New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-21
PANTHER SHOOTING ~ RHODE
ISLAND.
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Inst Sundsy morning at about T. O'Clock, when
some OF our good people were kept s"ahe " ~la'
stemed 10 the very dfoereeable sound oi tue Demo
cratic guns Mr.. Edwin {. Nichols OF Coventry, who
had beer kept awske by s,mcthlng almost as bad a
yio1t too;hashe cobcuted that be would relieve the
ram by stro in the woods and shot Il. rabbi; oc
two. So taking his trusty double-barreled gan, esd
calrg bis faithful dog. which wa quite US ready IS
hmfelf for anything that promised bit OF sport he
started end hardly had be closed the door bchnj hun
Wit tie dog gave ole III II he was on track. Sup
posing that the animal had started rabbi he followed
On nj little surprised at the conduct Of his ~ who,
instead of pufhing boldly on ~ tho game, kept githn
tailiug distance OF his master and tsIuenty tIrded
elot nj TO lie sure that be was folio -iDg. Presently
Il ey arrived Ticket Of brushwood aud Mr. Mich
beoId something plungiig through the leaves aud
branches very dfeient frOn rabbit. II proceeded
with long, steady leaps, crushnS the underground at
every stride.
lie cog and his master whose curiosity
fully aroused that lie quite forgot his thothache fol-
lowed behind til the animal mounted tree, snd for
The fret tine Coventry Nmrod caught glimpse
Of the gsce in the moonlight partially obscafod by
The brsIcbes Of the tree. IL was evidently animal
quite different from any thing that he had been acus
Toned 10 chase in the woods of Coventry. de could
cply see tIat appea'oa five six feet IN length, a1d
dat WI 80 heavy tbs' the branches bent bene ,ih its
weight. Placing himself in a favorable post on, he
mt charge of shot into it, which hal other eff .ct
thar 10 send it higher up the tee, VIII ca nc The top
seemed hardly strong enough TO support 1t. Ifkius
aim gain he gave the unkn wn bea, the contenfs ct
tie ober b-ue, when. the animal, lelping from tue
tree land striking within ten feet o the spotsm IN,
sprai into the bustes.
The dog follow cd, and springDg on the back Of the
animal {, uhc hnself in position here il was very
dii;o ult to held a0d very unsafe t. let Co. lie
ctose the latter however, and made hts escape wth
Isss danase thap vas 90 be expected uafof The cn-
cnusi,rcc. Seeing what little eject sh { hld upon
the strobge beast Mr.. Nichols concluded TO ny the
virtue of hall He r.turncd to his home, aroused h's
broib. rib law and the two proceeded T. the house OF
John James OF Wet Green Sicn woo needed 40 uTg0g
TO icin the cl re- Thu'r ecplorced, with th'T guns
Loaded with ball. and with Mr.. James, do, hey
"yuuint' was last seen. Aftor search it was dis
covered wouutcd, but still s.ronS aud herce Dir;
james put ball ID h ck, am MI Nichols Dli16ed
with ahoiter IL Lisvi;nis
l,rcih to the erd OF his fall. and weighing hundred
nouuds Yes'orlay lc was brought INTO bsn, and
was seen by great many people az linIngh's' Amy
store. Not few of the spectators we're sl Affected
at tic SIGHT that they found il necessary 10 take
jtC. something" II Is Mr.. Almys intention to stin
tie skin and to plce in his eet ,blish nent in New
Iuik we'd Known 10 his Providence fep1s as a NICE
place TO get bieab fart or dlncer Mea time, IL
viii be cXLbiitC for two days at No. lS3 estnaser
S.mo two years ago three aniusl--a tiger bear
an3 l. pabihei-got hose fIom Ineneg -rle, on tho
StoniIei RailIuUJ. Ihe bear WAS Allied, auG lie
osrer brt ught sut against the cooperation; but the
Coutt decided tAst a raUoad was not responsible for
Il cusiody If i'd oeAss thai broke away ron their
coues vas COILS tered at the time that tie decision
wssartmaikaole e.ilercc of the power who. those
giant corporations teve obtained over all parmcat'
# lie v.rpuent: bu, II has never been reversel.
This Isntttr was doubtless the one kin5d by orr
young irtnd, Nj. Nichols The ta"ny coi'r Is SUN
si.rt Cjd,nc. il any were needed that il could no.
have b. eu naive 81 h region AMI &c utterly reject
ne theory that connects the animal in any way wan
the ore srity ior Buchanan in the single to" that
he Den ociGis canitd IN Kent County Eos we snou'd
Lave stated that the panther although started IN ~
entIy made his way chectly, and IL would seen IN
sfirctyoly to Wet Greenwich, where he was killed,
ihe Town Clerk, Major James, being present and