Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-30

| n score OF owners before tuey ptchHc
successful in the hands OF the last. and
yet, practically, ell that time they were
owned by one brewer, who plid neither
rent nor other expense. and who. above
all. suffered little or no loss, no matter
how great the losses Of his so.called Gus
toners"
There is another plutocrat whose
wealth came largely from lager. but IN
his case from retailing and not from sell
ing. He is German by birth who en-
loved no advantages in his youth and
came 10 this country to better his condi-
ton. IN the fifties he started the Attain
tic Garden, then little saloon and cheap
restaurant on the Bowery, in partnership
with two others, both since deceased.
AZ the start the three partners alternated
between the positions OF cashier, bar
/ tender, cook, waiter. sculliop, and
cleaner Their energy and goodfel-
I lowship as well as their beer
aud good cooking soon made
/ them popular and their business profit
able. The three men invested their
profits in improving. Identifying, and
/ thereafter in charging their place. With
each step in this direction came an IN
crease IN business snd celebrity until the
partners were all comparatively wealthy
and their place had become iavorite re-
sort for workingmen and especially Ger
mans IN the seventies the partnership
/ terminated, two members Of the fiem de-
siring to enter now vOcations. The third
/ bought their interests for a very large
sum and remained in personal charge OF
/ the place, where he is still to be found
every day.
THE RABBIT PEST IN AUSTRALIA.
GA pair of rabbits will produce 2, 000,-
/ 600 rabbits in two years in Australia " IS
a statement that at first seems incredu'
/ lO1s. and when James Watson, OF Veto
ria, made it the other day to a party Of
gentlemen they thought he was jesting.
/ Yet il is as true as Gospel.
Mr. Watson is one of the largest ranch
owners in Victoria, Australia, having
under fence alone 30, 900 acres. The
problem of how to exterminate rabbits is
/ the greatest question that cOnfronts the
/ people OF Australia to-day, as their entire
/ prosperity depends upon it. 1t is in
/ hope that Yankee ingenuity might be
able 10 solve this important problem
that Mr.. Watson now visits America.
lyon can imagine what n terrible
plague the rabbits are, said Mr.. Wat
son, when the Australian Government
is now building a fence Of wire netting
which, when completed, will be 5000
miles long, and which will divide New
/ South Wales and Queensland. The rab-
bits have not yet made their appearance
in Queensland, and the fence is to pre-
vent them from getting over there.
" We have tried hundreds of ways to
get rid Of the rabbits, but so far nothing
has been successful. we are only able
to check the increase. About the best
means of doing this is TO scatter fruit
with arsenic over tho ground, but this is
n very expensive method. In this way l
have killed 600 rabbits with ten bushels
Of sliced apples. Then we used phos-
phato of oats, Int the trouble with this
is that the phosphate soon loses It's effect.
/ think the best method in use IS the
ordinary rat-trap, but all these methods
are very expensive. For instance, it
costs the Government Of Victoria $l25,-
900 year 10 keep the rabbits down on
the Crown (Goyernment) lands. The
Government pays ten cents n pair for all
the rabbits killed on their lands. A
good man can make $40 per week killing
rabbits These men use traps, and one
man can work 100 traps.
"a law has recently been passed that
compels the owner of lands to keep the
rabbits down. Ii he should fail to do
TINS he is fined so for the first offence,
500 for the second, and upon the third
offence the Government employs men to
attend TO the rabbits at the expense Of
the landowner. in many instances own
ers are compelled 10 give up their land
rs the expense is 50 great. The owner
Of 10000 acres is obliged to employ 100
men for killing rabbits alone. TO give
Won stiIl better idea of the damage
these pests are doing let me tell You that
land that n few years ago was worth so
per acre IS now only worth 81.
CANNING RABBITS.
~ have found n way by which | can
keep the rabbits down and make money
by II. but Of course every ranchman can
not DO this. l have started rabbit
GINNING factory. We can the rabbits
much The same way that beef is canned
here, and our principal market is in Eng
land. At present l an canning 90, 600
rabbits a year, all of which are killed of
my ranch, and still this number does not
keen the pest down az the Government
requires. put rabbit and half in a
can, and at present | make thirty seven
cents profit on a dozen cans. They are
retailed in England at twelve cents a
pound, and considering the high price OF
beef it would be supposed rabbits would
become favorite dish with the poor OF
England, yet the rabbits are now only
purchased by the higher class, who con-
cider the rabbit a great dainty.
How long have we been bothered
with the rabbit? About ten years. Rab-
bits were brought to Australia about
twenty years ago from England Tor
sporting purposes.
Tell me how fast the rabbits breed ?"
"a pair OF rabbits will usually pro-
duce four does and two bucks. The does
breed when two months old, and they
have on an average four filters year.
You can calculate from this and you will
find that the statement that o pair of
rabbits will produce 2,C0J,OO0 in two
years is not SO preposterous as it at first
appears.
{" / brought man over from South
America Just before left and he firmly
believes that the South american skunk
would get rid of the rabbits. Any way
the Australian Government offers q re-
ward of 100000 for tho best plan for
their determination.
re Was No Longer u Vagrant.
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