The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
A SUNDAY BIRD HUNT.
With Disastrous Results to Those
Engaged in 1t.

Engaged in 1t.
A party of young Savannahians, all of
them wen known, had an experience in
Sabbath breaking Sunday that ought to
serve them all the balance of their lives,
and which, also, furnishes an instructive
moral for use in all the Sunday schools.
The party had arranged to go partridge
shooting, which was very wrong in them
to do, but SIN is not uncommon in this
vicinity. Being in jovial and sportive
humor and having INDUCED in various
stimulating beverages, which it is to be
presumed they had purchased on the night
before, the party decided to do the job in
style, and one of the members hired a
carriage from a well known liveryman.
Armed and equipped with shotguns of
various styles and plenty of ammunition,
both sulphurous and otherwise, they start
ed ont on the Waters road in the direction
OF the county farm.
Some distance out the dogs came to "a
point" The sportsmen were al once all
eagerness and excitement. Some had had
considerable experience in the handling of
sbotguns and others were inexperienced.
there was dispute as to who should have
the tlrst show at the birds and in the
scramble one of each class got out into the
held, the non-expert having a repeating
shotgun commonly known as pump gun.
A third member of the party got out but
stood by the carriage, fumbling with his
gun. while the other two remained in the
vehicle The birds were flushed with
Whlrr which disconnected the young man
WIN the pump gun, and not being in q
cohditlon to see straight anyway he COM
menced to work the pumpgun as energet-
icahy as If he were a British soldier hand
ing eating gun all alone in the face of
Boer charge. The result was that most
oil The shot came in the direction of the
carriage. The two men in the carriage
We're fairly well sprinkled, the one nearest
the shooter getting the larger dose, while
the man on the ground nearby received
me run benefit of at least 100 small shot.
, seeing what damage he had wrought,
me Young man dropped his gun and start
eu towards the carriage. The driver, how
ever had had enough and whipping TN
t lts horses he drove away as fast as posi-
nt. The two men in the carriage were
HounhS loath to leave the scene as they
sau no means of knowing what their
"luuhtn and reckless friends might do
HneAl they drove some distance to the
1ouse OF a friend where they examined
riagulSeiVes and found they were not Sc
I"uslE hurt though one had a consider
ape amount of No. 10 shot sprlnlxled over
rls oody, Some time later the two men
WIN the carriage returned to find that the
U.ntr TWO had allowed their wounded COM
idnoh TO leave for home by himself, he
tpnS nadly frightened and his fright not
sglns lessened any by the remarks of his
trends. The other members of the party
-. - returned to the city, one gun it is
~ having been either lost or thrown
Wy by its owner.
three men who were dosed with
M"efe all about as usual yesterday,
Two of them are likely to exper-
considerable soreness physically for
AZ Gays 10 come. to say nothing of
AZ mental soreness against their reck-
~ companions. Luckily for all con-
49, me very small shot used, having
ma 10 penetrate the clothing only passed
AN me skin and were easily extracted.
NJ me parties are wen known and some
for m have particularly good reasons
kro,1'.s ring that their names be not made
bst" Their friends We're telling them
Nh, they had been at Sunday school
CON-, 'ould never have happened The
In t,ttaAe door bears evidence of the fray
br, "e shape Of a number of shot marks.
hiJ. 'ne young men who hired the We
p9ret wa stand the expense of a new
pane for the door.