Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-20

the cedar (thore were no limbs near tne roots) and turned @ somerset over the tree and came down all right on the other side face to the moose. It was close shave, for one of the snowshoes struck him in the nose as I circled. AS I went over the shoes dropped off. When landed in the snow the crust gave way and let me down nearly to my armpits. Before I could get my foot ing the moose was on the other side of the tree, but it was too high and too wide for him to get over. He rose on his hind feet and put his fore feet down on the bark hard and his sharp hoofs cut through the thick,
 tough bark to the solid wood. He would reach over and try to bite me, and the blood
 from his wounded nose spurted in my face.
 The two shot holes in his forehead did not
 bleed much, but I think they gave him 8
 headache. He could not paw the snow from
 under the tree, and at once began to dig
 hole to crawl under if he should get over on
 my side. This he soon did.
 Finding he could not get over or under he took the way around the root. As he went round went under and faced him on the other side, and I had to do it quick. When got my head up he was on the other side, his head and neck well over, every hair on his thick, short mane bristling with rage. Finding he could not get at me on that side with his fore feet, he turned round tail to,
 
 while he made the snow fly in my face, and some of it hit hard. Then when he had trampled the snow down so that he had a good footing, he turned and came at the tree
 on the full jump. He tried this twice; the second time thought he would get over, for his fore feet hung over on my side. But did not hurry. found could go under as quick as he could go over or get round, so watched him stamp and snort, and kick and shake his head, until new idea seemed to strike him. He started off for the top of the tree and began to make his way back under the tree, but the limbs were too thick and too large for him to break, and before he had time to do much I was safely out of his way, and could hold on and look at his efforts to get me down, when he started for me. I got on top of the log and walked out to where the timber was thick and heavy, and so high up that he could not get at me, and I fixed myself comfortably until he should have his mad out and go off and leave me, or until my neighbors should come up with the dog.
 As told you in the start, this moose was ! the biggest one had ever seen. He had ten spike horns that seemed to be very tender, | for noticed as I stood over him that when ' he tried the shaking process on me he would strike with his feet and shoulders and bite | with his teeth, but did not use his horns. He would stand up on his hind feet and | reach up, take hold of a limb and try to | pull it down; his eyes rolled so that nothing | but the whites could be seen, his lips turned ' up, showing his teeth, his mouth filled with | foam and blood, and, as have said before | every hair on his body and mane bristled ! with anger. tell you he was an animal mol | to be handled, and to be avoided with care \ He was not disposed to let me down in { | hurry, but kept watch of every movement ofa., 3y ' the snow and my snowshoes were all righ
 below, but did not dare make start fol them. When the moose got tired of his use less tantrums he would lie down or stand | quietly right under me, and when rested ge \ up and try the same motions.
 How long he kept me up tree could no tell-it seemed long time to me-when noticed the moose in one of his quiet mood cock his ears forward as if listening, and thought heard the sound of distant "hol To" or the barking of dog. l raised myself
 up from my tiresome perch, and answered
 back with all my breath and vim, and m. | call was answered back, and soon hear,
 the welcome baying of my old hunting dog E"Pointer," who had struck the moose trai
 and was rapidly coming up. As soon as tn ! moose heard the baying of the dog he bega
 to be uneasy and started of away from tn
 ! sound, and before could get down from tn
 ! tree he was out of sight.
 | It did not take mo long to get on my snow
 ! shoes and recover nay gun, drop in a big loa ] of powder and ram down ball, and tal ! after the moose. 1 knew he would not { far after the dog came up, but I was anxiot , to get shot at him before he came up, so put my best foot forward, and soon got sight of him, the snow being so deep an
 heavy he could not go fast. The dog fo
 lowed the trail around the tree, and so gay } me time to come up 10 the moose. did nc want to shoot at his body, and followed b. hind within gunshot for him to turn hi
 head or give me chance at his neck, and {
 he turned out of his direct course to avoid
 windfall he turned his head and gave me th
 shot wanted, right behind his ear. Th moose was mine. The dog came runnin
 past me just as I fired, and before m } ! neighbors came up had the moose ble and the "muffie" cut off. 'Muffle." what
 thata The hunters prize, as the tongue ( the buffalo is-the soft part of the noi and lips, which, when properly cleane' boiled and cooked, is as white as sno1 ! and ia better than calyes' foot islly