St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-02

content to let Col. McCarty pilot John
Bull through the domains of the butfa
loeS and amtelopes to enjoy the hos
pitalitic> of the ''Staked-plains- to
Slake their thirst in the hr;lckisl waters
of the Yellowstone and bathc IN the
GeN SerS. have no fears of their being
lost i'll the iahyrinths of the wilderness.
knowing that they can always retrlcr
their steps back So old England 10y the
hotties. have no feaiS for the game
ol the West menaced 10y an expedition
en- mdsse of English hunters, trained
chiefly to shooting rabbits and semi
domestic birds and bucks in their own
harrow preserves at home, while Yer
mont. after IL close settlement of IL cen
tury furnishes such fine examples as
am about to relate.
Il have sailed east and sailed west
and sailed ueaI some private shore"
and have never met Il more natural
sportsman or Il more genial man than
our friend. Mr.. Sol. Durham, of Han
cock, better known as The ''hear hunter
He Is the hero of my story and if !
We're writing privately to Nou, Mr.. Edi-
tor, he would need no further introduce
ton. as it has been your good fortune
and mine to have met him at his hos
pltablc home and in the camp 10y the
mountain pond and stream. He is IL
gentleman of the old school. somewhat
aiIrr the Misunderstanding type, tull of
the uui,1r.t bopboumjc. and ycrv in
t.IIi"rut in the. current matters of the.
day. He i> IL thrifty farmer. and OF
>hrcwd Judgment in all matters OF bust
ness. Although Il scXagenalian, his
dark bInNu hair has ali the Iusrer of
Youth. and his skin is as fan aS that ol
The. hloudt,t lady. and his mudeStN is
something admirable Yet this is no
parlor knight that | have dcscrihed.
hut 4 hEnt>mau bold, whom not to know
uyvhrrc fom White River to Lake
Diumorc is to argue ones self unknown
in the fields ot the gentle or more heroic
>nnlt. ..Nr. Dmhum" has inst honor
ed me with , visit. and his urrScucc
,.,s rb, ti,>t ,;,y of smiuu than has en-
t.rcL m, winter >eclnsiou. We talked
,f ON, .xru,.siou INTO th, Riutou ,oli
indies. v, called tn mind that terrific
sh,,,.k th,t St,rtl.d II. one dark uiuht
in ,..,,,r and that vou Mr. Editor. rhr
other day rrot;lurIy attributed to a
..tirttul' h,Lnrho". have. his word
than If MAS unthiuu els. than 4 LYNX,
.And finally he rccouutrd the story "t
his last encounter with Il family Of hcIl>
and how he made up the mumhcl 0t
fifty killed 10y his own hands. upon
. which he had resolved To retire,
. \ parry nt foul gentlemen from Spring
field. Mass. came /" Vermont la>l tail
I" pass thrir variation and breathe thc
my iUoI;Itiug aIrot the mountains. w hil,
stopping at Bethel they hcaId ni Nj.
Dunham IL living AT the tuoI of the
glrcuc>t OF uu! mountains. in the midst
of pirturr>uuc scenery. and ~ Il mai
thai could. if any man could. put them
ON the track of Il bear. 80 they crossed
over the I.NmpIl> Hills to Hancock. and
ruuiidcd themselves tru>tim.lN tn hi,
hands \ man that had killed forty
nine l..aI> would he APT To know where
to look ton them.
Ou the other side of Il range OF hill>
that lies between Hancock and Brain
tree MAS i n,ighhnrhnod that had hccI
complaining ri' dcprcdatinu>. and one
particular hcaI had c\hIhitra wonder
tul hnldur>~. l> If she knew the dWellrr'
nrI! hcI walks were chiefly Camad;
French. VIII" have Il mortal dIead 81
that animal.
\ FI.urltu,Iu. returning one. rycuiu,
from fii, l,l,rr> in the woods. WAS friuhI
cI.rd "rt OF his mamhoud. if h.. had "u,
hl iIndIun blIiu ContIoutium him neal
the path. liz, took 10 his heels. au,
Wa> moi at all rr.>>uIcd when he Der
.criI,d the bear kr,niuu p,c,. with linn
Ihrtoo describing rurnilcI lines ot II,
very u1,ut Li,1.,,r, 1p,rt 'Fu,iu,
f,, ., F,,.u,hm.,u Win vuud.Iti,I nr,.s
rlIc,. of mind. he took the first tree tina,
would admit of climbing and WAS utter
II runtuuudrd when he >av th, bear 4.
If mnrkimw him scaling Il tIcc close hl
The my >tcrN of the hrar'> movement
WAS soon explained 10y seeing Il cul
in the >aurc tree she. had climbed. How
that frrurhmau crossed himself an,
pnrni>,d a IiI.limanc 10 the shrine .
oar Lady Of Lnurdr~ IN gratitude th1
hr h,d rrn, id,r1l> 1,ni,I,J th,r t,,r
vii; rrlcr In, known h, any I'm, th,,
I,I, h,,,,.It. Inn h,n rh, Fr,.u,.h ,,.,s.,I
of ,ir>p..ir rcl.nc,l and ,r-,,.hncd ,muu,
the hills till they reached the ears o
his wife i, 4 matter of history. # Wa
not till after dark that his nri"hbor
rallied To his relief
70 this >nnt early one O,tohrr morn
iuu I,,f fail Dunl,,m l,L hi. .,u,t,.u
| friends. and WAS not lone in tiudiu.
abundant signs" The presence q
some lrplr-trr"s ON grounds that ha,
once. h,.,.,, omen hut were. NOW .h,ud,u
ed and partiaIk covered with 4 scron,
growth Of timber. seemed to have ot
| trlctr, the pre,laccous animals he wa
, in pursuit nf. and evidences of riutou
, living were all around. Ii was tn
| paradise. of bears fat sheen from th