PARISIAN GAT-KILLERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1721, 28 November 1887, Page 3

PARISIAN GAT-KILLERS.

" G*t-kl!lora " sro numerous, but the few who monopolise tho tradw make a great de»' of money out of it. They walk through Paris about midnight with a sack and a oouple of terriers, and when they o»tch eight of a stray puaa off go the dogß, who seldom retor > to their master without their pr'za. Their skins are sold to fcrriers and their flash to the kee era of eating houses m the eubarbs, where " ta^bit-fltew " is a favorite dish. But for stewed rabbits one liken to be satisfied that' a buony has been sacrificed, bo tho workmen whe del'ght iv this dainty require to bpo * rabpit's head as a proof of the hona fides of tin* diah This would i>D2zle an ordinary individual, but the " cit. killer " is a ga'iiua, and a French' man, and is not bo easily dispoaod of. He also deals m rabbit *ktna, and baa an arrangement with the oooka m the neighborhood to let him have the heads at the pame time as the skios <>f the rabbits for hia penny or two. By this ingenious method hs ia enableii to send out to his ouetomers two or three cats' bodies minus tails, with each rabbit's head, and one more dainty dish la added to the Parisian meim, and eight or ten shillings to the well-filled parse of the exterminator of the Mine race.