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Show OLD DAYS IN KNOB COUNTY. ltemlnlscenccs Concerning Some Notable Not-able Shootlnp Experiences In Pennsylvania. "Seems to me." said the man from Knob counts, "thnt things has null happenln' There ain't no more hai-tcst-hoine dances, the nppleculs 1 Jest ns If there hidn't never been none, nn I hnln t heetd of it shootln match In en long that I begin In wonder what n shootln' nintch Is nn' speakln' o slwolln' mntches, I says to ol' SI t other das " SIM s,iss, 'do sou mind the shootln' shoot-ln' match for a bear nt rerdenkain per's lifts sear ago now come Phanks-glvln"" " 'I mind it est ns If it wns slslerda) sass So. 'An' 1 won the bear, too," sa) he No that wa'n't the was 1 reinein-beicd reinein-beicd that shootln' nmtih not ! u Jugful for It wns tnter-ble plain In m) mind th it I won the beui msself Hut I dldn t sus nothln'. ' In them good ol class, when things wns bappeiiln' light along rerdenkain. per's was the shootln in itch center for Ihe hull iiiunlrv l'olks used In keep the i tin n' what was tnkln' place lure an' there, Jest b) the shootln' matches at Peidenkainper s IVnle nkiiiiipcr not mils give u grand untiu il shnotln mutch evers New Years (iln Jink-son Jink-son s blrlhdns Wnshlu tons blrlhdas I'nurlli o' Juls Thanksglvln', an" ('Illiniums but If n nelghboi s boss died, or If some one rU more 'Inters oi buckwheat tn the line than common or somebody got sold out bs the Slier Iff or n man that IVrdenkiiinpoi lcnnwed was diawed on tin Juis oi was speenled ns n witness, or wua took up on suspicion n' kmiwln couslih ruble about n inlssln' sheep, reidenkninpir would put out bills for u special shoot In' match to celebrate the saiiuin-stuuee saiiuin-stuuee and so we knowed what was goln on till the time. HKAU WAS tlONH NT.XT MOHNINO "Hut the main p'lnt lu Ibis here shnotln' match at l'crdcuknmper's lifts Sears ago now como Thanksglvln' was n beur that vcas kctched bs l'er-denkninper l'er-denkninper himself, on purpose for the shouts. He hnd It tied 111 an empts slnll In his bnin When rerdenknmpir went to bed Thanksglvln' eve the stars was shlnln' bright. The bear was sufo In his slnll The elder bar I wns leads for tnppln', there was considerable o' oilier cheeiln goods In a Jug or two an' u couple o kngs, an' evers prospect was plraeln' for the shootln' match next das "When I'erdenknmper got up In the mnrnln', though, there was sometliln' like half n foot o' snow on tho ginund, nn' It wns snnwlli' sit Ibis was ills, eouiurln' for the shoot, hut by and b) the squire hnd an Idea, nn' sa)s "'Pcrdenkniiiper,' suss he, 'wh) not let sour bear loose, glte him a good fair start, an' turn this shootln' match Into a bear hunC" 'The Idee was took up unanlinoiis, an' we went out to sec I'erdenkamper turn the bear loose. l'eideiikuinpei went In the barn nnd then come rushln' out ng'ln " 'The hear Is gone!' be hollers 'Slipped his rope, ns suio as ponder, an' cut Tor the woods" "An' sure enough there Inld the rope, an' the bear was gone Iho fallln' snow had kite red lis triuks, ur we'd V started right In nn the bear hunt un' been glad. So there we was Of touise, there was n fat hog nn' some turkess lo he shot for, hut the bear was what had diawed tho most on us, an' the losln' of It Jct swatted us 'way down In the dumps, an' though the hai I o' elder nn' the Jugs an' kags hadn't got anus', the) couldn't drownd the sorrow rer the losin or cnai near, an' I guess that shootln' mutch o' Per-nenkamper's Per-nenkamper's would V rassed down In-to In-to hlstois as a funeral if the squire hudn't had another Idee "'Whara Hart?" sass he. '1 hnln t seen