The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-12-03
A sha OF GAME WITH ONE SHOT.
How Wild Cat, a Fox, Martin, 8
Weasel and "A Mouse Were Caught.

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Weasel and Mouse Were Caught.
Speaking about pot luck, said veter
an hunter and story teller one day, |
suppose | have had some of the darndest
streaks of luck ever had in the state of
Maine. Everybody knows how | once
d.ove bear up tree, and then felled the
tree into the pond where the bear was
drowned at the same time soaring thirty
or forty trout to death which rose to the
top of the water. and the way sot a
bear trap and caught fellow who was
there to steal sheep; another time when
| sot trap for critters what was arter
my turkeys, and ketched a young Teller
that was hangin' round to see my darter
Mary.
And the story bout NY going to the
courts to prove that | hadn't cetched
trout in close time, By shown that the
line and hook the trout was on had been
left dangling in the brook one day in
the legal season when was fishin,' and
got called away all of student to drive
the cows outer the corn. In the excite
ment Of the moment forgot Che hook
and line, and when one day arter the
law was on | was passing that way
found that the hook had captured a
trout weiShin' fourteen pounds and
seyen ounces. reckoned by the appear
ance of things, as the fish was uncom-
monty spry, he had been hooked that
very mornin', but as it couldn't be
proved | got off
Yes, all these and more, too, are well
known doin's on my part, bat, as | said,
the darndest thing of all happened not
long ago. took down the old rife one
day and told the old woman as long as
there was nothing dom round the place
| guessed would take walk. Wal, as
luck would have it, hadn't gone far
when | spied what | sullnised to be a
wildrat. The critter probably got wind
of ne, for he cut and run little ways
in about the direction came from. and
then took a sneak along a NOISY bank
and hove in sight only to disappear
round large stump at the edge of my
clearin'
| didn't wait a second; | just up and
let 90, just as the CIT got out Of sight
The ball, | was pretty sure, hit him in
the hind quarters. | went forward to
secure him if possible aud then and there
| found ont that lie hadn't got wind OF
me arter all, but was on a still hunt
himself, and he got his game just as my
ball hit him. That cat had fox, holdin
him with his teeth, and, you may be-
heve or not, the fox had ketched mar
ten. ! could hardly believe my eyes
and looked again and bowed if the
marten didn't have weasel. Hold on:
| hain't done yet. The weasel had
mouse by the HAD leg. and the mouse
was trying to escape through a little
hole in the fence Of ray back yard where
he had been and robbed my hens of
kernel of corn, which stuck out of the
little mouth
One of the young ROSTERS was trying
to get the corn away from him. not that
there wasn't plenty more, but that is a
ROSTERS nature, YOU know. Now, had
a hound pup, and the antics of the young
ROSTERS made him caper round arter
him, and this stirred up the old cal, and
she joined the dance by roundin up her
back and spittin' at the hound pup
Meanwhile the Youngest kid was trying
to harness up the old cat, and the old
woman came ont with the broom to see
what all the racket me'nt. She had heer'd
my gun so off, too, and didn't know by
the rumpus but | had gone crazy and
begun shootin' the children and other
domestic animils. While she was out
the fire in the kitchen went out, but my
lucky shot broke up the combination,
beside loading me with game, and the
only serious consequences was supper
being about fifteen minutes late.-Ban-
cor News.