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Show SECURED A LEGAL OPINION Farmer Desired to Know Just Exactly Where He "Was At," and Probably Prob-ably He Does. "You are a lawyer, aren't you?" asked the young farmer. "Yes," replied the young lawyer genially to his first client, offering a chair and assuming a fine nonchalance. nonchal-ance. "Well, I want to know why it is unlawful un-lawful to kill rabbits." "Well," said the lawyer, "it is against the law in this state to kill rabbits in the closed season, which includes the summer months, and you can't shoot them at any time without a license." "Well, s'posin' they get into my cantaloupes. can-taloupes. Can't I shoot 'em for tres-passin'?" tres-passin'?" "No, you can't shoot a rabbit for trespassing. The only thing you can do is to have him arrested." "If he comes into my house I can shoot him, can't I?" "Not unless he breaks in. If you leave the door open and he walks in you must not. shoot him. But if he accidentally ac-cidentally falls into a pot of boilng water you can make soup of him, I suppose." "It seems to me the rabbit has a great advantage over me. Pie can eat my cantaloupes and cabbages, but I can't do anything with him." "You can scare him if you wish. You can shoot at him. but you must not hit him. The rabbit has this advantage ad-vantage over the cantaloupe, too if you shoot at the rabbit and hit a cantaloupe can-taloupe it is all right. No harm done. But if you shoot at a cantaloupe and hit a rabbit it is a fine and imprisonment. imprison-ment. "However, in the open season all you have to do is get a license and you can go and shoot rabbits or cantaloupes can-taloupes either. "As you see, you will then have all the advantage. You can get a license and the rabbit cannot, and you can shoot, a privilege denied to cantaloupes. canta-loupes. You really have quite an advantage. ad-vantage. "My fee is $5. Thank you, very much." Chicago News. |
