Show Out of The Past Many common everyday phrases and expressions are often glibly and comfortably employed with little thought as to their antecedents or Frequently these expressions endure for generations simply because of the succinct way I they reduce a description Into a small flavorful Present may bear little or no relation to the original or specific very fertile source of such expressions Is to be found In the fields of guns and says G. process engineer of the Remington Arms the days when powder horn and shot pouch were almost as necessary as pants and often provided them a lore came into being that colors our thought and speech to this adding crispness to our expressions when used in connection with matters far afield from arms and Comparisons Cited we examine a with comparisons of their present-day usage and original Take the expression stock and When one accepts a proposition stock and it means that he 0 DIMS the matter in without The expression stems from Bits the colonial days when a once was seldom scrapped or disposed of for a new In-JANUARY when a part wore out or was a new part was made or such as the trigger and hammer assembly or perhaps a new when it was desired to emphasize completeness of the essential parts of an essential article were Itemized stock and the whole Makes we In a derogatory the statement is just a flash In the This signifies that the person referred to is one who makes a big Is noisily enthusiastic but whose actions are Or it refers to an individual who accomplishes something worthwhile but only A In the was much worse for the pioneer armed with a flint lock musket or rifle when I he stood face to face with an angry bear or when meat for the family stood poised for flight only a few 1 yards at such a he pulled the trigger and the priming powder in the pan at the breech merely burned with a flash without discharging the gun the shooter was the victim of an and sometimes even Lingo of Shooting are a few of the common expressions of today that originated in the lingo of A little fanning of the embers of memory will undoubtedly recall many stock and flash In the our plans set your sights scored a draw a bead on your powder all short of the straight as a overshot the loaded for off all primed for the hair-trigger I hold your a hit dead his sights Remington News This Should Help The Ontario department of lands and forests reports that the sea eel-like menace of the Great Lakes is winning acceptance as a table An enterprising Canadian purchased half the catch of lampreys trapped by the Ontario department last Smoked and the lampreys found such a ready market that the processor said he wished he had bought the rest of the catch The department of lands and forests notes that when smelt first moved into the Great they were an unmitigated they are as good are marketed in and also provide If the sea lamprey similarly acceptance as so I at fishermen have an Incentive to capture the problem AAA Rock Boss Bait fishing for rock bass li similar to bait fishing for and the same baits A small minnow is usually There is one noticeable differ ence in the habits of the two While the crappie will be mostly around submerged brush rock bass are seldom found ii such They prefer ledges or indi vidual rocks in the A steep rocky shore usually |