The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05
LOST HIS RABBITS FOOT.
The New One Burns Got Brought Him
Ill Luck.
From the New York Sun.

FROM lne New I Ofk sun.
John Burns, a colored hostler, SO years
old, who lives at S29 East Ninety-seventh
street, lost his rabbits foot about week
ago. He had carried it in a small bag
fastened about his neck by stout cord
since last New Years day, and the charm
had brought him varying success. There
fore, when he got drunk on Dec. "a and
spent the night in a lumber yard, where
thieves not only carried off all his money,
but also his lucky rabbits foot. he con-
suited with his friends as to what he had
best do in the matter, They told him that
as the old rabbits foot was lost he had
better get a new one, but that it would
be best to wait until New Years eve so
that the new charm could begin to get in
its work at the beginning of the year On
Tuesday night Burns provided himself
with razor and started out on a in
spection of the butcher shops along upper
Third avenue. He finally discovered a
brace of gray rabbits hanging on hook
in front OF a store, and, waiting until
the butcher was occupied indoors, sneak
ed across the sidewalk and slashed off
the left hind foot of the largest rabbit
Then he hid the foot safely in. the inside
pocket of his coat, and, whistling mer-
rily, started off down the avenue.
In the Yorkville court yesterday morn
ing Burns told Detective Murphy that he
guessed that he must have tackled the
Wrong kind of a rabbit Instead of bring
; ing MN the expected good luck, the new
charm had landed him in the East Fifty
first street police station, whence he was
taken to the police court and committed
IN IN $z,VO9 pan to stand trial on the charge
I've had ten years of hard luck since
= ocleck TINS morning, said the negro
to a sun reporter, and when | get ont
OF the scrape I'm going to hunt up the
butcher and ask him where that big
gray RABBIT came from. l left the foot al
the station house. and if the Dolice know
their business they'll burn it. >
The immediate cause of the ostle,,s
downfall was the method used by Mrs
street TO brighten INTO obedience her =
year-old sun Andrew. Like great many
other mothers who live on the east side
Mrs LiStner discovered that Andrew xa,ae
more susceptible to unseen terrnrs tbsn
10 the rod or to being sent to bed without
his supper. Since his earliest recollection
Wnen ne didn't behave his mother had
threatened TO make him crawl under the
bed, were he would find big black boyle
man lying in wait to deVour him I'm
til yesterday morning his terror of the ira
diuonal b9gie man had over come the
ehild's desire to disobey the dictates Of
his parents But the evil spell contained
in the new rabbits foot in the possession
of Burns. combined with the fact that
Andrew is now years old, and had out
grown his youthful fears, brought matters
early yesterday to climax, which incl
dentaily pat the owner of the rabbits
foot in the embarrassing position already
alluded.
The Listner household celebrated the
opening of he New Year by sitting up
until shortly after o'clock YESTERDAY
morning. The unusual dissipation made
Andrew cross, and when his mother told
him to so to bed he rebeIed
Very WELL said she. IF you don't
under the bed you go, where big niger
will get you and carry you off
Andrew Dondered q moment, then al
most Frustrated his mother by declaring
hravelly that he didn't believe there was
any black bogie man under the bed anv-
way, and that to prove Z he'd go and see
Then, followed by Mrs Listner, he started
for the bedroom. in one corner of which
stood the large double bed in which he
had slept ever since he could remember.
Fearing that her pet rlse would lose
its effect when put to the test, Mrs List
ner said that she guessed he was a good
boy after all and that he needn't dirty
his clothes by crawling about in the dust
Andrew had got his spirit to the sticking
point, however, and getting down on his
hands and knees began his explorations