The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-02

licking little pieces u N'i -
I! y s, With mucilage.
e5 5.n ".s looked at the younger man with Sc,
Jon'7 jackson. was just on the point OF
tri@ o. story about a little idea of my own
elIln7 " lived in Iowa several yea1s ago,
yn'n ~ with the tale of your bright
1nllOu f,iqnd some other time. ="
o W. > returned Peters, ut does very well
ISr 70 say that, but my story was going
70 . % d NJ, man" answered Jones, you
20 forget that am your former
seem ~ me memories of the district
,l5 at Hemlock hollow appear to be de-
serting you r ;,,o ns Won,
~ > -aid Smith encouragingly.
SUI" " r.s Going TO-" replied Jones. 1T
r~,o5ar Of years ago. | was living
"as C. IOWA near Des Moines My place
Ouy ~ +be Dss Moines river bottom, and
va @@' IIrf. we're literally alive with wild
VI, T6a wildcats from all over the
oa ,gn+ rr seemed to be in the neighborhood
w., .ooI raar holding a wildcat worlds fair
'uq t,oF gentlemen / had fancy stock
= a,-', and between the resident and the
laii- wildcats they played the very
3aroo With ny blcoded chickens. don't
81 ~ 70 tell YOU, gentlemen, That | am
morally afraid Of gun.
5seams to me that's a pretty serious adj
n,;,.ian for a man who only last night was
+-Iiro how, down in Arkansas, he used to
80, 80 nm hears with a 4-inch hickory
aanF and shoot them on the wing, like
llsr n.rcons. said jackson Peters.
Kan idle tale, Jackson, an idle tale. a
man must relax a little sometimes. AS |
"BDt YOU offered to bet $50 that
oIron1dn't shoot those wildcats, You see,
i What could do? Night after night
stbev walked off with my choicest fowls
smpday bright idea occurred to me. 1t
Tas nothing more nor less than every time
heard anv disturbance among the chickens
8onaJ mv head out Of the window and call
Z but SCAT In a loud voice.
4 Thanarrator paused and looked at Jack
Em Petns defautlv But Peters only blew
= cloud Of smoke ceilmgWard and archec
q sey.Movs slightly.
q "Tgag was @ clever notion" observed
Robin .n-'veIy clever notion. Worthy
3 ouas with your plan for extracting the
reug energy from Jramps
40 Robinson, no, answered Jones,
nItug. and evidently much gratilied.
no. you are TOO kind. My tramp idea
9g genius; such things come to a man
Is utom IN his lifetime. This was simply
= mdlcaJtou of a special talent for dealing
ta Wildcats Still, if YOU would believe
mvD'an proved utterly valueless as far
FIJI Hening the cats away was con
Emaa ! seated myself hoarse every
glt for week; still those wildcats went
but On carrying away my poultry. But /
clLat the principle was q sound one, and
0o5ed about for the weak point in the
pla-ion oft. / soon found it.
was employing the same volume Of
for Wildcats which is used in the case
tame cats and Wildcats are three times
ger than tame cats. My first thought
sofa speaking trumpet, but | soon de
led against it, ! determined to make q
Fan sweep of the whole matter sent to
cgoaad got an improved Edison Pho
faph vita inteusityiug attachments. j
Jle n,eusiiier at the ratio Of three to
then shouted a battery Of seats into
receiver ia my natural tame cat driving
&C. wound up the clockwork and SET
Monograph near my henhouse. A
Wne connected the clockWork with
lel1ouse, so that a cat on entering the
would set the photograph of, causing
speak once went to bed, gentle
and slept soundly till morning.
AIJer breakfast nay foreman told mo
at about midnight, when the first
caJ started to enter my chicken coop
e-oaiousLy abstract my poultry, tha
loSfapl sort Of cleared it's throat ant
olAu >catn in a voice which rattle
LAaoWs. Gentlemen, my foreman wa
VI ID whom | had the utmost conf
ami 1ttOld me tlat after that phone
spoke he observed Il long, gray streaE
l1caJ reaching from my henhouse door
04oerorush about 200 yards distant
a'Ae phenomenon was noticed by III
~1 III the case OF subsequent cats.
more chickens through the depreda
+" 'DS obnoxious form of vermin
q paused and lit his cigar, which had
'l. lie blew an aggressive cloud d
'~p, elevated his chin and looked ar
on Peters.
u rested his cheek in his hand and
N1itul After some seconds he
o"s breath and said, Zones, may
NJ You TO tell us when this interest
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