Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1912 — The First Consideration. [ARTICLE]

The First Consideration.

At St Andrews some years ago an old farmer and his plowman were carting sand from the seashore. They were behind the target on the riflerange, but hidden by a bank of sand from a party of volunteers, who were ♦hen on foot, at practice. A stray bidlet struck the plowman on the leg, and he Immediately dropped, exclaiming: Tm shot!” Without more ado the farmer scrambled up the bank and, waving his hands to the volunteers, shouted: “Hey, lads, stop that, will ye? You’Ve shot a man, and It micht hae been the horse!” —London Tit-Bits.