The Reverend Dr. John was a country minister and was very fond of
hunting rabbits. One fall day he was out in a field along the public
road at his favorite pastime, and had located a rabbit. Just then he
spied one of his deacons coming down the road. Thinking to play a trick
on the deacon, he pulled up the collar of the old coat he was wearing,
drew down the rim of his slouch hat, humped together and made himself as
unrecognizable as possible. He then turned his back to the road and
began to take a very deliberate aim. The deacon was interested. He
stopped in the road. He walked over to the fence, and leaning on the top
rail, he called out, "Give him h----l!" The Reverend gentleman shot the
rabbit, and then turned around--but the deacon was off on a run, nor
could the minister get anywhere near him for six weeks.