The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-23

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days, but it Hoes no E"d now,
Brown walked out after supper and
no swoars ho canght tho rabbits
playing harroom With tho bottles.
They swagGcrcd around like II pai sci
of drunken mon in Il bar, ura,k toast
to each other, and, onco and while,
would engage in regular rough and
tumble fight. An o,d lsoumd stirred
out among them aftcr Il while, but
they scampcrcd or very lci,urcly
and rs good rs hollcrrd back; "Wo'll
call again tomorrow" Tho next
night Brown had stuffed suit Of old
clothes mp for tho maraudrrs, but tho
rabbits laughed and flung mud on
his straw man mh played around
him like children AROUND Mayrolr,
AS for tho hroomStraw around the
trees, Brown Swrarss that ho watched
them mount ono upon tho othcr's
shoulder till they wore rlcar above
tho straw and then "Skinncd tho cat"
on t.H limbs, ana such other Nv, ma
SUM tricks as they desired.
The fact is, Br'cr Rabbit is one Of
tn" Young g"nera,ion-np to date in
progress and has no respect for old
togyiSm. The poor old down tro2-
den hound dog is the only thing
that sticks to old people against
these marautrrs. Br'cr Rabbit uu.
d"rstands this nd he is doing every
thing he can 10 cNtcrminu,c the
hounds, and to bc convinced as to
how we'll he is succeeding You will
only have to listen and hear the
average Georgia Legislature men Der
discuss the dog problcm> / am
for the dog, and so is Brown, and
W" have a contempt for the lcsisla,
tors who would help the rabbit along
in his dcvilment and forcc the poor
dogs ont Of existence.
There is lots of going off "half
cooked" on this dog question. True,
the sheep of Georgia may need Il
little sympathy, and we old-timors
are trying to make it disgrace
among dogs to kill sheep, and
whether wo succeed or not, sheep
killing dog is Il gentleman beside Il
thief that will clean your garden of
the last vestigo of green truck and
then laugh in yonr face for grumb
ling. a sheep killing dog will hang
his head and look humble when you
catch him i'll his meanncss, and thcro
is q. hoap Of consolation in this for
an old man. We hate to bo robbed
, and then scorncd, and the young
generation will too, rs thoy grow old,
and l can toll them that progress
, shows it's most unmercful side in
tho person, and habits Of tho up to-
date Jack rabbit Of Georgia.
This is no joke. 1t is distrcssingly
serious. Tho rabbit problem is surely
with us, and a-growing fast. The
wolf, tho fox and thu black snake
used to bo the natural enemies of
Brcr Rabbit, but thcy have had
to give way before progress, and
now, if they oXtcrminato tho dogs,
yon may look for great calamity
in tho way of a pest rom tho rabbit
family, and l hope you will romom-
Dor that | told YOU so. If you don't
mind thcsc rabbits will soon have
tho right of suffrage bestowed upon
thcm and will quit spelling their
names with two "bs," and white felix's
will start for something grecn or else
DO ridiculod for being out Of date
and behind tho times.
What pity it is that tho rabbit
is the only thing that thrivcs with
progress. The fish had to go, the
fowls of tho air had to 60. Even
the sorpent, with all his cunning
had to 60 The horse is departing
fast and tho birds are noarly gone
but tho rabbit is here by worry larg,
ajoIity, and ho fattons on progress
Whom wo used to go to picnics ir
olden times, and tho boys had tc
help their swoothoarts whip the rod
bugs off OF their pretty white stock
ings, wo thought that these "clig
gers" wore clear beyond the reacl
Of determination, but with all Their
numbers, thoy had to go--tho treac
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