Hart here lodas, un' he neter missed a shoolln'-inntili befoie,' s,i)S the squire, "That was so, an' nnboly had seen Hart around that ilii) Things had been said about Hart consldci'ble. an' some folks didn't make no bones of sayln" 'em piclty sliong So when the squlic missed Hart at the shoot he got the ldc an' he sn)s. Hltl'IN COI'LDN'T STIIAL A I'M "That bear o' rerdenkamper's mowt 'a' slipped Its rope all right nn- got nwny, but there ain't no beur that ever stole a pig Hint could 'a' pulled the peg out o' the hasp o' that bum dnoi, tho hasp belli on the outside an' the hear on the Inside,' ho sass, 'We'll Jest go over to Hart's un' git that bear," suys he. . ., "An" some of us went over tn Hirts. Hart had the bear liuigln' up an' was Jest goln' to skin It The squire snnked lilin uround by the shoulder an' sass "'Von Jest load that hear on your tied un' huul It back to reidenkamp-er's reidenkamp-er's An' lifter sou git It there sou pas Peidenkuinper JIO foi steulln' It an' JJ for klllliV It or III Jail Sou for six months,' sass thu squhc. "Hint done II all without u peep, an" we had some toler hie good shooiln' for the bear, after all spite n' the snow un' I won il though ol' SI sass that he won It, which I don't mind tellln' nu lie rouldn't. beln's ns Ituttlesnakc Jerry hud bunged one of his esea clean out In n little argument they'd had around i ii, mmw. un' the bnr'l o' elder had closed fnthei un, so that SI wasn't In no sort n' shape lo shoot nn he dldn t. "Hut while I was talkln' to ol' SI t'other da$ 'bout that shootln' mutch at Pcrdcnknmptr's, I says to him You remember Hnttlesnal.e Jerry an' how I llxed him that day, don't sou How sou flsed him'' sass ol' SI (latin1 up. 'I remember how I llxed him" suss he. 'I remember his lliinw-In" lliinw-In" It up to me thnt I hud shot a deer ahead o1 one o' his hounds, hi;1 I le-menibcr le-menibcr pltehln' In un' thrashln' him till he blatted like n skecrt calf" says ""That's what I remember nhout the flxln o1 Hnttlesnake Jrrrs,1 sass he WON HUT AT SHOOTINd "'Thai ain't the llxln' of him thnt I meun' sa)S I I mean his bettlu' of me Jo ut tho shootln' inati h that I couldn't hit u dollar at a bundled suids, an' mc u lakln' of him up, I sass to ol' SI. 'Then when does Jerry do but fix a dollar hill Into a- ojcli Bllclt an' sit 11 with the t dge n the hi to'rds me ns tho murk An' how he did chuckle, 1 goes up to lake a look at the mark, an' It stood threo feet to erne side of a stone wall. I glanced over the lay n' things, an" come back lo the '""jerrs . sass I, 'will Su double tho ""Jirrs". he suit o' Btarted, an' they ull pooh-hooed me. "'Jerry,1 sus I, 'sou dussun t double the bet!' I says, An' with that he miss " Yes. I dast," ho sas, 'an' thrlbble "So" we thilbbled the bet. I look nlm an" Hied. " 'qulre,' sass I, 'go git the murk.1 "The squire went and got the mark. When Jerry seen It he most feinted uwas'. nn" thes-all staled as ir thes was skecrt Tho holw o' my bullet was squaie through the center o' that dollar dol-lar bill I had Hied at a big stone Hint was iatts cornered from the dollar bill Ibis lde of It iii th, wall an ms ledg ment was eeuh thit the bullet glencel off o Ihe stone an sloshed plump thiough the bill Jist where I nggered It would Vou remember that of course, 81' suys I Ol SI. shook his head ruther K1-live K1-live It seemed to me an ihijs " I m durued It I do" sass he ' I never was so look back In ms life, nn' I sold then, an' I sns now, that things mas quit luppenln, as they seem tn be dnln right along an" set not skeer us mi) but when folks quits reineniberlii' I su). 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