A "Colourful" 1888 Story about Jack Rabbits?

They were the usual winter prints of red squirrels, white rabbits, and foxes, but the brooding farmer professed to see something not quite right about their nature and arrangement. ... There had been a moon, and a rabbit had run across the road, and the leaps of that rabbit were longer than either Ammi or his horse liked ... Colour Out of Space

From:

BIDDEFORD DAILY JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1888

Millions of jack rabbits migrated from Oregon to Idaho during the recent cold spell in the far northwest. They crossed the frozen waters of the Snake river in hordes, and presented a wonderful spectacle to the people who saw them.
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The cat story is pretty interesting fro fans of the Kappa Alpha Tau. The aligator story - well one supposes that Washington politicians rarely change their scales whatever the century.