In Spraggs, Pa., last week, a doughty company of huntsmen sat down to a dinner of chicken pie. It was the banquet tendered by the losers to the winners of one of Greene County's immemorial varmint-hunts. Useful, unique, the latest Greene County hunt was last week described by one who knows Greene County (John H. Day of the Washington, Pa., Observer) as follows:
A hunt will be suggested and immediately the whole village is afire with enthusiasm. Two teams are chosen, captains are elected and the competition starts. Rats, mice, English sparrows, starlings,...
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