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SHOT WILD GOOSE WITHHAMHOD OF SHOTGUNA muzzle-loading shotgun, believed to be at least 100 years old, is the property of T. W. Gill, Santa Fe yard-master in Gainesville. This aged weapon was the property of Marcus Gill, grandfath* r of T. \\\, and was used by the forme rto kill deer in the Kentucky mountains several score years ago. The grandfather moved from Bowling Green Ky., to the vicinity of Kansas City. Mo., in 1S34.lteminiscenses were revived only recently when fire at the home of George Myers destroyed most of his household property and damaged the gun that was being k«• it there, le* being :i relative of Mr. Gill.Shot it When a Hoy.The Santa Fe yard master says the old muzzle-loader was the first gun he ever shot and at least one incident occurred with the firearm is in-dellibly impressed on his mind. Having been forbidden to take the gun from its accustomed place over the door of the log cabin that served us the family home, says Mr. Gill, temptation to shoot at a flock of will geese was stronger than his fear of a flogging at the hands of his parents, so he displayed instructions, steadily removed the gun and powder horn, put in the powder, shots was made, tamped the load briskly with the wooden I ramrod and crawled to the spot where the geese were grazing on a wheat patch. Exceedingly nervous lest he frighten his prey, he gorgot to remove the ramroad from the fun. “Bang, went the old trusty with a road that echoed ami re-echoed over the surrounding country. The hunter sprawled backward from the rebound of the gun, but down came a big gander.
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Mckinney Daily Courier Gazette
Mckinney, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 14, 1923
Page 15
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