Show I I I 1 I 1 ANCIENT T PISTOL FOUND IN N YARD BY IDAHO IO 10 MAN jlIAN Herald S Special c bl Jerome J rome ida da Feb 29 While lie raking out some ee weeds in the back part part of his Ills premises li Fred lic c l Sampson uncovered a a. t pistol Loi o of ancient make Tho Tue weapon evidently lc lct fj t had d wc where Sampson found it a O Kocl J n nc years c rs the old fashioned d Tho The Iol is of horo holt 1011 r make is abou aboc all with two inches sov-in sov ov over al 1 ur of barret barot It I Is r a muzzle loader 10 and ana fired tc by cap ca The ho stock I Ia I of 0 v ul and f the metal mount mount- lags aid ad RI t trimmings 3 are aro ra solid silver l lin tho thoI Tenure It la Is i no date dale lc discernible on 1 Wt weapon but a manufacturers manufacturer's plate te Po bears tto the te i f name mo me deeply B stamped In the tile metal It I is about ahot 38 35 rifle rile l and nd fully load load- ci 0 at ut least l sl lead ed d was WS W S discovered by byj j o 11 r what acar appears per to be bc tho thin chr charge cr c. c r The iLe metal Is badly rusted ute and n the thc wood stock to so 0 much decayed that hat theiron the theIron Iron is la s falling WaY acay from It It Tho The lock hf e appears to bo in itt good condil condition condi condl- l ton tion on and nd the hammer devised to be lowered and raised rise by a spring spring is still sUl o operative There are many mAn conjectures as n to how th the ancient weapon happened to tobe tob I Ib b be where Sampson found it the most generally accepted theory theon that some ome early ariy Argonaut passing passin through the country years cars and ind years car ago bo when trio Ule trail trai from rom the Missouri I river to toJ toI J I Oregon led through this section Jost ost l it The fact act that the weapon is apt ap- ap t arent loaded lo e supports this theory |