The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-18
HIGH HOPES ON SNTFTER.
TIE CROSS EYED GRoUNDHoG noe
OF THE SINNEMA HONE.

A Talent rrop, which own.Troadc Asricni.
turc Expects to Get Rich when n states.
man Has Done His Work-CuuninG or the
GroundhoE ana How snirter Heats u.
L like to mako a few remarks about my
grounding dog Snlftcr,' said the man from over
Sinnemahonc why. "Snifter stands alone ell
by himself In more ways than one. Especially
as q grounding dog. lay awake nights now,
trying to think Of what wo would do over on the
Sinncinahonc II Sniftcr should get poisoned, or
chokcd to death on n bone. or something like
that. I'll tell you why. Listen. tn do you
good. Even you on this side OF the mountains,
it'll do you good.
"Therc amt any bounty on groundhoRs In
Pennsylvania. 1s'pose you know that. Thers'
amt any bounty on en-, md us folks over along
the Sinnemahone are Just ovorrun with .on.
The posky critters undermine our fields. and in
clover time don't do n thing but chaw, UP our
clover, ton after ton. And the downtroddon
farmers OF the Sinnemahone have got up as one
man and shouted that unless the State stops in
and pays them twenty cents or two shillings a
head for gathering them groundhogs In and
Kidding their farms of 'em, this Governmentish
failure and n fraud, and we might MS we'll have
rcd.handcd tyrant3 holding us down in the dust
with one foot on our necks. and booting us like
Sam Hill with t'othcr foot. right under our hind
EbliuD Dullrus1 lnhJ 10, ptONIulub thas wv
Snifter of mine keeps on living. 800
"Now listen. Hear about Snifter. The drst
look any ono gets at Snifter is apt TO be disap-
pointing, for tho points that show upthe most
amazing OH tho dog amt worth as much as the
heft Of lead that II would take to kill him. But
Snifter amt a dog to Judge of by appearances.
He is all points, that dog lie: but the point that
puts him way up head as a grounding dog. and
the one that agriculture over SinnemahoninH
way has set its hopes on. is this one-snifter "
cross.eycd Tho cross-cyedest thing that erer
looked both ways for Sunday wouldn't think it
had even a squint IL It should see Snifter once.
gether they got his right oye where his left eye
should, have, been, and his, left eye where his
right ,rSIns should ,o sII haze a Sssn; S Snd n now them th a,t eyes ,ss are
they belong. The first time 1 called. that dog
after ! got him he was standing on t'other side OF
the yard. and l came Just as. near licking beiix
iooke Cd to me az that SSui instead Of Coming Pet to me he
more than three rods off to the right, to take her
BY the neck; But he wasn't; Al there was to
was coming to me, but he was so amazing cross
eyed l thought he was lacking for the cali.
M aGsoy goS know s That. ss9 ons fglt. darn 1tint f sSey
way: sinnemahqne groqndhogs, I mean.
some amongst you II they weren't; Dut SHINE
be. When a grounding is feeding n q clover
patch he can see e mfIc thats 70.
c enE hear a good deal further. He K Knows
whether, you're coming after him with a shotgun
or obo Whether " ny you've EnNws only 9w s far = s stick xi IN cs yonr
and he gets into his hole in time TO fool the
bullet. The man with a club he'll let get almost
within whacking distance of him.. and then give
him the laugh and cut for home, So you see
that mortal man hasn't got any show against
the critters at all. Not against groundhogs over
SiEnemahOning way. o., =.
Then groundhoFs have got dogs sized up SO
mortal man is. Except Snifter. Smart rs Sim
nemahone groundhogs are they can't size up
Ss ssdfer and and his 1hsI points sse 3 do w6 eem fPou tSeT w,s are
him close. but they don't lose any time by skin
ming for their holes. and don't leave of lippinR
the clover till they see for sure that the dog he's
his eyes sot right on 'em. and then they streak
il for cover, and no living dog can catch 'em.
".snifter goes into a field where's grounding
is feeding. The groundhog sees him. but hav.
snoops along. By and by the groundhoe notices
that strong point Sin # Sni liter - talented ted
grounding. He raises up on his launches and
looks closer at snifter. =.
ewes r.i IN, n 4 mo, pc W S1ys; IN ta a;ns a1E nai !. b sG lo6 6is
ing at anyhowi And which way is he going
There isn't a thing alive that has more Gu.
riosity than a groundhog. He beats a woman
all hollow on that: This grounding sees snifter.
s snu nab,ssf naturally = niyt Thinks Is he hse Can't NJ help ell " Want n
| ing to know what 1t is then that Snifter has got
and maybe looks back over his shoulder. or
way off to one side, to discover what Snifters
eyes are sot on. And that settles the ground:
Snifter has him by the neck. and the ground.
hog is no more! Then snifter sings him over
the back stoop. and goes out to show another
grounding how better than a repeating gun it is
the way Snifter can do it. and has been in the
habit of doing it. But he isn't doing = II now. He
s sssa ! aen sr II s,nfe res on sf the %mnSh nseG pr",
tested, and I'm with suffering agriculture every
time %h HsinF P p %elS OF 1t %ys Sc down..rodden farm.
ers said to me last season. BE you in cahoota
with the iron heel o tyrsnny = =, =,
Then call of your dog : says they.
been ~ploughed and reaped by gronndhoss for
years, till we see that unless the State puts a
SSs ssa iof on en ,sm 10 am mako Ia5 It as a p INT f s9i us 10 or tur so in a
r., ,$co, Old 81 sinn MsTi SnSs, will b,S be SsSf, BY sSos ,hs
statement to the Legislator this fall thatll tell
eRer s ysros so, n% See head .eni BUR { Rs's Says @' the SS P%a Ss
this dog sniftcro Q yopr'n depopulatin. ground
R @Sn't IS Be- s% a ding 'H ono Tee left Tf fSr n the State sS,h f e PUT pntF a
price on. SO. they says. If YOU amt in cahootS
"And saw The point and called Snnifter of.
And we put The boost of honest agriculture
under n statesman over on Inc SinnenahOnc.
and he's in the Legislature now working with
his sleeves rolled up to get that price put on the
groundhog's head. When it's put on III take
the halter strap Off Of Snifter and he'll pitch in
again. He'll collect the gronndhogs. tho down.
trodden farmersIl collect the bounty and divry
with me, and we'n send the iron heel of tyranny
to the scrap heap. .
but s'pose Snifter should get poisoned or
choked to death on a bone, or go dead soma
other way Thumps alive! Agriculture over
Sinnemahoning way would hang Its harp on tho
willows, so to speak, and S~innenahone states-
manship might as well go bob for ecls!' ,
RUSSIAN HUNTING DOGS.