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Show At Duckville. October 1st was thu opculng day for duck shooting aud Duckvlllo was crowded crowd-ed with sports who were out after the feathery tribe with sloglu-barrcl, double-barrel, double-barrel, muzzle-loading aud automatic shotguns. A "banging" good time is reported by those who went from this city and mlsqulto were said to be more numerous than ducks. Company No. 1 was made np of the following gentlemen 'of our town: Rest Mngr Mosiah Evans, Agric 8upt. George Austin, President John Lant, Hi. M. .1. Franekc, Chief Clerk Walter Piper of Salt Lake City, Inventor Abraham Gudmunscn of Lcbl, John aud Clarence Austin. A glunco at thu above list of names will convince anyone that the ducks had good roason for keeping out of the way of a manager, a superintendent, a president, a doctor, a clerk aud an in ventor, for thu manager would manage them, the flupt. would (soup) them, the president would preside over them, tho thu doctor would mutilate them, the clerk would figure them down and the Inventor would certainly Invent a way to. get them if they ventured within gunshot. gun-shot. Thu company chaiged upon the enemy and safely lauded 100 of the younger generation who had disobeyed the wise counsel of their parents. Enough ammunition was consumed to supply the regular standing army for a good long time. They returned safe and souqd and roast duck has been the bill of fare with them for tho past week. Company No. 2, conslntlng of M. A. Ilootho. B. V: Schnlder, J. Y. Rich and Jou Chrisman returned Tuesday havlug hauged nil the ducks the law allowed aud aru feasting fat on thu "famed fat feathery feath-ery flyers'' that luckily fluw near these famous sports. These gentlemen report an exculleut-outing. |