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Show HOW UNPOPULAR LAW GOT f ON THE STATUTE BOOKS "Poor weather for akunking, ra-marked ra-marked one of the regular patrona of tho atove corner of Ihn atora aa he took hla aeat and abmk lha accumulation ac-cumulation of anow from bta ahafciy wbUkora. "'GalnRt tho law to catrh 'era, any way commented the vlllaga wine mau. "Did you ever hear how that law come to b pawned T" querlci the oracle, aa be bit itT a frnrb attew of navy pi nr. No one bad heard of It, but tho wit of tho beer barrel venture! a rent arte that "tho olTenftn waa ranh," and amoJled to tho Canada Inirdvr. Tho oraelo ronlluued. "It waa Kev. DenlRon of Jaineatown. It's a ((Mid thing for tho iiruink. hut It't It Joke on the reverend. Yon ee, Mr. lonl.nn waa formerly pn; tir of tho ltnptlHt rhun-h at Clierry enek. and whllo there ho JoIm tlie utaei;' and bemtne an aetlve nieinhrr. A v li Ho aKo he niovt'd up to Jutmvtown and at-unied tho puatorate of Ihe Calvary It up tint rhunii or tlint elly. Iln in-tallied in-tallied hln metnherhlp In tlx KrmiKtv In fart bf aa a inemhrr of Union KratiK. w hleh nnetit In Jhiik ntuwu. and whlrb la tho larK't and livflleitt Kranae lu tho whole eountry. He aa a cotiHplnioiin ntemher of tin Kiaimo, too, tM'Ing In tm i tho chaplain. "What'a that aol to do with okunka?" fiuerled one of tho group. "I'm coming to that If you won't hurry mr," rontlnued tho oracle. "I)o . any of you people know Itov. Den I k' on? Well, I II deaerlho blm for you. ( Ilea one of tho.a blK, o pro -hear ted, . i whole antilod, Jolly, liberal fellowa f that can bo found adorning the ntlnlo- try In every cummunMy, and he hoa a dry fund of humor that among bta frtenda la -Imply Irreiiittblo. Well, one day tho graiiKO had boon dlicua tug the protection of alinoat every kind of bird and beaut that la found on the farma. and Mr. Don lion, mora aa a ke than any til lii g olae. auagoat od that thla prntiwtlnn ahould bo at tended to akunka. Tho Kkunk," aald ho. with apparent earneatiteM, "la a very imeful animal. Murooviir, he la valuable, and at the prent rate of Mkuiik hunilng ho will aoon ho extor- ': nilunted. Why not protect hltu aa J well an the fmvlH of tho air and Lie 1ih of tho deep? 'Tin' grHimiiB too!: thla talk very j KertoiiHly, and Im fure the I(nv. lieul. ( hoii renlut d what huil huppetid liiuy ' were ailuttiu fikunk proieetlon laws. -It a proetiiiK Hk ui all rinht. On tho farm they are thicker (ban due hllla In Jinniary, ami v.-n In tho city tif JuuieMov. n the p(illeiuen ara I til k In iilnnit a npeclnl akunk drill to etiahU them to eh fine the oJilmala down. Tli re a no mlatako ahout IL You can Juat wntfr, IhottKh. that (he IIhv. Denlittin Un't nay in k tum-h New York Kvenliig I'oat. . f ' j |