The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-30
WELL ESTABLISHED.
Prominent Men Tell What They Know
 of Great Charm.

1 oA A AASAN & &A0A
 The sheriff of Pulaski county, Ark, has received numerous letters with regard 10 the rabbit foot which that off icial wears on hiS breast. A prominent politician who lives in Q lio wrote as follows
 al am not sup Istitious "--,h at is the way all the letters begin" and hope that you will not SO regard me, bu, l would like to ask you few questions
 "When and where mus, the rabbit be killed
 (Which foot must be used 2"
 The sheriff replied as follows Authorities differ concerning the time when the rabbit must be killed. The K alghts ot the G G)lden Rabbit foot, oi which powerful organization have the honor to DC a member, have appointed a com mittee of intelligent gentlemen to give the matter thorough inve stig ration Their report will be published soon, and shall take pleasure in sendiog you a copy In my own opinion the foot of a graveyard rabbit is the best, The knights. and justly so, too, think, only recognize the left hind foot. In securing foot rom second hand dealers or mid de men, great caution, to prevent fraud should be exercised The foot in my possession, and which money canno, purchase, has rather an interesting his tory The rabbit was killed at twel ve o'clock at night, on the grave of Con- federate negro. Since that time, or rather since the wonderful charm of my rabbit foot | as become known, the grave of that negro has been watched nightly Colonel Logan H Roots, the well -know wn banker of this city, tells me that he sa, behind 8 stump for six nights and watched the grave. One n,gh,, said he thought that patience woul d be re. warded. The moon cane from behind a cloui and saw rabbit on the grave With a thrill, leveled my gun and .ed. There was loud cry, a bound into the air, and then a heivy fall. drew my butcher knife aud rushed for ward. Alas! had killed sheep ."
 "You say,' continued the sheri fl, that you arc not superstitious. Neither am l, but do know tha, there is pecu- liar charm about the rabbit Dst. Every man in this country is aoqu tinted with General T. Caurchill, ex-sov:raor oi the state and distantly related to the Duke of Marlborough. He is a min cl ,ruest bravery and of soundest sense. Last summer we had a terrible drouth in this state. One day, while the general was riding over his plantation. he found a rabbit foot lying on a stump. The general smiled as he put it into his pocket. That night heavy rain fell, and, the general was mu- h surprised the nexi m )rning at discovering that the rain b ad not X ended beyond his ~n pl .nta ion. l, had closely followed the boun- daIy iines of his tx,ensve fields. This has the so und of wild assertion bu, the general can be intervie sed and will, he tells me, oheerfulIy answer all le'trs that are addressed to him on the Su Jed. The venerable William i E. Wat, Of Little Rock, one of the m os, prosperous business men of this state, said to me the other day. Worthen, said hs, people m ,y talk as they please about foolish superstition, but there IS something peculiar abou, the rAb bit foot, Some tune ago rented house te a phoiogr apher, an artist Of hae 6nsh who ( m. down from the northwest. We be- came involved in a controversy with re- gard to rent. claim .d that he owed me twenty dollars. He held an opposite opinion. One day, while going up to contiI ue the d, cussion in which we had become much interested, 1 found A rabbit foot on the stars. took it up abs,rac,edly and still heii it ID my hand when l approached my wor- thy competitor. We'll, sir, instead of en. ,ering into the agum ent with that pecu- liar warmth which had characterized his former eff ,rts of eratory he haaded m. twenty dollars, rem .rking that he had suddenly become convinced tha. he o~ed m,,'
 "Icould cite numerous other instances but deem it unnecessary. l know thus much: The sooner the laboring classes