Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — How to Manage a Bun. [ARTICLE]

How to Manage a Bun.

It is an imperative duty for allyoung sportsmen and even for careless older ones to observe and practice all through their lives the following rules: 1. Never in excitement nor in fun point a gun toward any human being. 2. Never carry it so that if accidentally discharged it would endanger the life of a dog even; nor when a bird is flushed, no matter how near and how temptingly the name appears, do not shoot when the si ghtest possibility exists that a companion may appear in any range of the shot. 3. Never get into or out of a wagon without taking the cartridges from the gun, and doing the same when crossing a fence? 4. After firing one barrel take the cartridge from the other and examine the wad over the shot to see that it is not loosened by the concussion, as it very frequently is, which would produce a heavy recoil or burst the gun if it has dropped well up the barrel. 5. Ne er take bold of the muzzle of a gttn to drag it toward you nor set it up, when if falling its muzzje would be toward you.