Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-26

A correspondent of the Reading Eagle
senls the following: Il have Just learned
the particulars of an enc ,unter b Vi ON the
Blue Mountain on Wednesday evening of
this week, which has caused a gre 1t deaI
of talk in TIL, section. F,r a.ks past
people coming down or crossing the hills
hive reported at various times having seen
a large wild animal. an oilers as having
he lrI deep growls AM str ing. ,is IS at
certain hours of the night. A farmer
along The base of the hills ,st two ypung
calves and an entire litter of yolny pigs
in the short spice of eight days. AMI he at
tribItes the loss t. the incur>ions of this
strInge -,nimtl. Tn-se reports came to
the ears of r i.lolp Pieger. an old hunter
and trapper who has pissed full FORTY
years IN the molntslinS, AMI he m le sew
eral efforts to hunt up the Slring: animal.
but t. No plrpo,e- At list he conclul. Il
to organize a small hunting party. He
got some one TO wri e to Sch Iylkil cnunty
t. two oil friends of his W I'D were also
engaged in hunting, and who ha likewise
passed IN IRE tlan II III their lives on the
mountains. On rues lay last they ar
rive on foot and STOPPED at the C lbin of
Pf .ger that night, determined To start out
Is soon rs they Were re-te |. Their n tmes
two Engllshm n, wIo first came to the
mines win N tile C IN al w u built. but gave
up their b lsiness AMI took to the hills SOON
afterwards.
On Welnes Law afternoon, about two
O'Clock. the three sttrted ou, on three diff
erent D rhwlys. the men h wing previous
ly agree to m .et at the b. tree, a p lint
FIVE miles off in the mountains. They
we're Well arnet and le:erm ne Il to int
up the mysterious amin Al if it were plssi-
BILE. Nptlling h hippened to anv of the p,r
ty up to tn. time when Ph ger AMI
Eancolt arrived ut the tre., which W Is
within half an hour of e lch other. 1t
nothing was seen or heard of Anson The
san hal gone down behind the hills. and
forest AMI WOO Is were becoming gloomy
n the dusk. AnSol W Is IN lkIn his wy
slowly an eau I-isly thro Igl u .leep
underbru,h. and when aboIt one hundred
yards from the point of meeting. he de-
termintd TO pass UP through = small IA
vine, whose sides were overhung with a
.lense under growth of shrubs. When di-
rectly und-r Il Sun Ill CT rIg IN walking
along with his he al bent to the groun and
his form doubled in creeping TN ler II low
vine, Suddenly he heard crash overh .s,i,
mi the next minute he felt the cl1ws of
an animal sink in.o his neck IN flesh. ac-
companied with fierce growls. By Il very
q lick movem mt, Anson swung around
his arms, graspe the animal bv the neck
with both hands d hell il in his vicc-like
grip. He then -tlgg .red hack 20 the clear
ing, when the anim shook off the hunters
grasp. and male All effDft 10 bite his neck.
Quick as thDhght the m IN or .spe a knife
in his belt, and with great vel 'ci Y swung
it aroun | and sunk it deep into the ami
mails side. The brute gave long, low
howl, and ami.lst The excitement man and
beast rolled over on the grouasl, and as
they did so the former received three Sc
we're bites on tn, shoulder. The growlS
Of the animal attracted the atteiition of
the remaining two hunters, who came
llshing throu IN the brush towlrds the
spot where the hunter and the bru.e Were
tussling. The struggle did not last long.
Anson plung "A his knife into the animals
bJiy, and in a few minutes it rolled over
in its own blooi and diel.
The hunters then examined it and found
it to be kind of panther -thoug It to be
h catamount of the mImmo.h species 1t
weighed one hundred and forty-six poInsls,
and me ,sured four feet five and Il quarter
inches long. not co1nting the length of its
tail, which WAS two feet and one inch. 1t
stool two feet an eight inches high, was
powerfully knit and compactly built lis
color was deep brownish black on the
back, and Il slltde liglter on its belly AMI
D pprtions Of its lAgs 1t ln long, sharp
teeth, and may have been seven years old.
Its t;,il WAS inclined to be bushy on the
md The hunters ca rie b lck their prize
triumph. when the animal Wa, skinnel
md the hide will he tInneI. Mr.. Arson.
whose I'M lr;es We're very painful, took it
home with him as relic