The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-16
INGENIOUS HUNTER
Spread Pepper on Stones and Rabbits
Killed Themselves sncezing.

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(woodruff. Wis, Cor. Chicago Tribune
Tom Miller the we'll known sports
mans guide. counselor ana friend. who
on Monday made a unique record OF
catching three muskellunse in dag lake
-one with a spoon. one with the index
of his left hand and one with his raise
teeth-this morning proved the sound
pess of a unique theory he had regard
ing an absolutely new. scientific and
labor-saving method of catching rab-
bits
Mr. Miller, as viii be recalled, had a
fight with a big nuskellunge for the
possession OF his false teeth, recovering
them only with the aid of his faithful
dog, Wellington H. The gigantic mus
kie had knocked his crOckery molars q
bit out of alignment, and Mr.. Miller
thought that something nice and APP
petizing in the way of a soup or stew
would be easy eating, in addition 10
comforting the inner man.
So he left jag lake and started for
Sober Up lake, where rabbits are plen-
tiful.
On his way to Sober Up lake he en-
countered Old Paul. one OF the best
known citizens of this part of the cOun-
try, and offered him a copartnership in
the rabbit hunting expedition. Old
Paul was perfectly willing, and togerh-
er they logged along the train. Nj. Mil
ler relieving the tedinm of the hike by
relating TO Old Paul his marvellous adj
ventures Of the day before.
Just before they reached Sober Up
lake a big black snake squirmed across
the deer path they were following. MI.
Miller Immediately cut a club and pro-
ceeded TO dispatch the ebony serpent,
despite the frantic protestations of Ola
Paul
you do not kill him" said Old Paul
he do you no harm. Nobody Goes Dee
do harm. Sometime he save life, l tsA
you.
"One time ten or twelve year ago
when / work up in the woods driving a
tote team, ! come across "a big Swede
beating TO death a black snake. I say
10 him as / say 10 You, 1t is a shame
TO kill him. He do you no harm The
SWede he take his club TO me, and We
fight, we two. The snake he stay by
for a minute. and when he saw l lick
the Swede he wave his tail and he
sneak into the bush.
One day soon afterWard / go hunt
ing the rabbit Just as l come to a log
ging road track / see a rabbit on the
other side. ! go to crawl over the track
when my FOOT it hit the first rail and I
fall and knock my head on the other
rail, where lay what you can knocked
out
Along came a train of logs. with the
engine on the other end pushing them
at me.
Just at this moment the big black
snake that | had saved from the SWed-
Usher he come out of the brush and he
see me there. He recognize me and he
see that in one minute l am ground
beneath the wheels.
What did the grateful snake do?
He come gliding up TO me; he take a
red silk handkerchief from my pocket
he streak down the track and wave the
red flag like -. so the train it stopped
and / am not beneath the wheels"
Tom looked at Old Paul for a min
ute. Old Paul looked at Tom. Then
Paul said:
You kill one of my friends. You so
by the rabbit hunt yourself"
With that he started of into the
woods.
This desertiOn of Old Paul was a Sc.
we're blow to Mr.. Miler's rabbit hunt.
When his canoe had sunk the day be-
fore because he had shot d hole in il
while putting the coup de grace to a
big yellow hound his gun had gone
down with all the other duffie. Paul
had gun. but Tom had none.
Mr. Miller. however is a rcsOurcefuI
son Of the woods. He is a bit of an
epicure and likes his food highly fla
VOTed, SO he always makes it 4 point to
carry with him a quarter to a half
pound of cayenne pepper in a pocket OF
his hunting coat.
OF course, the pepper was thorough
" soaked yesterday when he had the
aquatic battle with the muskellunge.
but night by good fire had dried il
out
The rabbits have regular runs about
Sober Up lake. and their trails are as
plainly marked as those of the deer.
Mr.. Miller, after circling around for
half an hour or so. found the runway
he thought would answer his purpose.
Then, picking up half a dozen slabs of
stone about two feet square and smooth
on The ton. he carried them to the trail
planting them at intervals of ten feet.
When These were I'm position he care
fully busted cayenne pepper over the
ton Of each stone WhistIed to his faith
full dog Wellington IT. and walked over
to brush 'lean-to," where he passed
the night
Mr.. Miller arose with the sun. and i'm
six minutes had reached the rabbit
runway There on each stone lay a
large fat rsbbit-dead The Dummies
had come along and shifted at the pep
per Naturally thew sneezed and they
sneezed so hard that they beat their
brains out on the stones and lay there
for the ingenious hunter.