Show kentucky riflemen a the renown which kentucky riflemen have obtained for precision and skill in handling the ilia rifle lias become world wide vilde and excited the attention and wonder of the warriors of other nations in battle they have stood as cool and collected altho the first time li ne in action as the tho oldest veneral s in europe pouring 1 in their deadly file with munir unerring aim 1 I shot that officer exclaimed a rifleman as lie he jaw paw aw an art officer fall at new orleans 1 I 1 shot him in the right eye replied the rifleman and I 1 shot him in the left eye was the response a after the battle it was found that the officer had been shot in bogli bot heyes byte the unerring precision can only be obtained by long practice and thorough drilling at the first settlement of the state they were compelled wile to be constantly under underarms arms as it were to guard against tiie the wild indian and the ilia murderous tomahawk As the father so the children grew up taught in the ilia earliest infancy possible to poise llie ilia rifle and direct its aim As ammunition was not always con convenient veilie verlie rit lit to be had tila ilia lle ile lie father would dole out to 0 o his son a certain number of cartrie cart cartridges rid for his rifle for each of ib winch einch jei jet lie must bring home homa some sort of game or get a taste of hickory for every missing shot many years ago I 1 was conversi conversing ilg tig with my father on oil tiit the e wonderful skill of the kentuckians Kentuck lans ians when ha he related the following anecdote I 1 was out in the wilds of kentucky some years before tha the war on a surveying expedition and ind bad had ali air opportunity of studying the character of the earlier settlers for a considerable length of time it became necessary for ma me to stop a few days at t a long tavern and to while away the time I 1 took rny my rofle rifle and explored the woods for gameos which there was an abundance the tho landlord had a little son about ten years of age who accompanied me with his rifle and always had extremely good luck inck on one occasion the fate seemed adverse to him for perceiving a a squirrel oil on a very high branch of a tree ha he up with I 1 s r rifle 1 s and blazed away and down came the he t sq ij birrel irr e I 1 the look of dismay with which he lie viewed vie d the til ill a game I 1 shall never forgot dropping Drop the butt of his rifle on the ground he burst into tears in the utmost surprise I 1 inquired what the matter was he answered IDad Daddy dyll 11 lick me I 1 lick you what for fori because cause I 1 lilt hit hinmin himin the th ahead heady I 1 soothed him all I 1 could buethe but the days pleasure was over oil on returning to the tavern I 1 intercede ed for him all in my power to save him from the hickory but it was of no use the application must be made if only for example no no po stranger str abger if I 1 let him off I 1 break a standing rule of our state I 1 was never let oil off and what was good for me is good for him hirn he lie must shoot right or srpui E up with what he gets the hickory was appier but no bones were broken such training as that which w s universal iu in those parts tells the secret of kentucky rifle shooting tig |