RIFLE GUNS. 
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one would hold a pierce of boards not more 
than nine inches square, between his knees, 
whilst the other shot at it with a ball at the 
distance of one hundred paces. This they 
used to do alternately, for the amusement of 
the town’s people, as often as they w ere called 
upon. Numbers of people in Lancaster can 
vouch for the truth of this fact. Were I, how- 
oi t* 
ever, to tell you all the stories I have heard of 
the performances of riflemen, you would think 
the people were most abominably addicted to 
lying. A rifle gun will not carry shot, nor will 
it carry a ball much farther than one hundred 
yards with certainty. 
