The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-02-26
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ST. B.rxABr Canada, 1874


We once got started nothing wo1ld stop
tbc slaughter bot darkues. nr lack Of
shooting material. FRIDAY night We
secured the town fer guns, and laid IN
oar stock OF ammunition, which, by the
way, isa very important part Of a bnu-
ter's outfit / calculate that onr stock
averaged about a. well as that Of any
party that has fitted out siuce the DAYS of
Daniel Boone. Il was near eight O'Clock
>. ~. when We left ST Baruabe aud
plunged into the mad aud primeyal forest.
4 oar party consisted Of Mr.. Roloh. avset
. two Canadian guides in fan war. paial,
and two dogs Immediately on striking
the woods We threw ourselves into atli-
ludcs ready for instant action, and ant
sorry to say We had no occasion 20 throw
oursclvt, out Of them, only as the po.it-
ion became tresomr and obliged US 10
change hands tar rest. lu fact, We
travelled mem early morn uutil two .. m.
without seeing living thing twice the
size of June bug and IL was astonishing
how fast | lost interest Ia that raid atssr
twelve O'Clock. begged one Of the
guides TO throw himself up aud let Us try
him on the wing, bat he natly refused -~
J Nothing presented itself to relieve the
monutonv but certain inids, that suffered
continually
A . fuf al Ia 81
/ ting ou fallen tree, / thought Of my
/ dream Of the night before, aud then the
moriyiug fact dawned upos my beuight-
ed miud that dream, always 90 by con
lraries.
Asil was then late, and we were about
8 miles from any living thing, we deem
ed it best to strike civilization as soon as
possible, aud with this thought upper
most i our minds We turned in the di-
rcctiou OF 81. Barnabe. don't know
how the others felt, but was growing
savage. was determined 10 shoot some
thing before got home, aud when we
were so near ST. Baruabe that | knew
4 where | was, lett tho party and went
into business Tor myself, and it came very
near being grave mistake. Shortly ai.
ter We separated, as | was making my
way through an opening in the woods,
was startled by hearing loud grunt aud
something run. | was frightened,
thought OF bears aud panthers, and a cold
sweat fairly stood on my gun barrel. |
buttoned my coat around me to keep from
shaking 10 pieces, and cautiously moved
away. In doing so discovered the cause
OF my unmanly agitation. II was stand
Ing about five rods away, and was moth
ing more nor less than a hog but such u
hog | never saw on hoofs before. He
looked as though be had Just returned
from an expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin, aud had endured the privatons
ters. Why, YOU could have cooked him
bodily aud he wouldn't have produced
enough grease to lubrcate the balance
wheel OF u Howard adjustment. The
idea of being frightened by hog reused
my indignation TO such pitch that de-
termined to teach his hogship good les
son. Accordingly, / levelled my Canadi
an stub twist in his direction and covered
what | could with my sight, and then,
without word of warning, introduced
to his notice about quarter Of pound
OF No. &, backed up by a reasonable
amount OF protective material. To say
that the swine was taken by surprise
doesn't express it. For about minute
guess he thought King William had made
another forced march on The Rhine
Eleven seconds later, ha,less and gunless
and seuseless, | was ruminating on the
mutabiity OF human calculations among
the branches OF small OAK, whittier !
had taken myself rather suddenly TO es-
cape the fury of the hog onslaught 49,
LOoh iug at him from the tree, ! never
iJr an Instant doubted bat what that hog =
whole soul was IN the work before him.
never saw a more thoroughly interested
specimen Of OF hog anatomy IN my life j..
lie peeled the bark oil the tree with his
tusks, aud ploughcd deep lurrows Ia the
dirt aud leaves directly under me. From
base bull point OF view, that porker did
the finest bit OF fielding / ever saw.
thought OF George Wright, Ros. Barnes,
and other noted players, but tue hog sul.
iered 10y comparison. tried to enter in-
to conversation with him, with the view
OF getting him TO play Ia Boston next
season, but Is near a. ! could make out
be was already engaged, I didn't relish
the idea Of remaining in that tree long,
tor was barehesded, aud feared sun
stroke; besides, never took much utter.
est In the lumber trade But delivercuce
: came from an unexpected quarter. II
appears that when fiscd one Of the dog.
lefs the patty and started 10 the direction
Of the sound, thinking, uU doubt, had
discovered game, aud 50 ! had would
give all possess iu the world 10 know
what that dog's feeling. were a. be came
upDn the seeue aud saw me mp the tree
aud The hog standing guard ! was cual.
plelrly ogcl j3tcd, aud eatnc ncar falling
= uut ut the Tree iuto the jaws ui death, ul
the hog. However, Ghr gruutcr aow
tutued his attention 10 Tie newcomer
and / made ap my mind that it llst dos
didut want craPe uH hi. front door ia
the marniug be had better ieaye me @,
my late, bat The result clearly proved Ga
ruth of Bi'f. temars, ihsl thrfr afi
motc lhiuss tglxl bea, 20 .ud earth Than
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