Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-03
WHEN GAME SEASON OPENED.
How the Residents Were Made to
Suffer by the swarming Seekers
After Game.

The dawn of November 1, calm and
fair and beautiful, was like many
lovely mornings of October. Nature
had not marked off any sudden
transition from the eighth to the
ninth month of the year 1901. The
little birds sang cheerily on bush and
brier; the squirrels hustled about
among the fallen leaves for the tooth
some chestnut and the rabbits
scampered through rustling dews
and sheltering copse in the very full
ness of long-eared liberty and legal
protection, says the New York Times.
Thus it seemed in the heart of ma
ture, but not thus was il in the heart
of man. The writer had just turned
over in bed for that hour of sweet
sleep which is said to enhance the at
tractiveness of noble features, when,
bangl bang! came a shocking sound
directly under his window! What
was this? Did he dream? Was it the
Fourth of July?
llClIOs Oub luNlC. Nv SNAAN~'
"what are you doing, anyway
For his chickens were squawking
and flying around the back dooryard,
and their antics suggested at once a
poacher after domestic fowl. From
the depths of the garden shrubbery
issued this reply:
To-day ISIS the law oudt! Der rab-
bits ISIS as much mine as yours"
Get out, get out!" responded the
man who had lost his sleep. 81 will
not have them shotl You are tres
passer!"
Com hee-erl" answered the dis
gruntled sportsman, waving his empty
gun in a threatening manner. Com
hee-er!"
mo; I'll not GOMEZ" shouted the
man in his nightgown. III send q
constable!"
After a lively interchange of per-
sonal abuse, in both choice and
broken English, the intruder left and
an attempt was made to catch the in
terrupted nap.
But, alas, the battle was on! The
entire German population OF Gutten-
berg, Union Hill and Jersey City had
taken to the field. Men, dogs and
guns waxed apace. BY nine o'clock
the uproar was-terrific.
Across the way widow saw two
men, two guns and five dogs chase a
rabbit under her barn. She protested
and the contingent withdrew.
Five minutes later the awakened
sleeper ordered five men and five guns
off of his lawn. And still they came.
Moved to desperation he got hurried
~ into his clothes, sought for a pot
of black paint and brush and began
furiously painting signs which read:
Shooting - Trespassing - Strictly
Prohibited"
Some timid soldiers saw the signs
and fell back, but few old veterans
had to be routed with violent Ian
guage.
SO the day wore on, until the be-
leaguered writer found himself UNI
consciously murmuring: would that
night or Butcher would comet" Then,
indeed, appeared the strangest of all.
1t was the man on horseback!
Over in the nearby pasture lot
doomed to the view a fat Teuton on a
bay pony-game bag, big boots, short,
double barreled gun and all. Three
stout fellows hammered the inoffen-
sive bushes with sticks and four
noble hounds wagged their tails and
bayed aloud under the deep-voiced
commands of their master. The OBJ
server looked, saw and fed!
Although the Dummies had shown
themselves freely during the month
of October on this 1st day of No
vember the historian of the battle
counted only one-and that one
sought for wisdom and refuge I'M
der the lady's barn. And this goes
to show that Brother Rabbit knew
something if Mister Man did notl