Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1916 — FOOD JAR SKUNK TRAP [ARTICLE]

FOOD JAR SKUNK TRAP

I Wlnsted, Conn.—Skunks es- ’ caping from a skunk farm in ! Lovely street caused residents. ; in shat section no little trouble. » Recently several entered DanleT J Ryan’s cellar and pushed aside > a heavy cover from a stone jar j and ate the foodstuffs inf IT. > A miscalculation in this ma- ) neuver, however, resulted in a > skunk falling into a crock and J the cover slid back into place, > imprisoning the animal. Ryan l will not apply for a patent on the > skunk trap. Anyone is privileged , to use it, he says.