Show I 1 trained for coons handsome Is that handsome does whether in one form of life or another it aint no use bryin to get a I 1 coon at all unless youve got a coon dog says a maine woodsman you can take a high toned dog of some fancy breed i an bring him up as careful as aa you please an the chances are that he wont be no more use for huntin coon than he would if you set him agin i I 1 I 1 wild elep elephants hanm or debbe a mongrel yellow cur that nobody knows where he come from an that looks as aa if he from a burdock root will be a regular cyclone when he gets after a pair of coons its a curious thing too that a coon dog aint good for else for ten months of the year hell hang around gettin licked by all the other dogs an gettin kicked from here to yonder by everybody but when the middle of september comes he be perks right up an for a couple of months hes the biggert toad in the puddle he realizes his own importance then an hes right about lt it for a good coon dog is the hardest kind to get it must be born in him or he wont be no good at Ct catchin chin coons must be born bom in him well that applies to other knacks besides that for the successful pursuit of coons lewiston me journal |