Show I 1 aff f f 1 tiff affif iffa auf 1 10 in the bush lea lecque ue by W D BUSH J in n the st john news a few weeks ago a statement was made that the farmers out there didn dian t want anyone hunting crows on the r property and that they the farmers not the crows believed those b ads did more good than harm since that time tim e a fe few w pe peo 0 pie out there have called me to say that the statement did not ap ply to them for they were anxious to see the birds killed off perhaps some want them killed off and some da dodt t and whether they are good birds or bad ones I 1 cannot say but I 1 will offer a word of advice to all hunters before you hunt make sure you re not trespass sing on private property and if you think you are go and ask the owner for permission sometimes e s farmers have livestock on their land and even though they may not be in sight or ielne in 1 ne of fire there is always a chance of their getting hit by stray bullets trespassing by hunters has al ways been a problem for farmers and stockmen especially in rush valley we used to be plagued b by y i swarm of them every weekend at our place they would shoot from the highway from their cars or from wherever they happened to be and shoot in m any direction they d shoot at any kind of bird rabbit ground squirrel even chick ens and dogs A neighbor had a fine hound which he kept around the house and used for hunting coyotes the dog was a female and very friendly not at all vici ous and would scarcely ever bark at strangers one day three hunt ers pulled up in the car and took turns taking pot shots at the am mal the sharpshooters finally hit the dog in the jaw and laugh ed as it ran crying under a build ing this target gone they began sniping at a calf in an adjoining field until another farmer happen ed to spy them then they got back in the car and left but ent ever apprehended it was the same type of person or persons who got a great kick out of shooting holes in the clover ward church and again the same variety that delight m blasting all road signs until they are herfor abed with holes and cant can t be read I 1 ive ve seen sportsmen drive a long with their rifles sticking out of the car windows taking shots at everything they take a fancy to these kind of guys will shoot at a jackrabbit that runs toward a farmhouse or toward a bunch of cattle or even a group of people these guys don dont t care what hap pens to their bullet after it leaves the gun they only want the thrill of pulling that trigger and feeling like that all powerful frontiersman with the fire stick in m his hand there was a lot of those 9 guys in the service that s why a lot of our boys were shot by their own buddies they simply take time to see who they were shoot ing at I 1 d like to see some 0 of f these trigger happy sports get a good big fine or spend a few weeks in the local crowbar hotel now for the limericks and I 1 can bet youve heard thousands lets write one to apply to the local scene shall we wea into the bonvil one sat came a thief to steal a new hat sandy was cookin but olie was lookin and cracked the mans skull with a bat olie ohe can do it too he hes s got all sorts of bats there now that base ball season is about to begin that lust just a warning to hat steal ers we can bring more local people nto this see A confectionery owned by cec I 1 tate rate Is a good place for husbands to wait while wives are out choppin the men folks can drop in and eat read buy bullets or bait A fellow by the name of edward bear lear wrote a lot of good lim limericks ericks his main idea was to play upon some physical characteristic of a person this is exemplified in this oie orle there was a young person whose chin resembled the point of a pm pin so she had it made sharp and purchased a harp and played several tunes with her chin most people dont don t know that cosmo was also a writ ter of nonsense and among some of those limericks he penned we take this there was a young lady of N niger igar who smiled as she rode on a tiger they returned from the ride With the lady inside and the smile on the face of the tiger carolyn wells was a champion among limerick writers her point depended upon the absurdity of repetition pronunciation or ling this one is hers there was a young fellow named tate who dined with his girl at 8 08 but I 1 d hate to relate what that fellow named tate and his tete a tete ate at 8 08 here s some more along the same ine 1 ne A girl who weighs many an oz used language I 1 dare not oronoz her brother one day pulled her chair right away he wanted to see if shed she d boz get it ita see if you can this one she frowned and called him mr because in sport he kr and so in spite that very night this mr kr sr clever isn t it ita here s another one using abbreviations when you think of the hosts with out no who are slain by the deadly cuco its it s quite a mistake of such food to partake it results in a permanent slumber what s f faVorite a k 7 Is it gro tesque or giddy serious or silly usable in public or only in private 7 all of you must know some that I 1 don it let s hear them send them in and it if printable we 11 use them there are plenty of types of lim ericks here s one about food A diner while dining at crewe found quite a large mouse in his stew said said the waiter don t shout and wave it about or the rest will be wanting one too one about false teeth there was an old man of black heath who sat on his set of false teeth said he with a start oh lord bless my heart ive lye bitten myself underneath and this one about a priest there once was a pious young priest who lived most wholly on yeast for said he it is plain we must all rise again and I 1 want to get start erat least getting tired of thema 0 K we 11 II stop then of course we could go on for hours telling about the young lady of twickenham ham the maiden from siam the man from nantucket the lady from lynn but I 1 wont won t ill save them for another time and just end this with one about an island in the far off seas there was a young lady from guam who observed the pacifies so calm that there can cant it be a shark ill just swim for a lark let us now sing the twenty third psalm |