12 December 1901, Cameron County Press

Advice to huntsmen. If you are desirous of shooting a fellow huntsman the following recipe will be found effective.

Go forth in the crisp November morning determined to let drive at anything that looks as if it might be game. Don’t stop to reflect that the patch of moving brown that gleams through the bushes may be a man and not a deer. Blaze away. If it happens to be a man, you can apologize to his widow.

For the man who wishes to shoot himself accidentally a different course of procedure may be confidently recommended.

Lay your gun down in the bottom of a boat and, reaching over, seize the gun by the end of the barrel and drag it toward you. Ten chances to one the hammer will be caught on one of the seats, will be cocked and then, when released, will fall upon the plunger, sending the entire charge where it will do the most good. If this does not work successfully after repeated trial, try getting over a loosely made stone wall, always carrying the gun cocked. With ordinary luck you ought to be able to shoot yourself by this means once out of three trials. – New York Tribune.