RECREATION. 



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Special Bargains in Hammerless Guns 



We offer at these SPECIAL PRICES a small lot of a 



Standard American 



make 

 ing 



reecK Load- 

 Guns 



$31.00 grade Gun, fine tw 

 $41.00 with Automatic 

 $40.00 Damascus Barre 



Entirely new. Made on Interchangeable 

 System. Top Lever Action. Greener 

 style Cross Bolt-Pistol stock. 26, 28 and 

 30 inch. 12 and 16 bores, at the following 

 Exceptional Prices : 



Send $5 with order, and if the Gun is not satisfactory upon receipt it may be returned and money refunded less 

 cost of expressage. Or if the whole amount of money is sent with order a Victoria Canvas Case is included. 



Always in stock a full line of high-grade GUNS 



W, & C SCOTT t JOS. LANG & SON, London 



and others, in addition to Parker, Remington and all the American makes. 



JUST NOW ON HAND 



Also large lot "Hammer Double Guns," 



ten and twelve bores, many of them second- 

 hand, taken in trade. Prices 



$8 to $15 



Also lot of Lee Straight-Pull Magazine 



Rifles, small bore, made by the Winchester 

 Arms Company and cost over $25 each, long 

 range and very accurate, in nice refinished brown, 

 condition same as new. Suitable ^» ^^ 

 for target or hunting. Price, each ^/»JvJ 



Send Six Cents in stamps for Catalogue of New, also of Second-hand Guns 



WM. READ & SONS, 10? Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 



"You have a tough looking lot of cus- 

 tomers to dispose of this morning, haven't 

 you?" remarked the friend of the magis- 

 trate who had dropped in at the police 

 court. 



"Huh!" rejoined the dispenser of justice, 

 "you are looking at the wrong bunch. 

 Those are the lawyers." — Chicago Daily 

 News. 



Statistics show that the average height 

 of the American woman is 2 inches more 

 than it was 25 years ago. Yes, they come 

 higher, but we must have them. — New- 

 York Sun. 



THE BOSTONIAN'S INCIDENTAL 

 REMARK. 



He — Will you marry me? 



She — No, thank you. 



He — I thought perhaps you wouldn't. 

 How do you like that continued story that 

 is running now in The Atlantic? — Somer- 

 ville (Mass.) Journal. 



"You know Jones, who was reputed so 

 rich ? Well, he died the other day and the 

 only thing he left was an old Dutch clock." 



"It won't be much trouble to wind up 

 his estate." — New Orleans Times-Democrat. 



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Aim, 



Ambition, 

 Motives ^e 



To please our patrons in every de- 

 tail, and to give them the BEST 

 possible, production of the GUN 

 MAKERS ART. We do not try 

 to see how cheap a gun we can 

 make, but rather HOW GOOD. 

 Remember the BEST is always 

 CHEAPEST, and none too good 

 for you. Send for catalogue 

 Mention Recreation. 



Parker Bros, 



33 Cherry St. 



Meriden, Conn. 



