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• Accident in Santa Cruz At this place, August 15th, William D Farrand was shot in the thigh by the accidental discharge of his pistol while he was in the act of putting it in his pocket.
  The wound is severe. -- From the Sacramento Daily Union of October 31, 1861...
• Climate and Surgery R C Gilchrist, who was shot by J Sharp twelve days ago
  and who received a derringer ball in the right breast, and who it was supposed at the time could not live many hours, was on the street yesterday and the day before - walking several blocks at a time....
• There was a man who enjoyed playing golf, and could occasionallly put up with taking in a round with his wife.
  One time (with his wife along) he was having an extremely bad round....
• HOGAN'S HEROES DRINKING GAME -- Take a shot every time
  -- Sergeant Schultz says, "I knoooooowww nooooothing!...
• DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two enemies.
  Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance...
• Harry and Fred were playing their Sunday afternoon golf game.
  The game, as always, was close. They were at the treacherous 12th hole...
• A Hen Brooding Kittens A friend informs us that he saw at the Novato ranch, Marin county, a few days since, a hen actually brooding and otherwise caring for three kittens!
  The gentleman upon whose premises this strange event is transpiring says the hen adopted the kittens when they were but a few days old, and that she has devoted them her undivided care for several weeks past....
• My horse got shot, so I had to break his leg...
• aga n. [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.
  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....