Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12

A WASHINGTON horseman and club
~ fellow 81 prominence recently en-
gagged as hostler IN his stables an
old darkey from * ntucky. The old fei-
lows dialect and quaint ideas are con-
slant source OF amusement to the horse
man and his friends. a few days ago the
olubInan was looking over his stable and
said TO the old hostler:
Il suppose your master down in Ken
tucky had some fine horses?"
Deed he did. sab, passel OBJ EN-:
an dey was all named after folks in de
Bible, dey wuz. Der wuz Faith, Hope
and Cha'ity, Bustle. Stays and Crino-
LUe all il one batch oh spring colts
Little Jimmy and Katy, two Washing
ton children, nave just returned from
long vacation in the country-the first
truly rural visiting they had ever had
Their father says that the first day of
their visit the little boy became very in
terested in the cows. followed the man
out to drive them home in the evening
and even stayed in the barn at milking
time. At supper, just as Katy was lifting
her glass Of rich milk. Jimmy cried out:
'Oh, Katy, don't drink that milk. 1t
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Little Mary's father had been teaching
her how to walk properly. Walk slowly
and turn out your toes he admonished
her
While she was undergoing this teaching
she attended Sunday school one day. The
golden text was. Teach me to walk hon
estly." After recftlng 1t several times the
teacher asked:
Who knows what that means?'
~ do replied little Mary. Walk slow
1y and turn out your toes
"Remarkabl things happen down in
Maine" said Washington sportsman
Just returned from an outing in the north
eastern forests Of that great state.
1T isn't the prohibition law that affects
veracity. apparently-not q bit OF il! It's
the piny air which undoubtedly is stimu-
1ating to the imaginative perceptions. A
guide told me this story by the snnudge
fire at the door of log camp this spring:
" There was gang Of Canucks at
Goose lake, where We had our sports
camping, n they had some sort of q trawl
rugged up on the lake. with the shore end
made fast to canoe. Laws? They didn't
care about no laws! II was cert'in sure
great place for ducks and white perch
schools of 'em-and for geese and sports .
At night US would hear EN- honking over
head and settling on the water for supper
and lodging-the geese, not the sports
"'One night I went down to the lake
for water an hour or so after the Canucks
had set their trawl. But / didn't draw
no water i yelled for the Canucks to
come quick and get their canoe. an they
came quick. The canoe was going out
pretty fast. and there was the greatest
honking and splashing out on that lake
that you ever heard.
well, when they got hold o that ca
noe and drew It in they had a perch on
nigh every hook o thai tlawl, and hooked
TO the perches and tapping outrageous
was the geese. They had tried to walk
away with the whole outfit, fish, trawl,
canoe and all
us ii a true story?'
you city sports make me tired
Did you ever hunt rabbits with crabs?"
asked a whimsical Washington business
man just back from long vacation on
Long Island of group OF friends at
luncheon the other day. Without wait
ing for a reply, he continued:
81 have hunted rabbits liz all the usual
ways of course, but none OF them COM
pare at all for sport with this method of
my own invention. First l procure
strong net, a number of short tallow can
6les and a supply OF hardshell crabs.
These last must be just out of the water
and very lively.
81 hunt around until find a rabbit
burrow with two entrances. and over
one Of these / fasten the net securely.
Then all that remains to be done is to
prepare my crabs for their part of the
work.
Lighting a candle. hold 1t, wick
down, for a few moments, over the back
OF the crab until the drops of melted
tallow has formed pool upon his hard
shell. Into this j stick the candle right
dc I'M n q mi r6
ems and holds II firm and upright.
when / have several crabs fixed up
In this way i send them. IN single file
Into the open end of the burrow You
oan perhaps imagine the sensation of the
rabbit when he sees this weird torchlght
procession making its way down his pri-
vate hall. l fancy 1 can.
Anyhow, / know what he does when
he sees II. He makes tracks. just as fast
as he can, for his back door, where of
course, he finds himself stopped by the
net
It's great scheme; nothing can beat
It. and you can recommend 1t TO all your
sporting friends
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One OF the younger members OF the
Washington bar, whose unfailing 1ovial
fly makes him favorite in every gath
ering. told this little story at his own
expense the other day. Said he:
We'll, my eyes may look somewhat
OF the blink, but i didn't fall off the
wagon yesterday. 1 am still living out at
my country place in Virginia, you know
and there was nothing doing In the way
OF sleep out there last night. In the
first place, we separated Il couple of
calves from their mothers yesterday and
shut them up In the barn. and the calves
bawlei all night and the cows beloved
Then We took a litter OF pigs away from
the sow. and the pigs squealed all night
and 80 did the old one. Besides all that
bunch of kittens which accidentally
happened TO be shut up in a room which
the old cat couldn't reach meowed until
all hours. and their mother tried scratch
Ing at all available doors and windows
TO get in. The dogs were excited by
the racket, and they Oarked all night. II