. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. 72 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. There was an old powder-horn hanging there also, which belonged to the rifle. It we were allowed to take when out with the shotgun—that, too, a muzzle-loader —to carry our powder in. The shot we generally took ^in a bottle, the old shot belt hav- ing been lost, though we still had the brass shot measure that was for- merly attached to it. Besides these, three other rifles were in the lobby. One was a THE HENRY. .56 calibcr, an old army gun, which had doubtless been used
. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. 72 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. There was an old powder-horn hanging there also, which belonged to the rifle. It we were allowed to take when out with the shotgun—that, too, a muzzle-loader —to carry our powder in. The shot we generally took ^in a bottle, the old shot belt hav- ing been lost, though we still had the brass shot measure that was for- merly attached to it. Besides these, three other rifles were in the lobby. One was a THE HENRY. .56 calibcr, an old army gun, which had doubtless been used In the war, and which had killed deer also; another was an old Henry .44 caliber rim fire, with all mountings of brass, and it had also done duty with reference to deer: and the third was a small .22 Flobert, used to annihilate sparrows or rats, or occasionally to kill a chicken that was refractory and refused to be caught. There were also, home from the war, and now reposing peace- fully on nails and pegs, an old army holster and a brace of Colt's muzzle-loading pistols—curiously wrought on the revolving chamber with odd engravings illustrating the value of such firearms in case of high- way robbery—and a cavalryman's helmet, with plume still waving. Quaint old lobby! The old muzzle-loading rifle had belonged to grand- father, and had been shot by all his sons and by almost all their sons, but had become so rusty from disuse that to shoot it again some thought the rifling would have to be bored out once more. But we did n't care for that, and at spare moments at noon or In the even- ings we would stealthily take the old gun down and out onto the porch, and, raising it slowly and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Huston, Paul Griswold. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New Yo
Size: 2188px × 1142px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectnaturalhistory, booky
