Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
INGENIOUS HUNTER
Spread Pepper on Stones ard Rabbits
Killed Themselves Snnnzinn

hoIi Hiiiitl, INC Wbll kIE)WH SI1EfS-
mans guide, counselor and fricni
who recently made Il uniuus record Of
catching three muskcllungc in jar
l.ake--onc with Il spoon. ono with tho
index finger of Ills left hand AMI one
with his false trcth-provcl the sound.
ness of unique theory lc .lnl regard.
ing an absolutely new. 5cicusin" ana
labOr-saving mcthod of catching rab.
bits.
AIR. Miller, as will he recalled. had
light with Il big muskC!,unyr Tor the
nos.csSiun of his false tcett;. recover.
inE them only with the aid of lii;
liz ihful dog, Wellington H. The gigali-
Ii" mUskic had knocked hi; cvockcry
mn'ars II hit in The way q. Il soup. aud
'in!ar:' hit Out nf alignment, and Mr.
Miller ihonsht that something nice ana!
anpctizing in tho way III Il soup az
stew would he easy eating. in add.
ton to comforting the inner man.
So he left Jag Lake and started for
Sober UP Lake, whore rabbits arc
plentiful
On his way Ia Sober Up Lake he en-.
suffered Old Paul one pt the host
known citizens OF this part of ihu
country. ana offered him co.partncr-
ship In tho rabbit hunting expedition
Old Paul was perfectly willing. anil
together they logged along the trail
Mr.. Miller relieving the tcd'im of the
hike by relating 20 Old Paul his mar,
clons adventures NJ the day before.
lust before they reached Sober Cr
Lake big black snake suuirmc,l
across The deer path they were follow.
ing. Mr.. Miller immediately cut a
club AMI proceeded to dispatch the
hony serpent. despite tho frantic pro.
tHStat!nnS nj Old Paul.
You do not kill him" said Old Pan;
''in do you no harm. Nobody DOES he
DO harm. Sometimes he save life. /
ten YOU.
One time 10 or l. years ago when
| work mp in the woods driving 81 tote
tom, come across II biz Swrdc
Fi"a'ing 10 death Il black snake. | say
~ him ms say In yon. 1T is IL Shame
Ia kill him. He ,lu you no harm' The
SwrtlC he take his club 10 me, and we
fghI. we two. Tho snake he stay by
90: Il Minute. ana when he saw lick
Swctlc he wave his tail and he sneak
into the bush.
Ono day soon aftcrward so hunt
ing the rabbit. lust rs | como to IL
lr2ging road track see rabbit on
ih' pttltt Sitt. ~ W CRAWL ONtT the
track when my foot it hit the first
rail and fall and knock my head on
the other rail- where lay what YOU
call knocked ont
Along came Il train of logs, with
the engine on the other end pushing
them at me-
Just at this moment the big blacl;
snake that | had saved from the
SWpflishn. hn nj bf, I,
and he sec me there. He recognize
nc and he see that III one minute |
am ground beneath the wheels.
what did the grateful snake do?
lie come gliding up to me; he take a
rcd silk handkerchief from my pocket; ,
lie streak down the track and wave
The red flag like, SD the train il stop.
ped anu am not beneath tho Wheels =
Tom looked ut Old Paul for min.
ute. Old Paul leaked at Tom. Then
i'anl said:
You klll one of my friends You
so ny the rabbi, hunt Yourself"
With tina. lie started off into the
woods.
This dcscrtion OF OLD Paul was a
severe blow to Mir. Miilcrs rabbit
hunt. When his canoe had sunk the
iay before because he had shot u
hole in it while putting the coup dc
grace to n big yellow hound his gun
had gone down with all the other
duflic. Paul had gun, but Tom had
none. taatf
Mr.. Miller. however, is resource
full son of tho woods He Is bit ol
an epicCrc and likes his food highly
favored. so he always makes it point
to carry with him Il quarter to n half
pnin;l of cayenne pepper In IL pocket
of his hunting coat.
Or course. The pepper was thorough
~ soaked when he had the aquatic
battlc with the m,lslicllungc. but Il
Fight by good fire had dried it on,
The rabbits have regular runs
are as plainly marked as those of the
deer. Mr. Miller, after circling around
for half an hour or SO. found the run
way he thought would answer his pur
pose. Then. picking mp half dozen
slabs Of stone about two feet spunr,
AMI smooth on the top. he carried
them to the trail, planting them II
intervals Of ten feet.
| When these were in position he
carefully busted cayenne pepper over
The top of each stone, whistlcd to his
faithful dog, wellington H.. and walk
ell over to Il brush "lcanto," whore he
passed the night,
Mr.. Miller arose with the sun. ant
in six minutes had reached the rabbit
runway. There on each stone lay 4
large fat rabbii-dcad The Dummies
had come along and shifted ut tho
pepper. Naturally they sncczed, ant
they sncezcd SO hard that they boa
their brains out ON the stones and lay
there for the Ingenious lnntcr.-
Woodruff (Wi3.) Cor. Chicago Tribune