Show sharpshooters the natives of backwoods missouri do more than provide food and shelter for summer visitors they provide entertainment as well in this endeavor it must be admitted they are assisted no end by the gullibility libi lity of the city folk who dont seem to know a whopper when they hear bear one in summer the two hooten boys were frequently observed by the visitors stalking through the woods one carrying an old muzzle loading shot gun the other a claw hammer IV hats the purpose of the hammer a city slicker will inquire immediately the hammer bearer will burst into tears the visitor persists in his questioning wal finally explains the boy with the hammer geuns is so poor stranger we aint got no money to buy shot and so we hez to load this here gun with old rusty nails every squirrel we hits nowadays Is nailed fast to the tree the hammer bearer sobs bitterly then stranger he continues that big so and so pointing to his bis brother makes me climb up the tree and pry the critter loose with this here hammerl |