The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-18
/. a Ra &C with. bullets.

Pennsylvania, has been the scene OF
warfare between two classes Of hunters,
the shounders" and the 'still hunters"
The former class is largely composed
Of kid.gloved sportsmen from New York,
philadelphia and other cities, reinforced
by men along the river who thrive upou
their custom, while the latter are tho
settlers, who say that bounding deer
drives them out of the country, and
besides doesn't give them Il reasonable
chance for their lives.
Hounding is lazy, unskilful method
Of taking game and is managed in this
way: A man known as q ''starter" is
sent back few miles into tho almost
boundlcss forests that run back for
leagues into the wild country of Potter
from the river, and the hunters station
themselves along the runways that the
deer with strange instinct follow Us
teams follow the highways. The deer
or fresh tracks ore found by the starter,
the hounds arc loosed and when the
game comes down the runways the
hunters shoot it and the wild sport is
over. No tedious tramps, no working
around to prevent the keen-nosed deer
from scouting the hunter. no creeping
softly on hands and knocs to tho brink
of hill to look over and see if tho
game is therc--nothing to do except to
listen to the paying Of hounds coming
slowly nearer and wonder what kind of
game is ahead OF the hounds.
Against this system of hunting tho
settlers protest, and it is admitted that
if q still hunter has only II single charge
in his gun the deer escapes and tho
hound gets IT. Many havo becn tho
personal conflicts between these hunters
and tic owners of bounds, and some
attempts to shoot and many threats OF
shooting have beon made by the angry
owners of murdered dogs. But not
withstanding tbrcats, the shooting OF
hounds continues. Regardlcss OF sluugh-
ter the bounding gocs on and each year
adds fresh victims to the holnd-slaycr's
dead list and blingiug It's record of
fights.
One of the best known hunters and
most renowned hounk. killers is Josh, "
whose surname, suggestive Of Cor
mail origin ana labolious tongue twist
ing, is Bcrnnuer. Josh is typical
hunter, tail, erect, long III leg aMd arm,
II swift rnnucr, dangerous hghter aud
sure shot. None oI the hunters have
had more adventures than l,e, and mono
have whislled Il requiem over moro
hounds. None have been moro out
spoken in dououncing bounding, and Of
all tho hunters ho has most incurred
with dogs. Meeting him ~ fow days
ago, asked him to tell MO the story
OF his run down tho Round Top Noun
tain, pursued by some mcnwhosc houud
he had killed.
"Wcll," ho said, " it was this way.
l was digging potntocs down Oh the ilat
near the river, when L heard, back on
Hound Top, n hound baying. L knew
it was Niger, b'g black hound owned
by DIR. l,9sis, that had driven in scores
ot deer md that L had tried dozen
times to get shot at, but never with
success, SO L took my old single -barrcled
rifle and started up the steep hill to lind
him."
"Why ,lidn'I you wait for the hound
to come to the RIVER :" l sald
"Bccause," hc replied, "Dr. Lewis
was dangerous sort Oh Il man, with M
ugly crowd nruu1:3 hin. md it wasn't
exactly safe to shOot the lest hound on
the nvcr out i'll tho clcariug. whcrn
everybody would know it. Not that L
was much afraid of bciuS hurt" ho
added, "but you knew they m,a lit burn
my dwellings, or something Of that sort.
So ] lust took into ul Old road and
climbed up the mountain, listening ali
the timo to tho olu hounds steady
barking and thinking that VAS !hc last
time hc would ever chase Il drcr out of
my hunting ground. just ut tho top
OF the mountain stopped and listened,
and seeing that he WAS coming my way
L waited and took breath. In II few
moments he came i'll sight forty or fifty
rods away, and L was waiting for him
to come nearer when II few rods back of
hlm l suw DR.. Lewis and two Of his
mcn."
"Whnt were they dong thcrc?" L
inquired; Thought the hunters stood
Oh the runways and only ono went with
tho hounds"
"Why, you scc." he replied, "thls
DR., Lewis had said he would catch me
and stop my hound-killing, ANA he
know would co anywhere to kill old
Niger. 30 he liked up this trap to get
me-"
"But they wouldn't dare to shoot
your l suggested.
"Ihey duro do anything" lie nn-
swered, "but they hadn't seen ME and
made up my mind to shoot and take
the chances. l was about live rods
from the brink Of tho hill, nlld down
through the thick brush | knew none
of them could keep up with mo or long
keep me in sight, 50 l raised my guu
aiiti ,,s tho mound came into an open
space nred. A howl of pain answered
my shot and know that one cncM,y OF
the deer was gone. 1 waited to hear
no more, but started for home at a gait
no other man i'll THIS region could take.
Tho men saw mo and gave chase, and
just as 1 WAS disappearing over tho
mountain side Dr. Lewis fired, The bull
lot striking in tree close beside me.
The others didn't fire, but all chased
me, and when l was short distance
down the old road 10 oked back and
saw the three men tearing down the
mountain after me.
81 knew they couldn't catch me,
bnt l didn't want them TO know nc,
so turned aside and dashed OFF through
the thick woods, IL lllowcd again by n
bullet, but was too far away to bo hit
by ordinary shooting. Down the steep
hill and through tho brush | wcnt,
tearing up tho mellow earth and scat