Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-10-02

beginning, then stir the cream lightly
each morning and evening-this will
prevent 1T from moulding or souring.
| Churn as often as once week. and as
much oftener as circumstances will
permit. Upon oh urning add the cream
upon all the milk in the dairy Use
nearly an ounce of salt to pound of but
ter Work the butter over twice, to free
it from the butter milk and brine, before
Jumping the packing. Be sure that it is
entirely free from every particle of but
ter milk, and it will keep as long as de-
sired. In Scotland a syphon is some
times used to separate the milk from the
cream, instead of skimming the pans"
A FIGHT WITH WoLF-Mr Hoffman,
in his entertaining Wild Scenes in the
Forest and Prairie" tells story of an
encounter with wolf, which he thinks
worthy of being put along side of Ole
Putnam's famous adventure. John Che
ney, a regular backwoods rose one
winters morning to examine hs traps ;
"when, " lowering round one Of them, he
discovered famished wolf, which, unap-
palled by the presence of the hunter, re-
tired only few steps, and then, turning
round, stood wathching all his movements
Is 1 ought, by rights" quoth John, "to
have waited for my dogs, who could not
have been far off, the creature looked so
Sarcy standing there. that though [ had
not bullet to spare, could not help let
ting into him with my rifle" He missed
his aim the animal giving spring as he
was in the act of firing, and then turning
instantly upon him before he could reload
his piece So effective was the unexpec-
ted attack of the wolf, that his fore paws
were upon Cheney's snow shoes before he
could rally for the fight. The forester
became entangled in the deep drift and
sank upon his back, keeping the wolf on
ly at bay by striking at him with his club
bed rifle The stock was broken to pieces
in few moments, and it would have far
ed Ill with the stark woodsman, if the
wolf instead Of making at his enemy's
throat when he had thus an disadvantage,
had uot, with blind fury, seized the bar
rel of the gun in his monstrous jaws
Still the fight was unequal, as John, half
buried in the snow, could make use of
but one Of his hands He shouted to the
dogs, but one of them only, a young un-
trained hound; made his appearance ;
emerging from thicket, he caught sight
of his master lying apparently at the
mercy of the ravenous beast-uttered a
veil of fear, and fed bowling to the woods
again Had | but one shot left" said
Cheney, {" [ would have given it to that
dog instead of despatching the wolf with
it" All this passed in moment the
wolf was still grinding the iron gun bar
rel in his teeth he had once wrenched
it from the hand of the hunter, when,
dashing like a thunderbolt between the
combattants, the other hound sprang over
his masters body, and seized the wolf by
the throat. There was no let 60 about
that dog when he once took hold. If the
barrel had been red hot, the wolf couldn't
have dropped it quicker; and it would
have done you good, l tell you, to have
seen that old dog drag the creatures head
down in the snow, while /, just at my
leisure, drove the iron into his skull
One good fair blow, with heavy rife bar
rel. on the back of the head, finished him.
The fellow gave kind Of quiver stretch
ed out his hind legs, and he was done
for"