Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-24

begun to slacken my pace, and thought
| / had left behind about two pounds of
raw beef and pork, which | hoped had
satisfied the ferocions monster. Just as
| had come to the conclusion that
would run no more, and was looking
| back astonished, almost at the distance
had travelled in SO short space of
time, was electrified with horror to
hear the animal shrek again!
l then knew my fears were realized.
| The beast had undoubtedly entered the
camp and eaten what he could find, and
then had scented my track and had
followed after me. 1t was about three
miles to my log cabin, and it had al
ready become dark. | redoubled nv
speed but | felt that must die. And
such death! The recollection of that
feeling comes tom my mind as wildly as
though knew the animal was now pur-
suing me. But lam no coward, though
to be torn to pieces, and almost eaten
alive by wild beast was horrible.
I" calmly unbuttoned nv froek, with
the determination to throw il off before
the animal should approach me, hoping
thereby to gain advantage of the time
he would loose in tearing it to pieces.
Another shrek. and | tossed the
garment behind me in the path. For
more than five minutes elapsed before
| heard a.shrill cry as he came to it.
How that shrek electrified me! /
bounded like deer. But in moment
the animal made another cry, which told
me plainly that the garment had only
exasperated him in a tiercer chase.
J 40, God" said |, "and must | die
thus | can't, | must live for my wife
and children" and [ even ran faster
than / had done before and unbutton-
ing my walstcoat | dropped it in the
path as | proceeded. The thoughts of
my wife and children urged me to the
most desperate speed, for l thought
more of their unprotected state, than the
death | was threatened with, for should
| die what would become Of them?
"In moment the whole events of
my life crowded to my brain. The hot
blood coursed through my veins with a
torrents force. The catamount shrieked
louder and louder, and as fast as ] was
running, >he was rapidly approaching
me. At last [ came to the brook, which
you see yonder, and it was double the
size which it now is, for it was swollen
by recent freshets, and longed to cool
my fevered brain in it: but | knew it
would be as certain death to me as to
die by the claws of the beast. With
three bounds | gained the opposite bank,
and then | could clearly see a light in
my LOG cabin which was no more than
one hundred reds distant.
| had proceeded but short distance,
before | heard the plunge of the cata-
mount behind me. | leaped with more
than human energy, for it was life or
death. In a moment the catamount
gave another wild shrek, as though he
was afraid he would lose his prey. AT
;he same instant | yelled at the top of
my lungs to my wife, and in moment
saw her approach the door with a
light.
With what vividness the moment
comes back tony mind Thecatamount
was not so far from me as | was from
the house. | dropped my hat the only
thing / could leave to stay the progress
of the beast. The next moment | fell
PROSTATE in my own cabin"
Here the old settler paused and wip-
ed the big drops from his brow ere he
proceeded:
"How long laid when fell, I know
not, but when | was reused to conscious
ness, | WAS laying on my rude couch
and my wife was bathing my head with
cold water, and my children were gaz-
ing anXiously at me. My wife told me
that as soon as | fell she Immediately
shut the door and barred it. for she knew
that | was pursued, but by whom or
what she knew not; and that as soon as
| had fallen and the door closed, fear
full spring was made upon it; but the
door was strong and well barred, with
stood the spring of the beast.
As soon as | fully recovered, l knelt
down and offered the most fervent pray
er to the Almighty that ever passed my
lips, or ever will again. My family and
myself shortly retired, but no. sleep Wis
tied me that right. In the morning,
when my little son, six years old told me
that he saw the ewes of the colt in the
window in the night. knew the cat
amount had been watching to gain adj
mittance: but our windows, you will
perceive, are not large enough to permit
a catamount 10 enter.
when | looked into the glass the
next morning | was horror struck at my
altered appearance, Ny hair, which
was the day before, dark at midnight,
was changed to the snowy whiteness
you now see; and although have en-
joyed very good health since, | shall
never recover from the effects of the
fright experienced on being chased by
the catamount.
Gs 1t is said that forty-eight hours
Of total abstinence from liquids of all
sorts will kill a cold entirely; and he