Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-18
0ESERBT EVENING NEWS
WONT BE FOOLED WITH.
so SAYS FAIRCHILD HOUSE CIRCLE
AEOuT GROUND HOGS.

The subject Of ground hcg came
up Tor discussion at meeting Of
Lhe Fairchild house circle the other
evening, said Judge Ben Wright:
i had a little experience myself
with L ground hog when lived in
WODdhuil that set me To thinking
that it wasn't well To try any eX-
perimeEIs on them. One summer
a cheeky chap OF 4 ground hog set
up shop in a clover field OF mine anu
y as a iOur stor; nuisance with a
mausaTd roof. He defied all my
efforts 10 induce him to Gie or leave
the country. l was reading in my
newspaper one evening, after long
days work binding and stacking
wheat, and came across an item that
pleased me. Ii was about a man
down in jersey who had hit Oh 4
plan to ameliOTate the condition OF
farms suffering from ground hog.
lie had found that by catching =
turtle AMI tying a hail Of candle
Wick, soaked with kerosene oil, To
is tail, touching a match TO tine bali,
and then putting tie turtle into the
ground hogs hole, the turtle would
ruam the corridors IF the burrOw,
trailing its fire ball along with it,
and strike such terror to the hearts
OF the ground hogs resident therein
that they would rush with wild
Panic for the surface. All the
farmer had to do was 10 stand on the
outside and knock the ground hogs
on the head as they came out.
THE FIEE FALL TREATMENT.
"After reading the item felt i
h:,I that big clover stealing pest Of
mine at my mercy at last. | could
hardly wait till morning, | wanted
to 20 out and get a turtle so had, put
| the KEROSENE aud candlewick uni
fern ON him and start him out Oh
the campaign against that ground
hog. Before : O'Clock ] had tine
whole thing fixed, and, arming my
sell with an AK, went over 10 the
ground hogs hole. | put the turtle
1 al the mouth Of the hole and lit the
oil soaked ball had tied behind
him. IL hlszed Up like a small bon
fire, ami the turtle, frightened al
the sight. Owed into tIe hole like a
chipmunk, and by and by disap-
peart1l with the hail OF fire into the
uepths. I braced myself at the
side iui the hole, raised my AK in
the air, and smiled grmly a. /
thought OF the vengeance | wa
som to wreak on the destroyer VI
nv peace and clover. I stood there
about ten minutes. and no ground
ku. appeared. Then / began 10 be
tortured with doubt, anG a. my arms
were aching with holding tine
avengiug aN IN tine air 80 long, | let
it down ON the ground and leaned
upon il.
Il have reason to believe that the
ground hog was only waiting for
that moment, fer / had scarcely I'M
aimed myself, Is II were, when the
ground hog Popped out Of the hole
like ilasli-and 1t was a flash, for
he had tie string that had tied the
blazing candle wick 20 the turtle
tightly between his teeth. and the
dazzling iiTebrInd was sailing along
after him ike u hot air balloon
Away the ground hcg tore, straight
for my wheat field. where the gold
en- ain vas stacked in plethUric
sheaveS. Ia less than three min
utes he had touched the torch, which
Was 20 have lighted him to his
death, TO my cleaning wheat stacks,
and that edge Of Steuben County
saw such = bonfire as never lii up
its hills beiOre or since. | believe ii
was the firm intention Of the GROUND
hog to 81 fire 10 my house, too, but
the candle wick exhausted itse.! be-
. fore hC cOuld reach the dwelling.
and all | had 10 remember the gen
ius Of the JerSyE,an 10y was the ash
t. IL my seasons wheat crop. |
gave a mental quit claim dec! Of the
clover field 10 the grOuni hog on the
SPOT, and the last / heard frYm there
was
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