Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1898 — Great Rabbit Catch. [ARTICLE]

Great Rabbit Catc h .

A cat owned by Mrs. Henry Hastings, of Poultney, Vt., has captured 175 rabbits during its life, which have been eaten by the family. The cat carries the smaller animals home itself, but leaves the larger ones for some member of the family to go after. To prevent the overfilling of bottles an air tube Is placed Inside the filler and bent N-shaped to enter another bottle and draw off the liquid when It rises, bent U-shaped to enter another bottle being filled. Pipes and cigars may be lighted In a strong wind by using a neat little device formed of a conical hood to slip over the end of the pipe or cigar, with a slot for the insertion of a match and a striking surface on the opposite wall of the cone. H. M. Stanley is to make a book of his South African experiences. He went especially for the opening of the Buluwayo railway, and has seen the Transvaal, as well as Rhodesia, and one chapter will be devoted to a meet* to irlto Prfitowt Kruger,