Monday, September 30, 2013  Is it curiosity or folly?  The other
day I went over to Mom's farm. Pulling up between the garden and
the house, I noticed that the Havahart® trap had a juvenile
raccoon captured in it.  My mom has been waging war on the
groundhogs. They've been burrowing under the sheds and ruining
the old stone foundation to her farmhouse. So she has good
reason to be concerned.  However, no one is usually around to
watch the traps. My mom doesn't actually attend to the traps. My
brother-in-law does. He lives over an hour away and doesn't
always make a weekly trip.  A different bandit I called Brother-
in-law on my cell phone walking over towards the cage, "Did you
set the trap?"  "No," he replied.  "Then who did?" I wondered
aloud.  "Guess your Mom did before she left for work a few days
ago", he responded.  The little raccoon was weak and shaking. He
would try to do things with his paws, but the strength just
wasn't there.  Bringing my attention back to Brother-in-law, I
asked, "How do I spring