Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1918 — John Burroughs’ Rabbit. [ARTICLE]

John Burroughs’ Rabbit.

In July the woodchuck was forgotten in our Interest In a little gray rabbjt which we found nearly famished, writes 'John Burroughs. It’was so small that it could sit in the hollow of one’s hand, -. . . We had to force the milk Into its mouth. But in a day or two it began to revive, and would lap the milk eagerly. Soon it took to grass and clover, and then to nibbling sweet apples and early pears. It grew rapidly, and was one of the softest and most harmless-looking pets I had ever seen.. Tor a month or more the little rabbit was the only company I had, and It helped beguile the time Immensely. In coming in from the field or from my work, I seldom failed to bring it a handful of red clover blossoms, of which it became very fond. One day it fell slyly to licking my hand, and I discovered it wanted salt. I would then moisten my fingers, dip them Inttf the Salt, and offer them to the rabbit How rapidly the delicate little tongue would play upon them, darting c»it to the right and left of the large front incisors, the slender paws being pressed against my hand as If to detain It.