Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-12-22
TREED BY WOLVES.
4 rIKE COUNTY ouRIsrMAs SKETCH.



cut from UncIe-I sboull saw the i,to Mr. pcl,o
rr,,l,uhm D-t-It,.,, e
'i" ioioB "un Alo" thom rom per
Soh'A roeonecton, cithor as he hadn't fell heir
20 any grandfather at That time and wasn't In
that part of the count-v pelo1's g.,p5f,tborss
mama VIVA Ezel,i,l sI,rr,,,,,sI,,- A, 49,
% -, ','''' '''' "o''i.'' NJ VIC "6o
" t"cnY-g"o ne was younH man living over
ON the head waters Of the Little Bushkill
"ITe was romantic sort of a fsIlop lie
eeornod life ~ t,u or1 o,,,,,. a. -
l,,g,,,i.,,,a -. s'', i"n
'A", ''u7 SNisVehc9 thas comes OF hNng IN
uiuah CABIN and chasing the feo5tc0ted
dHni1cns Of the dim-lit forest from ridge 10
ridge. and b,inoin.- bo,r, l,il.,,,l liz.
To was 49,, ,,,ioi,.,i p1.. -. ,,
- '''' '", O'i'9 H-"'-'' ana
WIS NnV"u 70 clI4F as hlSh az h'ty doiiats some
yoaIs with his gun and traps. Nobody knew
where he came from. but he was cxlr,tralv sby
-,pl r,od,t
49,,
nc i-n 't.y N4-" mar, anu "a9 tau and
WHY ana All Tie girls in Che haa.woods were
struck ON him. The follows were jealous because
Inc WAS rolling nv, ,,s1ll, cd, r-,,;l iy anil ,,,
h, on, VOW, iii ,,r,, 40 a., -.
-''' ''''-' "'i1 u'i'A-
Ing oeos' lamiiy named JDbs3n bad found their
say from somewhere or o'h.r iu jersey 60 that
plr. OF Che country, ana s1!tl a near Che Monroe
County border. There was Old Iobaau and his
wife aud Dds daughtor 20 issl. Jola.n he'd nm
covered lbou. an acre o. earth on his tract,
and built him h1us3-a barn. @ wagon s'icI. a
spring house. an observatory fifty fees high, and
tArec uilc7 Of f0.r-i1Jt wal with the stone the
1orc yisldCL
% According 10 tho late Ioc1 Urduhiu.
Melissa mu.s have been o stunnlr She was
way mp iu al me accomplishments ~ the dis
triot, which ranged from tai ing q Dap 'ack 10
picking pau.a.- ont 81 a tee wi'h The old
mons tiiui.pc' rifle. The pastimos aud pleasures
Of budding Pike County maid luhOod in thus.
days We're lew. and 1t were great reward for
Melissa 10 get "A p. promise iIul her mother that
II she WOnd pile so maCh stone vail Will. she
Was resting I'm pulling tt.l.. .hc could
snuck the niia li n the ne,s wolf Ga f dad
fotchcd I'M O. u sho cut and piled "a sufficient
quantity Of stove wood before s.o went 60 work
h.cing tho 'tat4r' she might hold the pig al the
next Christmas Hin Wilde dal stuck IT,
" 10 was one Jay in the fan OF s11 that
Ezekiel MurryWtstlcr nst II ucs the Joh.ou
clearing and mot Me ssa She Nas having
holiday, and enjoying it in suurk ue wolves
The wolf crop was good that alss Do N IA
JObson'- traps WlIc generally iuu f. tip! fell
in love with her 40 a.hL sh. zen IN owe wit
him, too arl he got o, t4ktnc Lon the Job ON
clearing pr. ~ ragua On Lis bunting ,xual-
-'us. Finally he asl.d hsr 10 al- l.-, Inn and
.le said she would. lie laid tn iuG or u.foru
lsf old man
90 Wall s,a-,olv. Won c,,,'t lo,o s1-i.s,ssil
Ijsson. No vni,g' eSpir of % I'm l-uI,,c;-sI
l6nv Ito On [, bS. II brr al -, IT, an
hcr dlds mn n thip.., ,yhat's .. ia ,,,. 'ro,,J
nero pooty g;Der h. When NJ 400, o,go,.
from fhis I,I3r- f,iI Lo win Nm 80
baired Oh falov IA i-no.e ,,het IN 1-.ol S,r
IN ghc d.,-t -,gi,, h. 49,, ~. -, -,
headed MAJ. an W. mon ;'g, ,s ,g," t.it ~,
trsu in s1na nj, ~ $50 ~ L y JAW w
6That was a mi L,.,,4, :, ,o.,,., -, mn, "
.,,ti,,','5 - 60 =, 49, W
tbe ,y,ols ana Ws.s-5, 1,-..i n IL ~ vi ~.
beayy bcart RganI h. -.i.,i s-,,.i, nj Pm,
mot N9lis3a IA. vyss ON fbs t,r,,,r "a, a.
ifty. rr-yasar,i a-,l cum. a., i,,,n Wiz,
h. ys,Sj 5lj I1i-,5 e. NJ H.. III, '''"
s,.Ysiyo david .f, ~ f All H. t,st iir,o
Sim. Ye'yc liz mo n'p.,b b,rl %, I'M. -
sboplder Tho r,gs you,ir
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