The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-02

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the federal party of old, and to the de-
Tense of which | had thought proper to
challenge him, to his great and unequalcd
speech in reply thereto; though it is ccr-
tain that for day or two it seemed to
many that l had come off victor in the
contest"
BUFFALO HUNTINd.-From the shelves
of the modern library, says the Chicago
Tribune, ideas have been gathered re-
specting the killing of Buffalo that are
totally at variance with the facts. The
hunter, symmetrical being, generally in
loose.cut undressed deer.skin leggings
and tunic, adorned with dried quils, and
fringed, leaps on his painting steed, and
chases the bison many long mile; and,
at a convenient distance, with his strong
right arm, throws the sinuous lasso, bring.
ing the monster to earth in the midst Of
Its wild career. Calmly he takes uner-
ring aim with his goodly backwoods rife,
and lodges the leaden messenger of death
straight in the brain of the lassoed brute.
Leaping lightly from his steed, the hun
ter then advances cautiously, knife in
hand, and the bison's heart has scarcely
ceased to beat ere the luscious steak is on
the glowing coal. And SO forth and SO
on, until the remaining meat has been
hung up on tree or buried, to be come
for at another time, and the animal duly
flayed and its skin set out to dry in the
sun. For a gilt-edged young gentleman
fond of romance, who had the good luck
to End terrified bounding bison out all
alone, with his hoofs and horns safely
locked up at home, and his teeth in
his waist-coat pocket, that library pic
tnre will do well enough; but the reality
is sometimes grim affair. The bison
run in herds of from two to four thou
sand head. and when they are alarmed
scamper off, and when they scamper off,
God help the hunter or score of hunters
who are luckless enough to stand in their
way. A hundred hunters would be swept
off the earth into atoms as certainly as
though they were to oppose with their
bodies a locomotive engine. The bold
hunters do not chase the bison in that
way. They have learned wisdom and
tricks since they shot bison for the East.
ern markets. They adopt all kinds Of
stratagem. the most successful of which
is the digging Of little pits, or hiding il
natural holes where the buffalo is sure to
pass. Here they wait many weary hours
before the herd takes up such position
that they eau be safely scared from the
rear, with the certainty of advancing in
direction of the hunters. Once scared,
they will come tearing on like the wind,
and the hunter can pop at them in front
from out of the pits, while those in the
rear pop at them behind and on the sides
from their sau0es. ~ bison VIII always
jump hole, but if he turns aud shows
fight, most hunters prefer not to abide
the issue. 1t is risky business, and
only fit for Indians and whites Of the
most unsettled habits
STARTING TO ScHooL.-Out of tn,
Sunderland and the snowy pillow rufhe'
two little eyes are kissed open an hour
earlier than usual to get themselves ready
for school.
Oh there are "hurryings to and fro
and tremblings on the stairs and nervous
) ness of little fingers and larger ones cx
cited joy in 6ve-year old's eyes and !
shade of half-regret in mammals +; on
more ration of pickle, jelly.cake AM
bread.and-butter in the dinner, aud
primer with damaged picture alphabet il
: the satchel.
A tiny handkerchief has to be marke,
! with the important owners name, we
' apron must wait for its ruffles and then
the school ma'am and the brunette mai
0 den pass out at the front gate
Mamma swallows something that ha
suddenly grown in her throat and is as
- tonished at the mist that comes betwee
!, her and the wealth of wavy brown hail
that glitters like silk in the sunshine
Then something drops on her cheek an
$ its no use Mamma is crying som
l. tears. presently she smiles little, weep
r. some more, aud then, remembering thi
W this is only a repetition Of what ever
m mother has to endure, she turns with
v little show Of bravery to her work, pau
L. ing to press the mold around the stem
10 the pot rose and notice it has another bu
1T and then going back to catch anoth'
glimpse Of the scarlet and white d.
or moving around the bend half mi
Is away.
N Grandma comes out of her room sa
< ing show still it is !" for mamma has n
l. sung bit all the morning and-we
he grandma sees how it Is and sighs al
1t smiles, remembering things that happen
d, at least twenty years ago.
e. Cough says; There are people vi
m can make nothing out Of joke. lfy
y say to such man, " cant drive joI
"A into your head with sledge-hammer
m he will solcmnly ask. " Do people dri
e: jokes into other peoples heads with
vn sledge hammer ?" He lately travell
r.. with such man. He told him the lit
al story Of the darkey. who appeared wi
na a very nice hat on, aud when asked wh
40 the hat cost, didn't know the storekee
eis er wasn't in when he got it; and 4
nd man said he should think he'd have ask
-, the clerk. Then he told him of the N