the man from !
Sinnemahoning's remark. so he post. /
poned asking for the chew and suffered. |
The man from over Sinnemahoning way
grinned and resumed
Praxiteles,' my remarkable fatNc,
r~ed - ca. 'Hever waste. Dial