, 1869-03-15
4 TERRIBLE FIGHT WITH
WILDCATS.
The L4at Exploit OF j "uas 8FooEa, tho
Wildcat Kiltsf OF Eden,

From .hs x,ddlctown {Nsr Yots> Mali.
Over In Sullivan County. along the Ncycr-
tink. is o littIe Ecttlemtnt known as Edcn-
20 nant d. probably as kind Of comPeosa'
lion for being ns unlike the prlmi I've Eden as
ono coald seseiiy imaSins: ons as Of t4s R, esss,
q thorough golag backwoodstnan, terror TO
ali sorts oi Wild vArmIns" that plowl about
that part Of the country, aod pArtic uIatly to
Wildcats, which arc his especisl aversion,
The number OF Wildcats which be has killed
Is lmmcnsc--so many that he ls known every.
where about thHt region By the sohr.quet Of
" Jonas Brooks, the Wildcat Killer Of Eden
BIS various exploits and ndycnturts IN thai
Inc, Il properly written up, would mako
book OF thrilling. Interests worthy con-
pauion to " Tom Quick, the Indian si.yer."
Some lew weeks ago Jonas osnlsd one OF
the.e hated 1elines, while going through
piece of woods, aud, true to bis Instinct, be
made atter the animal, Without stopping TO
consider that he wns upar1ned-u0t: even
having Jack knife about him: HI followed
1t until II setteated to sort Of cavern tn the
rocle, where Jonas made up his mind TO "Ro
lp' and capture the Il yarnltns." 10. picking
up ! tough hickory club, ht proceeded to
enIer the cave. After passing tn. entrance.
10 his surprise he fouIa quite lofty savetn,
extending back some thirty feet. and In the
furthcst extremity xloVed not only one, hat
half dozen pairs Of feroclous eyes. which be-
tpkercd warm work for nnoihcf Intruder.
Jonas was undoubtedly soncshin' took
back" Is be expreased 1t. At the sight Of 40
many elstentnE eyes liked upon him. bnt ae
! 1t WIS not In ni, nature to !elreat n1de1 any
circumstances, he cautiously advanced into
Hc coon discovered that he had walked
lnso real litter Of Wildcats-two old ones
| atd four young ones-aaa about TIC tine ne
had got through counting them the biggest
| onc Of the Blk +t went lor him." Throwing
timstlf back III the augle Of the cavern. the
| hcrculean backwo. dkDau met thu aeroclous
| monster With we'll sTuQx blow from his
| cudeel. which rather "wilsed tho animal' 1or
mon ent tut b lore Jonas had time fairly
| 10 recover hlmkef from thu tIrst onslaught,
the other old cat made dive 1t him, catch
ing on his right hhu1 and shoulder and almost
rendering hun powe11ess, 10 terrible Was the
eEt,.c OF The monsters claws With hls Ieif
1he animal, and after q desperate struggle
succeed In sinking bun OF. Lonas now thought
| that discretion in such q case might he the
"better part Of va1or," and accordingly begaE
| to considcr the chances In his mind III
about be ui'llonth part Of sscond, 2" he sald
do for him 10 leave the little angle in whict
he Was 80 well posted,
Both of the old wildcats, meanwhile, wer
iashcd into state OF the most intense teroct
, u, their eyes xla1taG like Goals OF fire. au
their hair literally standing on end Aud Il
oues-whicb. although only "kitteus,h wer
! not exactly or the kind which lady woul
like to hold ia her tap-began to cxh,hl
4 ! syuptoma ot Joining In hefFh., Just to ''Ge
:, lormant. This was situation: Jonas bega
/ to think this would TT his last fight With wiIt
G cats, and TINT the wildcats would probabi
: have the e1treue tellclty. af eating Jons
i Brooks Tor their supper. All these thought
Il OF course, passed through jo.as' mint
| Nh Ia he nj nal r. t,T q
i at bay by the Livery motions Of his hickos
e | cudeel. OILY Tor moment, however, a8 b
f1aI antagonist again took the lead IN an
d tack, and although she met With a shar
e blow Of the cu5gel. The whole litter folloWt
/. In such quIck succession that Jonas was M
d / Bile to keep them OF. And now eusued
!, struggle which II Is utcacss to attempt
ID ptrt1sy.
ID The ferocioua auinals claved Into Jonas
i. every quarter, Wilt he ,nade almost SUPP
t hunas efforts to ,eur them OF -kuocki'
ie about right and left with his club, as well
d. he was able, and clutcntDg them by !
i. thTosS with his left hard when he got
u. chance. Luckily Jonas was aITayed n
In. Or be would huve been stripped to the sa
Id In no time. The tight was hercc md iivt
:et one for time, as can ho readily lmaginl
ed Jouas was fighting for his life, no. oEeyer, a
~ soon succeeded In putting the young cats h
N. de combat, by cracking them jadic4onsly o.
~ the heads. Els blows upon the old ones
A. began to tell, aud, aftera desperate strurg
ase Ia y hlch one OF them got huishisg bl.
In the other retrcated 10 the hack Of tho c1
''to whers Jonas proceeded 10 do for him a
OF leaving Jonas master 9! INC sstuatso
ere alter The nght, exhibited one suspend
no about hall vest, one leg Of pautaloou.
shirt 10 speak Of, aud pair or boots
), wculdn'tt' shed heavy dew" as jonas
pre-, Ed II. Ills whole body and limbs Y
| - fsnn <x,I kA IA
e. 1an from bis wounds. Notwitnstsne
which, Jor as tic the tails OF the sl1 Il
. cats together, and swinging them arc
his neck he walked home with his lopf