Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-08
BART ITEMS,
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
In and around Georgetown the pork
season is at hand and the ears OF the early
risers are saI,lted with the soothing squeak
of some neighbor's porker as lie protests
against the keen edge of the head butch
er's knife.
The most industrious men OF our neigh
borhoodar the blacksmiths. The smooth
horses must be made rough to be able to
stand on the smooth roads. Two shops in
the village with three smiths, and three
shops in the township outside Of the viii
lage are unable to meet the demand
shoeing.
The gunncrs are still in search of the
fat rabbit, and the report Of fire arms is
heard in all quarters. The most expert Of
the Bart sportsmen is young man in this
village, James Russell, jr. A few days cen
heswas informed that rabbit was as
sitting under his fathers hedge. Arming
himself with the most convenient weapon,
"a rcyOlver-James started out to do an
extraordinary shooting. Stealing along as
silently asa Sioux Indian, he at last caught
sight OF the long ears of cotton-tail, James
felt his blood beg in to course more rapidly,
his eyes sparkled, and over his cOuntenance
spread an unmistakabic grin Of satisfac-
tion. lie knelt down in the road some
eight fec: from his game, steadied his
trembling hand on his knee, cast
his sparkling eye along the
bright barrel of his revolver, pulled
the trigger, and away sped the lea
den messenger into the body of-not the
rabbit-but an apple tree some twenty feet
further on. Some unforeseen occurrence
had misplaced his lin and he had missed.
As soon as James could open his eyes he
looked at the spot where his game was
seen, and to his great Joy discovered tine
long ears still unmovabie. Again he
braced his nerves and fired-into the
ground some four feet from lim-and
when second time the smoke cleared
away, making il safe for this chivalrOus
youth to open his eyes, 10. the ears were
still erect. Maddemed to desperation,
James Strengthened out his arm, grasped
his revolver with more determination and
fired three sEOte in quick succession, MAX
ing the snow and dirt fly some twenty
rods out in the field. AS soon as the
marksman recovered from his nervous
stress hc looked at the spot where he ex-
pectcd 10 see his prey stretched uut i'll the
last agonics Of death. And there, as be-
fore, were the extended nose, the spark
ling eyes and long ears of the game. What
to do James could not tell his ammuni-
tiOn was spent gunncrs were passing the
spot at short intervals, and il Inc went for
more cartridges some one might shoot the
rabbit. After contemplating the long
ears for a few minutes he thrust the re-
volver INTO his pocket and concluded to
steal quietly up to the undisturbcf rear of
the rabbit and by deNterous plunge
secure in his hands the coveted prize.
He succeeded in getting near enough to
reach the game and bracinS his nerves for
one desperate plunge, made dive at tic
long ears. and gave vent to All eXclama-
tion of delight as he felt within his out
stretched hands the head Of Il rabbit For
one moment he steadied himself against
the hedge to gain breath, and then rose to
his feet but oh. thunder what this In
his hands he held, true enough. the head
and long ears of 4 full-SrOwn cctton-tail,
but that was all, TO body nor legs not even
the tail was attached with one impreca
ton, James dashed the useless head to the
ground, swore vengeance on the unmiti-
gated scoundre. who tricked him, and
went home sadder but wiser man.
We noticed in the Inquirer of Lancas-
ter an article under the title Of "He
Slopeth'' to bc transcript
from tho daily INTELLIGENCEE, regarding
4 Doctor Kelly of Georgetown. Having
resided in Georgetown and been familiar
with all comers and gOcrs for the past
thirty years, we can truthfully say that TO
DR.. Kelley has either married widOw or
had been for ''Ona months time: in our
village. One Dr. keeley marricda widow
Baney some two years ago in this place
and is now residing with her, next door
west of the writer of this article, and at
tending to his practice.