Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-16

Il took nearly half an hour to perfect the
ring and impress every person in it with the
necessity of sticking 10 his post let what
would happcu Then the order went round
the line the tin horns again sounded. and
the march recommended. Very Don the cry
came;
"Woli on the right Look out Tor him ON
the leftl"
4 moment after three shots were heard
almost simultaneously on thp l.lt aud the
cry came back,
Wolf wounded Head him al :"
The excitement was now intense. The
center had already reached the top Of the
ledge and the wings were fast cl1 ing below.
They had Just surrounded the space between
the rocks and the water when two wolves
were seen dashing through the bushes. Then
another then another.
Shot after shot was fired at them, and cries
of " There they GO stop 'en! Look out
for EN- Head 'em oti r. made even more
tumult than the guns.
We boys became greatly excited Such
wild hunting few of ms had ever taken part
in before. aud our spirits were keyed up TO
the highest pitch BY this time the wolves
had become frantic with terror Glimpses
of their dark gray forms were seen as they
dartad madly through the under rush
suddenly great black fellow rushed up
the cliff uoar'tho center pantirt with TX
haustion. broke through the ring. aud would
have escaped, but hwy who had no rife
rushed after him with a club, yelling SO
irichtiully that the wolf. In mortal terror
turned and ran into tine ring again. Here
he soon met his death at the muzlles of half
a-dozcn rifles.
Another crack of rdcs and auuther cxult-
ant shout. Wolf killed IN The center ;" A
fourth vollcy and more triumphant news,
WOLF killed ou the leiti'
Then two sharp shot, followed from the
right. and the cry, "Stand 10 your places
Two wolves broken the rmgV
There was mll in the firing now; for
fifteen minutes no game in sight Finally
a number of mon were sent in TO beat the
/ bush. Nothing was found The rest of
| the wolves had either escaped or secreted
| themselves in the holes Of the ledge
The hunt was over. aud there was no more
| to do but to pick up our dead.
Two of the three slaughtered wolves were
/ gray. and of medium size The one killed in
/ the center, however. was very large, and al.
most jet black Several of the Old hunters
| said they had never seen larger one. lean
| still remember how savage Dr. looked as he
| lay on the ground before mo. Ii ! bah met
/ him alive. might not have been ashrave %.
the boy who turued him back into the ring
The great exhaustion OF the wolves car
only be accounted for on tine superstition
that they understood their extreme peril long
before the line CLOSED down on them In
their fright they had run through the wood
in every direction, seeking some avenue fol
escape only to be turned back in create
terror.
\ list of the names of all those engaged il
thehunt was made out on the spot, to be passe,
into the hands of the town clerk, aud W
went home highly elatcd with our success,
though considering the number OF hunter.
the amount of booty obtained was ridicu
lousy small
That night the wolves made that sam
forest hideous with their bowling, am
another hunt was made the following day
which did not attend. Three nore wolve
were killed at that time.
The state bounty on the three dead woye
amounted to sixty dollars. To this was a,
ded the value of the skins, several dollar
more. | recolloct that my share Of tn
money was just twenty-nine CENTS fouh
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