Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-31
TIMES RECALLED

~ at3ittAEi W1uN q EtANNkAtt 1AHkNAt - 80
speakin' O shootin matches, j says to "
81 tother day:
u, says, DO you mind the sbootln
match tor q bear Az fefGeHAaInPei ~
years ago.
! nan 1t jest as u ~ was Yesterday
say ~ An won TIE bear VOC ae,
NOV tndt VIA ~ rae way t~sfhelHpe1sa
that snootin maica, not hy ? lugiQlf ior
y was toierbie plan II my hiiit i3at a
won the bear myself but aloh s@5
notain.
~ them good q Gays NAth thllss vas
happean rleat ataEI, Fegeelsa stef was
tAe snootin match center tof l4e Hai! eoun-
Try. toiks Used 70 keep tHe lan y "aaf
was takla place acre ~ t5e-e 3est ~ Eae
s3ootia matcaes as Petoentainpef Ter
denis maee not Only 8sTe gard annual
saeotin matct every A~' NlAei
daek.oa bil va aip ton btftldas3
i9at34 9 Jtsf. gtEtF aa 1al
mas, h1t 2 pos ot 4s aleo 81 s.
some one ~ aae etefe On ea.aR aesS
@ te aee tag AoH, rs sse3e
s7sd 90. tt la elHt of 3 naH ta
" i4sahtuFef SHOWED Nae ataNea on
lasy, q wa spes1lea HAt or *a-
tees o1 ~ ts3oh g se
ei4Dre A"o4t a h'ist@ 9opf
@oei9 pob Guy NAs i9I Z @Peei"i
match TO ceie9Fate t1e safeulast@us
"Bat the man int ~ tals here slootih
matcl at Perden&aInper ~ year ago, was
a bear that was ketc1ed ~ fetdeukainpei
himself, on purpose Tor the saools' ne
had 1T tlea ~ an empty stan ~ Ais bali'
hen Pefdenkamper went to bed ina eve
the stars was salnn Drlght, Inc pear was
safe IA ms staA. Lac elaef par was ieaiiy
Tor tappin, thefe was considerable Q otaef
eheerih goods IN a jug or W an a couple
O Rags, an every prospect was pleasln
Tor the sho0tn matcn next DAY
Nv Ren F~erdehkamper got up IN the
mornn, though, there was sometaln IKE
half a foot o snow on the ground, an j
was SHOWN yit. ms was dlseouragin ior
the shoot, but by ana by the squire nad an
idee, an says;
ferdenkamper, says me- why not leI
your bear loose, give nun a gooa' lar START
an turn TINS shootln match into a Dear
huntt :.
Inc ldee was TOOK up unanimous, an
We went out to see erdehKamper turn
the bear loose. ~rdenkanp went 10
the barn and then came rushlh out ag H.
The bear-is gone! he hoLiers. 'Sllpped
his rope, as sure as powder, an cut Tor the
woods!
An sure enough, there LAID the rope, an
the bear was gone. The tallln snow had
klvered his tracks, or we'd a started right
in on the bear hun an. been glad. So there
we was. OF course, there was a tat hog an
some turkeys to be saot ior' but the bear
was what mad draWed tAe most on US an
the losin' OF 1t jest swatted US way down
III the dumps, an though the oar Q claeI
an the Jags an the Rags haoh sot away
they couldnt drownd the sorrow Ter Tue
losin OF that bear, an guess that shootlh
matea O fetdehhampeL > "oulu d Passeu
down INTO nlsv9Ly a. d iunei"i Il Tue squire
naun = nau ano'he. "ee, ~
WARS BART says ne nam seen
Bart mere to-day, an ne never MISSED d
sho9Jlh -mateh Oeioie, says Ihe sum-
Iu9V vas So an nooou5 n9u seen pa
aLouhu Ina' ua9 hIius' n"u 80" foIL.
aDIus paII eona,u 1a Olf' - ,nms nrottr
~ : q y ~ -, aa5 a.,
strong % "hen the squHe nlisseU D"i'
d. tnt snooV nc go II w. az
Ina pear . ueiAa1iP : NV q
s,lppeu rs rope al ilsnV an s0V Wy GU
theIe am ! ~ p W5 tnaV eNel S'o4S " P4e'
tnat couiu d puIeN tue re ous u ""SP
Q thSV p9rn uIol' tne n"5p 20 ~
:" .T,H-Tt !" - ~ port's ~, ~ 49,
.
80 -, an o,or 20 port,s
p. IL - - -, M ~ ;ast
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son 70 sAin H.
Inc squire yauAea MN a'ouHu ~ 'A'
s"ou11el an says. a..
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