Show hot siran spring i hilarity at dr slaters pa pleasure mure resort at the hot springs the fourth of jul july y was celebrated with duo due solemnity and the fun and frolic was undisturbed by a any ay iy untoward accident or individual erces excesses acs there was especially an unusually largo contingent conti agent of Slat slaterville erville people P who cn enjoyed 0 ed themselves greatly and contri contributed buted fiot not a little to tho the general hilarity the chief f feature of the day were the spirited shooting contests contest in 0 in which a good deal of skill was di displayed s bayed by our disciples disciple a of nimrod and ramrod the first was a match between the cohorts of towsley and R me carty res respectively ei ti elyo the score allowing colfo ls as follow r TOWSLEY SIDE sol 0 Tows towsley lcy 1 9 0 A C smith 5 A kocl koch 9 AV browning Brow nine I 1 1 10 J browning Brow nine 1 10 total 43 aal CAUTY SIDE mccarty rs 8 8 mcnutt 8 J greenwell 1 9 E stanger Bt anger 8 total 41 there followed a general sweepstake with this results J Greci twell 1111 4 towsley sol C 1 1111 1111 1 5 mccarty 1 1110 4 A greenwell sr 1 1100 3 IV wright 1100 3 A agoch koch 1 3 A C smith 1 10 1001 0 1 3 A greenwell jr arl 10 10 1 3 mcnutt 0 1 A paterson Pc terson 1 1110 4 J II 11 brown browna 0 1100 2 S green I 1 1 Ca pYoung 1110 1111 4 0 towsley had old pol sol smile on him and got away with the first finst money 14 while the gentlemen with four points each divided the second and those who had slain three pigeons a fi piece ece did likewise with the accumulated ted wealth of the third money there was another sweepstakes match the amateur rifle club were also on the grounds and they did some clever shooting at a target yards from the corner the only drawback being the trifling trilling fact that the range of their rifles included the wagon road over which some imprudent parties would persist in tho frequent warning flashes of the eager sportsmen the club shot for n fine silver cup presented by dr slater to the man makin making the best score following is ta the record J M browning 4 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 15 45 31 browning 5 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 45 15 G beckwith 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 12 42 B 11 II douglass 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 41 W W bennett 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 40 dr ulrich 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 38 J 4 4 4 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 35 the cup was awarded to J st I 1 Browni browning Dg as he lie had bad according to creedmore rules the best score tho the dr slaters was great but not greater than the affability of his unruffled funru filed temper and the coolness of his refreshments and so evern everything hing went off as merry as a wed wedding ing bell |