Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-22

whole town were already moving to man the
surrounding roads and fields preparatory to
forming the ring fer surrounding and entering
the swamp, Within an hour we Of Steven 5
Branch neighberhood were on the greund. and
Just in tmc to fiji cut the last remainins gao of
the ring, which in the outset was formed by sta
tionary men ia circular line, about forty rods
apart, by the captain of the day, who, we be-
lieve, was Captain Jshp Stewart, Of that tewp
10 test the connection of the ring in all its parts,
the word " Dress The iae'" was gwen cut BY
the Captain, and being passed on and success
svely repeated By the men en- the left. came
round in a momcnt like u Geographic despatch
to the place Of beginning The word fernarS
next came and rang round the line; when ey
cry mau and ssy put his best feet forward, fer
the centre of theswamp, till the thickening lire
of the cenverging circle was brought to iaolese
not more than an acre Of the woods. All were
then brought to halt, and ordered +te lock
out for bears! Tan unnecessary order, for by
this time every gun was cocked and every eye
strained to catch sight Of the expected Mon
sters Of the thicket. The next moment we
heard rastling noise, and caught glimpse Of
a dark object in the bushes before us, whom q
dozen guns were leveled at it, and enc Kan, in
his excitement, fell tc swapping his cid fatlock
at it; but fortunately before he could get his
piece off, the object came in full view, and prov
cd to be q little hump-back old man, with o
black shag spencer on, who had theughdessly
attempted to cress ever fem the ether side OF
the ring,aad had came thus near losing his lie by
his rashness The ring was then closed up,whep
10 one poet, frightened rackoen was fouad to
be the only creature enclosed, and, after boing
pierced by 9Fty bullets, was the only trophy
carried of of the great bear hunt of that year.
But the greatest and most successful hunt Of
the. kind that ever came eg in Washington
County, was the great Wolf Hunt on Irish Kill,
lin Berlin, ae early as the winter of 1896. The
wolves harboring in that mountain, and coming
down every night to the settlements in Berlin,
Mortified and Williamstown, had made ouch
ravages among the sheep that nearly ell the ac-
tive men Of those towns rallied On an appointed
day to destroy OF dis!edge them and forming e
ring of seine five or six miles in extent, moved
forward, at the word, fer that purpose. And
so we'll wac everything managed, that they
closed, in an almost impervious ring, on a-dozen
wolves, and half az many Of their second oeus-
ms, red foxes; upon all which, as they raced
from side to side of the marrow ring, tremen-
dous fire vas opened. One old soldier who was
there, in after times ted usthet the bullets fes
so care.essly that he never felt himself in more
danger in all the battles he had fought with the
British. None, however, were hurt, and seven
wolves and TIVE fexes were brought home dead,
as the trophies Ofthe day. fhe bounty money,
some fifty dollars, was expended in grandsup-
per provided by the Town Clerk, cid Eseui1s
Knapp, together with those then iashionakt
trimmings, which made it, probably, jollifcs-
ton which needed as muck apology as anything
of the kind that ever occurred in the good tews
of Berlin
DANA's PATENT CeRN !PLANTHn. ID. C. A.
Richardson of Berlin, who owns the right eI
this machine for the counties of Grand Isle
Franklin, Orleans, Lamoine and SO much oi
Washington as he has net already sold, is nov
abroad selling machines, and rights for towns
&c. Ne one, we tlnnk, who sees the simple
contrivanee for corn dropping and planting all
in one operation, will fail to see at glance that
it is just the thing, and have one if he can pes
sibly raise the $500 asked forit. 1T must save
at least, 81 90 per acre for every acre planted
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH OF NoTED MaN.-
Last Saturday, the Hen. Cyrus Barton, q wei
known politician Of Concord, N. H., dropped
dead, Of the heart disease, az he toek his seat
after delivering speech at a political meeting
in that town.
VERMONT CENTRAL RAnmoAB.-We publish
below the actual earnings and expenses for the sil
months ending December seth, 1854:
Gross income for SIX months SSl14 1876 4!
Expenses Of operating read 26i 1877 So
Net income $l53,5es, n
Of this balance, 81 II 444 has been expended
for the purchase of new cars, to meet the want
of the road, and the balance {seme SAC ,0o0) fU
new ireR to relay the trsck, in order to put the
road in the best possible condition for Doing it,
business The expenses of running the road TO
the past six months was about 60 pei cent agans
80 per cent fer the previous six month"; and &C
cordingiy the net receipts shew handsome gain
although the gross earnings have not bsen ma
terialiy increased. Boston allies.
QuIcK TEAvELlSG Engine Ne. 90, on tb
Western Division Of the Erie road, lately ru
lis coneeeutine miles in 1871 minutes. Thi
trip was made with an ordinary train, and eve
an unduating read, having frequent grades c
30 feet. The engine has IG inch cylinder, e
inch stroke, and l-s feet wheel, and was bull
at the BostoR Locomotive Works
There is o colored woRaR living in HeuTefor
near Ogdensburgh, N. Y, whe claims that sh
will be zee years old next May. Her name
Susan Wadsworth, and she was bern ia Middle
town, Connecticut. She remembers the leaGin
events of the French war Of 1856 57-5s tx
massacre at Fart William Henry by the Frenc
and Indians under hIopicam and the fall Of Wo
at Quebec.
CHILD SMoTuEaED TO DgkTx The Mes
buryport Herald Of this morning says that {
Tuesday Of last week child was smothered
death in that city, while ia the arms of it's mot
er The family were enjoying a sleigh rid
and had wrapped it too closely to preserve
from the cold Their misfortune was not ma
apparent until stopping at stoTs, they II
covered the t,le one to warm it,
GREAT FiRR IN GsRHAM. N. II --Burnir
of the Machine shop and Eugine AoGse--W
were informed by the politeness of Virgil
Paris, Esq, and also Conductor Gould, that