Extracts from the Gazette, 1733
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 25, 1733

We hear from Bristol, that on Monday Morning last, two young Men were out a Hunting in the Woods near that Place, one of them being a little before the other, saw something thro’ the Bushes on the other Side of the Creek; upon which he stepped back to his Companion, and said, Lend me that Gun, for I see a fine Deer; accordingly he took Aim, and gave Fire; but when he came to the Place, he found a Boy about nine Years of Age, (who had just been sent out by his Mother for a Can of Water) strugling for Life: the Child never spoke another Word, being shot in the Breast; and dyed immediately. Scarce a Year passes without one or more of these unhappy Accidents, which ought to make People more careful in their Hunting than they commonly are.

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