Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-07-03

~ Aho NAAti Nho AT ANdA tuoutus ft~tUA-
ly, however, Juno's glossy black head EN-
erged from the water; and, to my delight,
began to make rapid progress towards the,
aud landed safely The poor brute, wet
aud shyerlng, cooled herself up at my feet,
with her bright hazel eyes fixed on niue
with uetiabie satisfaction Poor Juno sub
sequenty fell victim to the Muggers.
when her master was not at hand to succor
her. meullon these facts, to show that the
dabolcal revenge with which | afterwards
assisted ia visiting these monsters, was not
groundless. But the strongest occasion of
IT remains TO be told.
Just as the trains" were beginning, my
neghbor, Mr.. Hall, sent me word that he
intended paying me short visit, aud re-
qnested me to send a sycc (groom, with
saddle-horse, to meet hun at a certain place
on the road. The syce. Sldhoo, was smart,
open-chested, sinewy -lmbed little fellow,
perfect model of a bped racer lie could
rnn-as Is the custom in the Edst-aong-
side his horse at a pace Of seven or eight
mile an hour, for length Of time that
would astunish the best English pedestrian
| ever heard Of
Towards evening Mr. Hall rode up to
the bungalow, dripping with water, aud COW
cred with mud. saw at once that some
accident had happened aud fastened to as
sist hun.
As soon as he 60, inside, he said in an
swer to my baulerng about his "spui"--
Il am IN no humor ior testing. Your
syce is los, Z"
Drowned ?"
mo; eaten by an enormous croco-
die w
lie added that on arriving at small null
la about Two miles off, he found II so much
swollen by ram, that he had to swim bis
horse across II, holding one end Of tie cord
which SIdhoo, ln common with most Hln-
docs, aore cuiled around his waist, aud
which was used IA drawing water from the
deep wells Of The country. Hall got safely
across, aud then commenced pulling sid
hoo over by melus OF the cord. The black
face with ghe white teeth and urbau, were
bo0biBg above the muddy water, When all
al once the groom threw up his arms, gave
loud shrek, aud sank below The surface.
Mr. Hall, who had doubled the cord round
has hand, was dragg, INTO the water; where
he got a momentary glimpse Of the loug
tiiaANb Aali VI d VI ~ iAciAii- iiit wafer
a short way ahead oi han ia his Efforts to
save himself he lost his hold of the string,
aud with huSh difficulty cambered up the
slippery bank of the nua. All was now
siiil. Onli Sdhoo's turban was to be seen
floating loosely, considerable way down
the stream Hall ran towards it, with the
sort Of feeling which makes a drowning
man catch al straw; aud b. Qeans OF d
suck he succeeded IA tshiug 1t out and
brought Il with him, as the only remnant OF
Sldnoo he could give an account Of
Bad news soon spreads in an Indian WI
lale, aud Siuou'> fate was soon made
known 10 hi. wife; aud ia short time She
clme crying and soOOug to the bungalow
ana land her youngest cmd at our iuend''
feet The tears g,lsleued ga the poor fell
lows ewes as he ued TO soothe and cousol,
her, winch be did by promising 10 proyId,
for her aud her children
Although Hall was generally runnin.
over with tuu, we smoked our cherools tina
evening n silence, except when We propos
ed schemes for the annihilauon of the Gro
coolies. a great many plans were discuss
ed-uut none that offered much chance @
success. The next day, after breakfast,
was showing my visitor ga.yanic blasun.
apparatus, lately received from England
blowing up the snags (slumps a trees
winch ubslrucl The Navigation of the riyer
| was explaining rs mode Of actIpn 10 hun
when he suddenly interrupted me with
The very thing lusieAd OF snags, VIII
not blow up the Muggersl"
countess that there could be no reaso
VII, We should not blast the Muggers. In
difficulty was only bow TO manage II; ye
the more we talked of 1t, the more ieaslbI
did the scheme appear.
The brutes keep pretty constant TO tn
same quarters, when the fish are plenutu
aud We soon asceuained that poor S,dhoo
. murderer vas well known Ia tie neighbo
$ hood of tie uulla. lie had on several o'
casions carried oil goats, sheep, pigs, an
= children; and had once attempted to dra
= a buffalo, whom he had caught drinking
] mio the water; but, from all accounts, eau
4 of second best ia th,s renconlre. Thel
% not being enough of water Ia the nulla
e drown Tie buffalo, the Mugger soon iouu
he had caught a Tartar; aud after ben
well mauled by the butiaio's horns he vi
F. fun to sculle of aud hide himself anon
! the mud
e had observed, when blasting the snag
r that the conclusion produced 10y the d.
Il charge had the effect OF killing all the n
r within the range oil some twenty or thur
o yards Amer every explosion, they Ne
q luund III great numbers, huckiug on the So
d face of The water with their bellies uppt
Il most 1t now occurred TO me, thai II \
e could only get withln moderate distdn
c OF tae Mugger, Al we did not blow him
, pieces, We would at all events give hlm
Il shock that would rather astonlsh mm.
d explosion of gunposdef under the wat
II communicates much seyerer shock to I
IS object, IA MS immediate vicinity, than /
II same quantity OF powder exploded IN the a
the greater density OF the water enabling
D. aS II were, to give harder blow
Y Having made our arrangements,
Ii Hall, my brother, and myself, got int
Y small canoe, wlth blasting apparatus
II board and dropl down the stream 10 wh'
p the nulla discharges ITS waters INTO l
r, kohau. We ,hen got out aud proceeded
L. village close by, where we obtained, FOL
few anuasi the carcase OF a young KID.
OF flask with about SIX pounds of gunpowd
al and having The conducting wires attachi