The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-28
OLD DOMINION PICTURES.
Interesting Gleanings from Some 81 Our
Exchanges.


John ;. Leftwich writes to the Campbell
County Record as follows: "Yesterda
morning Mr.. j. ID. Marsh sent me word tha
he had seen bears track in the sand nea
his house and wanted me to come over will
| my hounds and hunt him. On looking owe
my ammunition found | had nothin.
larger than bird shot. nor could | get an,
| from my neighb0rs with the exception of ;
slug Of lead used for a sinker to fishinl
tackle, which | put in my pocket in case o
| an emergency.
On arriving at Mr.. Marshs with my pack
eight in number, | found several of thu
neighbors who had gathered TO hunt Bruin
We decided that Mr.. William Marsh ant
Neal Pribble should take the horses and q
the Waierlick road 10 Rock pike, thence
with said pike TO New London TO see il hs
had crossed, while the rest Of us with the
dogs should beat the woods. Some oi
the dogs soon commenced to give mouth
but some of the party saw hare and
thought they were after IL, and conclu-
ded they would follow a branch near by
and see il they could find his track. Mr..
Willie Russell and myself followed the
dogs. | soon noticed that only a part
of them would trail, which convinced me
that it was the bear they were after, and
soon the whole pack were I'm full cry
with the exception OF three young dogs,
who seemed to be afraid. After
following them about mile we met
one of the dogs coming back, which
The bear had slapped over, and
thought ii time to load with something
heavier than bird-shOt; so | opened one of
my cartridges. took out the shot and put in
my slug OF lead. In the meantime the other
four dogs stuck well by him, and after a
race OF about four miles he took TO tree on
DR.. kabler's land. near New London.
When Mr.. Russell and myself got up we
found him sitting in fork Of the tree about
thirty feet from the ground, surrounded by
the whole pack. The bear looked like he
did not like his quarters, and so Mr.. Russell
and determined not TO wait for the other
hunters. He was lying in the fork OF the
trees with his head down, so we determined
10 fire at his head. At the crack of our
guns his head sank, and after firing several
shots 10 see If life was extinct, darkey
climbed the three and showed him out. He
was large one, but not fat. think will
Try to keep bullets in future
The Ashland Enterprise says: "Mr. Ryan
aud Mrs. Glazebr0ok. widow Of the late
Larkin Glazebrook. both of whom have for
some time past been inmates Of the Han
over poor house, decided last week that
their earthly happiness would be greatly
increased hy casting their lots together, and
trudging in the future life's rugged road
hand in hand. TO this end they started from
the uppe part Of Hanover last Monday morn
ing, and walked TO Hanover Courthouse
VIA Ashland got their license, walked back
to Ashland, and were in those holy bonds
united late in the afternoon by the Rev. j.
X. Wilkinson. After dark "A rain came up,
out not caring 20 pay hotel bills, they spent
the night on the porch in front Of Mr.. j. NJ.
Leake'5 store. They started early the next
morning for the place from whence they
came. The groom Is between sixty and
seventy and the bride between fifty and
sixty years Of age, and both are entirely
destitute. Boys, there's hope while life
lasts"
Mrs. II. II. Riddleberger wife OF the late
senator Riddlcberger, announces in the last
shenandoah Herald that she has taken full
and complete charge Of that paper. and Will
hereafter haze IL conducted as "a county po-
Iitical and news journal. IL will be Reput.
lican, as heretofore.
A commission of West Hanover Presby-
terry will meet at the Central Baptist Church,
near Lowesyille, the first Sunday in July ut
IL O'Clock, 10 organize Presbyterian
church. The commission Is composed oi
DR.. }. T. Petrie, DR.. j. NJ. Rawlings, J. b.
Witherow and Il. =. Valentine.