The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-03-29
SN|PE HUNTERS
From Cleveland, and
How Two of Them
Furnished Lots Of
FUN FOR CANTONIaNS


Did you ever go snipe hunting with
no implements of destruction other
than gunny sack, lantern and your
own ability to whistle? Well, 1t does
seem foolish but that is the proper
way to hunt snipe in and around Can
ton.
At least that is the way that Earl
Willis and Steve Rohen, both members
of Morris Maux's Family circus, of
Cleveland, and now visiting in Canton,
spend their odd evenings hunting
snipe.
Willis and Bohen had really never
heard of this modern way to hunt
snipe, but two of their friends, Frank
Trommenschlager and Charlie Kinzer,
of this city. lost no time after they
had arrived here in explaining the
game and enumerating its merits as a
fascinating sport.
Trommenschlager and Kinzer had
thoroughly converted their chums of
the sport which the game held by last
Monday night and the two Forest
City boys were bubbling over with
anxiousness by that hour and begged
their Canton friends to take them
snipe hunting" that night.
They did. A double seated car
riage was secured at midnight and
the journey to the seat" of the ac-
tivities was begun.
A track of heavily undergrown tim
ber land on James Rice's farm. near
the soldiers dock at Meyers lake
had been chosen beforehand as the
place.
The party reached the scene about
1 o'clock and preparations for the
hunt were begun. Willis and Bohen
were taken to the dark, deep center
of the woods. One was given a Ian
tern, the other a gunny sack and
their friends then explained the
game again. Bohen was to hold the
mouth of the sack wide open and
Willis was stationed directly back of
him holding the lantern SO that the
focus of it's rays would shine at the
opening of the sack. The light they
explained would draw the snipe to the
sack and Bohen was to gobble them.
Willis and Bohen took their posi-
tionsand Trommenschlage and Kinzer
explained that they would go out
further in the wods to scare them
up and chase them to the stronghold
in the center of the woods. Instruc-
tions were also left with Willis and
Bohen that they were to keep whist
ling SO as to help attract the snipe's
attention to the light.
All was then ready and Kinaer and
Trommenschlager left to scare up
the snipe."
Willis and Bohen waited patiently
for an hour and then continued to
wait impatiently Willis kept up his
whistling but no snipe appeared at
the mouth of the bag.
Il guess Tromme don't know where
the snipe hang out" said Willis. 81
think they have fallen in the lake"
answered Bohen.
And still the two Cleveland boys
waited. Each minute seemed like
week, but they were going to see
the game through and take a stuffed
snipe or two back to Cleveland to
show their prowess as nimrods in the
wilds of Molly Stark. But the snipe
came not.
Three o'clock came, four o'clock
and then five and dawn and still no
game. "Tromme and Charlie are poor
skirmishers." said one Its a won
der they wouldn't come around and
give us a little encouragement at
least, added the other 81 wonder if
they went to sleep. No. they are
around here some place"
By this time it was daylight and
Bohen suggested that they walk over
to the carriage. The same was done,
but no carriage was in sight.
I'll bet the vinegar they have gone
back to town." said Willis.
That's a good bet-for you," said
Bohen.
'Stung." said Willis.
Right" said Bohen.
Let's go back to town."
How far is it?"
About three miles and more"
-" - -"
Trommenschlager and Kinzer had
come back to Canton as soon as Will
lis and Bohen had taken their posi-
tions with the lantern and bag.
I'VE didn't think it was going to
be that kind of a game; said the
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