| Show COR correspondence RP fis liS E Tho who seaon Senon Immen iq siau SIan ii le of I 1 rabbits wyo yso two Thon thousand sty sli killed CH fal may edlio edito editor demerec de se r e t news sms the past win winter winten berbere here hero has been a very open one little or no broy bloy till march which was wap p a cald storm month coming in like a going an iceberg leeberg our crops hilve ave summered suffered greatly this spring from the ravages a es of the rabbits some part of our fields have been made as al bare betle by as kila the grasshoppers peri used need to make mako them these animals seem toi to increase nerease much faster than we can kill ahem them off in ihfe the ordinary y way yesterday the was gaj tipi poka pointed ted for a general raid on the tiie rab rau rabbits bits at 8 am a m we the meetinghouse meeting house bell rang calling tile tiie ople opie 6 together gether ether tiey they turned out our men wamen and childre and onder the he direction of the managing committee formed a line one rod roa apart from each other about two miles iong long armed with sticks and clubs they marched through the fields and across the valley to little salt sait luken lukea distance of six niles miles all were forbidden to use firearms of ot any kind for fear of accident armong so many women and children excited excitement clent rient now commenced and was kept up till we reached the lake but the beautiful line formed at the tho start soon became somewhat deamoral zed however good execution was done dona among the twe grain destroyers over oven two thou thousand sand saud rabbit labbit were destroyed A number of the boys boyt carried short heavy dubs about 18 inches long with which thea were very successful in throwing and knocking the rabbits over ever generally killing them with one blow the tho Ori original gidai giDal intention wa 4 to drive them before us until we got them penned against the lake and then commence the work 0 destruction but it was waa found abets they got goV excited that they would ru run a in every direction bo SO we kill killed edia edja ji great many kanj before wp WO reached the lake the people te re tu turned rhedin in wagons to their homes in tho afternoon feeling that they had ai accomplished a work of necessity s atas it is proposed to hay e mure rabbit hunts bunts oon hoon of or a similar kind hind peace prevails and the be health of tho the people is good W C I 1 mcgregor mcg ACURE REGOR clor |
