Salt Lake Herald | 1891-04-30 | Page 2 | He Was Astonished

Ho Was Astonished I A we turned into the main highway I from a ross road we fell in rear of a funeral fune-ral proc > sf > ion about half a mile long which was made up of farmers and villagers lagers We had gone nearly n mile when we saw a man running across a field hatless hat-less coatless vestless and barefooted Ho was waving his hands and shouting and the procession at once halted to see what was the matter He struck for the head of it and as he climbed the six rail fence alongside highway and got his breath he gasped out All of you folks come right over here a quick as you c < n1 Why Ben whats the mattE 2t asked the preacher in charge Come a quick a you can urged the other by voice and gesture for I plugged the hole up before Ileft1 But whatis itP Its a rabbifc biggest one you ever saw rabbit in a holler stump and it wont take out over fifteen minutes to chop him outlMove Move on driven commanded the preacher But hold on Hes in there and I plugged the hole and it wont take me ten minutes to git an ax I The procession moved on and continued to move ant by the time our team gob up the farmers face expressed about eleven different sot of emotions Whats the trouble I asked Whywhygosh hang itl Ive got the I biggest kind of a rabbit plugged up over here in n holler stump And the procession wouldnt wait to help you chop it out Nol Ive heard that the country was turning over 1 new leaf and acomin right up t frills and scollops but I never believed be-lieved it nfore Wont stop and help chop out a rabbit a great big rabbit goshl New York Sun