THE TOMBSTONE PROSPECTOR — SEPTEMBER 2, 1896
SNIPE HUNTING AT GLOBE ♢ A Brighter Polish Put on a Polished New Yorker.
New York is a great place in which to acquire refinement in that peculiar branch of American education so aptly described as being “up to snuff”
The fine polish, however, is sometimes put on in Arizona, so a M. Stiner, son of a New York custom house broker will testify.
Mr. Stiner arrived at Globe a week ago last Wednesday at noon says the Star. In two hours he was acquainted with half the male residents of the camp and was describing the wonders of the metropolis.
It became apparent that while he knew many things, there were some things of which he was densely ignorant, snipe hunting, for instance. Two of Mr. Stiner’s lately formed acquaintances accordingly arranged a snipe-hunt for the night. The expedition was quietly announced throughout the camp and when about nine o’ clock Mr. Stiner and his two friends ascended a mountainian side north of town, the population of Globe was standing in the principal streets watching them. Half way up the mountain side the hunters stopped, and lighted two candles placed them six feet apart. Mr. Stiner was stationed between them holding a pillow case open while the two friends went off in different directions to drive in the snipe. They met at a salooon and between drinks went from time to time to watch Mr. Stiner standing patiently between the blinking candles, peering out into darkness for the expected snipe.
