Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1894 — An Armless Nimrod. [ARTICLE]

An Armless Nimrod.

An armless Nimrod is the wonder of the people and the envy df all the snortemen of Bucks County. He ia John Simon, of Zion Hill, and hia prowess is something marvelous. Simon’s arms were ground off above the elbows in machinery a few year* iago, but his love of hunting spurred his ingenuity, and he overcame his seeming insurmountable obstacle. He straps his single-barrel breech-loading hammerless gun to his right arm, and when he sights game he swings the piece over the stump of his left arm, takes auick aim and. fire , generally with telling effect. His mode of Loading is as unique as his shooting, lie carries the shells in his hat, and when he wants one bows low, drops his hat on the ground, pullß out the empty shell with his teeth, and in a similar manner loads, then pushing his head into his hat to recover his head. Despite his affliction, Simon has done some of the best shooting in Bucks County the past year, his record standing: sixteen op ssutib, five ohea-ants, five dozen blackbirds, thirty-seven rabbits and twonty-ono quail.—Philadelphia Record.