The Republican journal., 1915-10-28
DWIGHT P. PALMER
SOME "CHESTNUTS."
itrom the Good Will Record !

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I man IN hhoue lsiahu went hul.lhg Que
-aE- ne thought ne Knew where 'nere
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the pohu. lhat pono Was luiI Oh
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VI couluh see urop u water any
we're; they were were just ~ T IN
ggetner, NOSE DUCKS were. me man
was so eAclteo' tnat, lnstead OF waiting
-ot tfem 10 ny ana taxing tnem on the
wing ne e, hred poth barrels OF MS gun at
ZEN Inc Wh0ie mass OF DUCKS rose
Ito the alr'lt looked as tnougn ne haon
ai one OF them, out that was because
.1ey were Wedgee IN SO tight, thaI ar, 'he
ines ne haa hlt conlant crop. Wneh
4 .nv Hock got up ABOUT thirty Ieet ABOVE
W. water, tne DUCKS began TO spread out
little, the dead ones began to drop, and
4e picKea up Iorty-tWo as result OF that
snot' put OF course WILD ducks were
more plentliul IN Rhode Island IN those
lays than they are now. have hunted
mem tnere myseif, out nave never mad
Very good said the convalescent
SIIh the gray mar, gooo story, L
ways iaugn Wnen near IL; don see
ylt mat IL SOUNDS just as RIDICULOUS as IL
-u tne DAY that grandtatner told 1t TO
ue' Wnlie l was sitting on his knee. It's
aog unilke shot that l,heard about when
Hock OF ducks was feeding IN pond.
tne mans own boy told about 1t. The
10Y salo that his father was hunting and
Ut saw agreat HOOK OF ducks put ne had
no shot, only charge of powder left. 1t
was long time ago and 1t was muzzle
va Ter that ne was carrying, and he loaded
ae gun with powder ana then put the
i q INTO the barrel In place OF shot.
ne waited until the ducks swimming
round IN the pond got into such position
uat ne thought 1t worth while 20 fire,
ana then ne let drive. That ramrod went
trough the ducks and strung them up
IKE so many Rhode Island bu 'keyes on a
llek-yes slr-there were forty of
Hem' when the boy was telling. some
VI ms school mates about it, one OF them
Saus gee mere. why didn't your father
saS hfty ducks instead OF forty nine, and
|ahe gooo sGory out OF IT.
Look-a-here;; SAID the small boy,
II was my own father that fired that
, 1'nr %, l., eye spose he'd.tell lie for
4 r, uucK!
me gooo woman or the house smiled
W. hao hearo h"f husband tell that story
tba sr .lmes ne pig Jog IN the depths