The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-01-07
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shout $50 weeks s.ace va oar fotarr
rom MQu4aieg aud sitting aith Hon
Daniel Baa lwan. Proadmt y! tie Yer
Hua. 8utHal Fas Insagauco Company
BE- iald us Substantially ,ko following
siols. Which - End Is last weeks Ar.
zus and Patriot He Was then eleven
tean Obj sho bad ihe fearful advea
ure lha story Is = deep Interest ID
teeli. made iou0iy 81 aa i truthful ac
count q etenis ia taa carly history 81
oul state showing lhe dangers aud an.
+ uoyahces q nhieh The early eettier.
were opposed
+ Oac saturday night, about dark, IN
tbe month II February, 1903 a smart
+ resoluie boy, wio vas then elegen years
old rho N l alive. and one IN tho
mos. hN Satyens n Montpelier
assa si8o had bee boarding 0ui ts at.
tend the district school on the lower
part of Dog River started on foot and
aloue 10 50 10 bis fathers house. three
OF Four miles up the river, over road
leading AZ that period, through dense
/ forest, q hls destination, near the bor-
/ dera of Mortified Not nntlcipat,ng
tie least difficulty or dangcr in accom-
pbehing has undertaking, he pushed
confidently forward, till be reaa he'd the
los cabin of old .Mr seth johnson.
which va~the last house on the way
before entering the long woods sepera.
ting The lower settlements from chose
IN the vicinity 81 Mortified Fails,
whittier ho was bound As ho camo up
Mr Johnson, who was then in the yard
on learning his destination, ominously
shook h.s head, nnd said
Daniel, you must not try to 90
through tho long woods to your old
home 10 night for the yannits viii catch
you
But the boy, not frightened by the
warning was for going ou, when Mrs.
johnson came ont aud iuterposed by
saying, Now, Seth Jonson, if that bow
willgo, You must 90 with him. They
have been proving in tho WOODS every
night for week
Well, | would 90 if could not do
better by him, bat / eau contriye TO
furnish him with better safeguard
than my company will afford returned
the husband Daniel you hold on a
minute aud viii show you.
80 saying, be ran into The house and
brought frebrand formed from a stout
sapling club, with one end well on fire.
and putting it into the boy hand said
20 hin;
There take, that and begin now to
SWING It enough to keep it alive, and if
the savage brutes beset YOU On the way
SWING il round like fury, and run the
gauntlet tad, Ia warrant lney wont
dare 10 touch you"
The boy, who had been staggered by
what ho had heard, now however AZ
he was armed with the etiicacious fire
brand, as ho gas told il wonid prove
again went fearlcssly forward. But tha
events Of the next half hour were des.
tined to change his feelings of conf.
dence into those of lively apprehension
for he had not pono more than half
a milc after entering the woods before
his ears were greeted " a long sbril |
howl rising from the forest a short dis
tance 10 his left, bringing the unwel-
come conviction to hl8 startled mind of
the near vicinity Of one, at least. of the
Wild beasts, against which he had been |
warned the terrible wolf. And toadd |
To his dismay, the howl he had hoard |
vas almost instantly answered by n /
dozen responsive howls from various
different points, more or less distant
on the wooded SIDES Of lrish Hill which /
rose Immediately from Dog River an
tho East while these ominous sounds T
by beng often repeated, and by growing +
louder and more distinct every moment
Very plainly indicated that very LARGE
troop Of these savage brutes were rap
idly closing IN on his path, with a pur-
pose of which he trembled 10 thiul
Believing IL would lie as dangerous for
HIM to retreat a. advance lie hastened F
hlF walk into run, aud commenced
swinging his fire brand as be went. ho-
ping thus 20 get through tie woods be-
fore the gang would beset his path.
Bat lac soon found that neither his
speed nor his fire brand were sufficient
10 ensure him against the Threatened
danger lie had not gone ansther half
mile before a fierce aud hungry yowl.
issuing from dark fitting figure In
the road a few steps III advance. brought
hm t0 stand. lis recoiled from the
tnghtiul cry, and began 10 retreat but
his steps were quickly arrested by an.
other fierce yowl apprising HIM that
the enemy were in possession Of the
road behind as nell as before him. +
VIII e out there on bis left-out here
on hls rlght-and everywhere around.
rose IN full chorus the same shrill eager
hungry yowI! yowl yowll for lis
blood.
Having become perfectly desperate
under these appalling surroundings.
ahich plainly told him that a struggle
.or his hie Was now at hand, he made
sild rash forward, swinging his fire
brand around him with all his might
md altering fierce yell u every bound /
10th % keep up hIs own courage aud ]
.nghieu assay the wolves, which we're ]
1eeplng pace WITH him, galloping along /
IN each side of hls path. or leapiug IN
g the road behind and before him. be. /
setting him - closely, and with such
e"lduess aud determination. that it 81 !
on required actual contact u the fire !
srand WllA their noses 10 make them {