Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-22
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SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTR. q.
Virginia Game G.


A correspondent Of the Harrisonburg Old
Commonwealth, writing from Brooks Gap,
says :-Nimrod Dove and John May, who re
side on Shenandoah Mountain, one day last
week, whilst shooting squirrels, heard hog
soueal for life. They advanced 10 the direction
of the noise aud saw bear sitting on hog,
the bear LOOKING strangely at the new corners.
MIR. May only having single load OF squirrel
shot, took direct aim and hit him in the breast.
He left alioc of blood 10 the direction he took,
blu, was DOT caught. They, then, the same
day, built bear pen, as old hunters call it,
aud on visiting it the next day old bear was
there. He was caught With ham of the hog
that he had killed Mr.. Dove thinks he can
trap bear every few days. Oae Of the traps
is built very strong, two feet high, strong floor
ug, strong trap door, &c.
Auarmy of squirrels are passing from West
Virginia into this State. The corn fields are
overruu with them, destroying aud eating the
corn. Some small fields. surrounded with
woods. are entirely destroyed. The hunters are
"coipp" for. them, one of whom killed 26O 10
few days.
The Lsesburg Mirror says A young man
named McArtor, living at Hillsboro', 10 this
couuty, carried into that town last week two
wild ca,s. shot by him 10 the Short Hills, few
miles from the former place. The "varmints
were not entirely grown, but even 10 death, they
were fearful TO look upon. Such things are
rarely seen 10 this section; but, then, there is
no telling what may be found in those Loudouo
bills.
The Rsppabannock News says:-Two young
gentlemen, Messrs ". j. Cary and Bruce He;
trick, on Friday Of last week, went to jenkins
mountain to hunt squirrels. They were not
long 10 the woods until having found the object
of their search on very tall oak 10 order to
briog il in proper range that Mr.. Cary might
shoot the squirrel. Mr.. Hetrck being rather
excited. reached down, for what he supposed
to be a club to strike the tree, but very much
to his alarm aud surprise he found he had
snake 1t was promptly dispatched aud prov.
ed to b. a rattlesnake, havidg 70 rattles, indl'
eating that his suakeship was among the bum
Der of veterans of bis kind.
After the young men had sufficiently recov
cred from their fright occasioned by The iuter.
cep,ion Of the monster reptile, they resumed
their rambles. but did not proceed FAR until
they were hailed By another "rattler, which
at first showed signs of war. but they gave him
such arecepion that he was soon not 10 con
dition to fight.
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