The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-21

many grubs, the lsrvB Of insects that ere injuri-
Gus to vegetation, &c, and taking all things into
consideration, he is the benefsctor Of the farmer,
member thought it was ! coon, and we had better
Try and catch him before warm weather or his
hide would not be good. Another thought 1t was
wide awake Il we canght him at all. One mem
Der said he believed they al had ahand in it.
Another was .impudent enough to ridicule the
said he had not lost any himself-and we all be-
lieved him, for he was never known to have any;
and a member who Is rather hasty uggested the
went that were missing, but this I' PROMPTLY
checked by the President. After a thorough dis
cussion il was decided that there was no pOssi-
bility Of doubt but that our chicken-roosts had all
been robbed, but we could not exactly agree
what had done It,. But We determined that on
the next Saturday, the boys all being from school,
we would have them collect all the boys in the
neighborhOOd and have a grand hunt.
Accordingly, on Saturday last, the boys mar.
shalled all of the dogs they could find, far and
near, and struck out bright and early. Invent Cd
hunt until, about 8 O'Clock, ! heard an unearthly
noise in the distance. At first I didn't know
what it meant, but on its coming nearer ] dis
covered that the dogs had started something, and
the boys were cheering them on. They came
nearer and nearer, and such a variety Of unearth-
ly sounds never heard. There was the shrill
cur, and the coarse bass of the mastin, intermin-
gled with all the intermediate. sounds, and the
boys cheering them on in the distance. Looking
in the distance from whence the sound proceeded
!! saw u fox come silently, but swiftly around the
hill. He passed on by without seeing me, and
presently a rabbit started up in front OF the fox.
until he got close to a small creek, when he
bounded across and took back the way he came,
and away he went out of sight. by this time
here cams the dogs; one of the neetest in front
acted ne leader. He was a keen, active young
dog, rather below the medium size; he was fol-
lowing immediately, on the track Of the fox, and
Appeared appearsdd to TO be be s, iipialRd IoII n"n inr his A lead the T fsst
passed by on the track of the fox until they came
TO whcEeAs fox '.doubled, - and there they kept
on the track or the rabbit. 1 thought the fox had
WOO, and l saw a single dog coming on the track
Of the fox. l think he was regular full-blooded
fox hound; he kept straight on, apparently salts
fled to follow the leader AS long as he was right;
but when he came to where the fox turned hack
he followed the rabbit track a short distance un-
til he became convinced that 1t wasn't 3 fox trail,
and taking a circle, came around on the fox trail,
and away he went, determined ~ make up for
last time. BY This time the other dogs had freed
the rabbit, and one of the boys, q little longer
wlnded than the rest, came up, and taking = long
hazel sprout, stripped the limbs OF, and going to
work in a scientific manner, twisted the rabbit
out, knocked ITS brains out against the tree, and
ing very foolish. .'Gol darn you, " says the boy,
c shh Learn Jss,s you sSies ssmetaningi, , this m ain,s What tss
boo-woo was again heard In the distance, and
here came the fox again, closely followed by the
faithful hound. The fox was almost tired down.
He had eaten so many of our chickens that he
was too fat to run well. The other dogs Joined
in the chase, the small active dog in the lead land
they soon overhauled and captured mister fox;
and the small young active dog looked so clsted
and pleased that ! thought he wished to say See
what I have done!"
We again had a meeting on Saturday night. and
the fox men were jubilant. l have not time to
record the proceedings Of this meeting. But on
both saturday and Sunday nights several of us
again lost more chickens, and a meeting Is again
called for Tonight, when We will no doubt have
an interesting discussion. To show you that We
are waking up" ! will send You IN address
that was delivered ut u former meeting by M en-
thnsiastic farmer. FOX.
CThe address alluded 10 above will appear neat
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