Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The Havana Journal says: We recently heard of a good joke perpetrated by a Chemung county farmer, a member of the Elmira Farmers’ Club. He had been bothered greatly by hunters from the city, who had entered his woods with a perfect abandon and slaughtered the squirrels in great numbers. One day he procured two or three squirrels, took them to a taxidermist, and had them stuffed. He then took them to his woods, and nailed them fast to the limbs of as many trees in such a way that they could be easily discovered by the hunters. How much powder and lead has been wasted on those squirrels it is impossible to tell, but many a good marksman has wondered why he could not bag the game. The old farmer has doubtless enjoyed many a hearty laugh at the discomfiture of the hunters. We are not sure that we ought to have let the secret out, but the joke is a little too good to keep.