The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-04
he WoN'T BE FOOLED WITH.

| He WON'T BE FOOLED WITH
| The Groundhog Won't, According TO Ger
| tain Members or the FaIrchild House Circle.
HAMMoNDsPoRT, May 3.-The subject of
| grounding came up for dissection at meeting
| OF the Fairchild House Circle tho other evening,
| 1t having been introduced by Packy Griswold,
| who averred that as he was coming along the
| road on the other side OF Lake Keuka that
! afternoon he saw q grounding come down tho
| hill, jump into the lake, swim out rod or two,
| and dive like fish duck. The grounding was
| below for minute or more and when it camo
| up at last 1t had Hopping and weighing sal
mon trout In its mouth that must have weighed
five pounds. The grounding swan ashore and
| loped back up the hill with Its booty.
Il had never heard that groundhogs ate
| fish," said Packy, 80 l followed this ono up
| the hill curious to see where Il fish -eating
| grounding lived 1t had its burrow on the
edge Of played-out clover patch. and what
| was my surprise TO find fish Of all kinds and
| sizes scattered around on the patch In all
| stages OF decomposition. the big salmon trout
had seen the grounding catch being the last
| addition to the lot. 1t was some time before I
| could understand the queer business, and then
| 1t came to me Of q sudden what it all meant
| The soil had become so poor there that it
| didn't grow clover enough to supply the
PrOunuuOR. anu He WIS lTedtlDR IL 10 u llDefhl
dressing OF the best kind of fish fertilizer, in
order to get II good crop this season. SO he
wouldn't have to move and mako new home
| somewhere else. 1t looks to me as If ground
| hogs were smarter than some farmers"
You're pretty near correct" said Judge
Ben Wright e had little experience myself
with a grounding, when l lived in Woodruff.
that set me to thinking that it wasn't well to
try any experiments on them One summer n
cheeky chap OF a grounding set up shop in a
clover field OF mine, and was q four-story
nuisance with a mansard roof. He detled all
my efforts to induce MIN to die or leave the
country. was reading in my newspaper one
evening. after long days work binding and
stacking wheat. and came across an item
down in Jersey who had hit on
plan to amsq Tam the SSOnd2n Of
ball OF candle wick. soaked with Kerosene oil:
then putting the turtle into a Groundhog's
hole the turtle would roam the corridors OF
the burrow. trailing it's fire ball along with II,
and strike such terror to the hearts OF the
groundhogs resident therein. that they would
rush in wild panic for the surface; All the
and knock the groundhogs in tho head as
." After reading tho item felt l had that
Mercy at last could hardly wait iii mornins
the ke osene and candlewick uniform on him,
and start him on tho campaign against that
thing fixed. aud. arming myself with an axe.
went oyer to the Er0qTGGh0EG DE ~ put ne
soaked t ball had tied behind b. n, il bIaSad
epod at the sight, Owed into the hole like q
%tB fRs ba Of ars su nto tie dspt6s
/ braced myself at the side OF the
s e2i Er%y az thought Of the he @ S1f
was soon TO ~reak on the DESTROYER 81 my
%Se ana and pSnG I'o Hen
began 20 be tortured with doubt, and n my
arms were aching with holding the a'englng
ground aud loaned uTon IL have Toasou tO
believe that the groupdhog was only waiting
mys-li, As Is were. when tie gfpuudHug
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