Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-07

any one week during Tile last ten
years.
1t is said that the depot on the B.
G.. s. NJ. Railway, across the river, is
too large and roomy To suit travellers
on such morning rs we had last
Monday.
Lunenbarg.
Social Ball at the Chandler House,
next Wednesday evening.
Capt. E. J. Hartshorn, formerly of
this town, was in November last
elected to the Iowa Legislature, from
the district embracing Palo ALo
Beuna Vista, PocahonJas and Emmett
counties, as we learn, without dis
senting vote. In tue organization OF
the House, he has been placed upon
the following Committees judiciary,
Constitutional Amendment, Agricul-
tural College, and Judicial Districts.
For the Herald.
In the winter of 1884, in the
northeast part of the town of Lun-
enburg, q road led through thick
wooded and swampy piece of land
for about mile and half on the
west bank of the winding Connecti-
cut. A young man was passing over
this road on horseback, and when
about half way through the woods
very large and ferocious looking
grey wolf bounded into the read be-
side the horse and very much sur
prised the rider. The horse was at
once put to his best speed, and the
wolf bounded in pursuit, and SOON
came up beside the horse and made y
spring at the rider, caught hold Of his
overcoat and tore a piece ont. The
wolf continued The pursuit through
the woods, and the young man rode
up to the first house very much frigh-
tened, his overcoat not faring quite
so well, as that showed some rents.
The wolf chase was soon known
through this section of country, and
as usual in such cases, there was a
variety of opinions and deal said
about it; and while this talk
and these different opinions
were freely given and said the mail
carrier arrived at the same woods on
his old horse (the mail in those days
was carried on horseback once a
weekly when the wolf made dash at
him as though he was determined To
have the carrier or the mail, but thro'
good fortune or the speed of the
horse they came out safe. 1t was
finally considered unsafe for any one
to pass over the road after dark, as
very many were chased by the wolf
and more or less frightened, but none
seriously injured. AT length the old
hunters in town concluded to make
hot work for the wolf, and agreed
that they would, two of them, 60 ev-
cry night through the woods, well
armed, until they had got his hide
and bounty for his head or he had
left town. The first night Jacob EN-
erson and Jedediah Howe were Sc.
lected to parole through the woods,
They took their hunting guns, well
loaded with ball and buckshot, and
passed up over the road and back
with the greatest caution, but had
seen nothing OF the wolf, and as it
had got to be well along in the night
they began to think they had spent
the night in the cold for nothing,
when they heart noise in the bushes
on the bank Of the river. One of the
men brought his gun to his shoulder,
(the moon was obecured by II cloud)
he could see some animal on four
legs, and of course it must be the
wolf He fired, and the wolf stood
his ground. When the other brought
brought his gun to his shoulder, ready
TO fire, the moon shone out bright,
and the smoke had cleared up; the
one who had fired got better view
and cried out, "Hold on, the wolf has
got horns" They had shot COW
belonging to a poor man who lived
near the rivsr) that had gone to the
river to drink, They had to butcher
the COW and bny another to replace it
But the wolf was never seen or heard
of again in this region, undoubtedly
believing it was best for his hide tC
go to parts where there were less pur
sning hunters; and whenever either
of these old hunters, after this ex
plot, told their great hunting storic: