New-York tribune., 1891-09-27
GAME IN CONNECTICUT.
RACcooNs IN GREAT NUMBERs-THE BIGGEST
SNAKE OF THE YEAR.

SNAKE OF THE YEAR.
Norwich, Sept. 26 (specaD.-Thc CONNECTICUT "''no
law is not Off until October l, but the hunters ha'c
been busy all the week with odds and enos Oh spo''
Il Is the time to shoot coons Bow, ana te ga'ho -
Extraordinarily plentiful sportsmen prefer to track
coons when the moon is pretty nearly full, but not ali
of them wait for that phase of it. they take lantern
and tumble sbout in the woodland as best they may
II is not necessary for man with good dog 10 20
further than a mile from the main street OF any
village or city in Eastern Connecticut 10 get on 'no
trail of a coon this fall. There have been seVer@
lively and successful hunts in Eastern Connecou
This week. At Rockville the other night club OF
coonhunters left thet city about O'Clock, and aiter
six mile drive in the moonlight struck into the Dig
Ashford woods Jack the best coon dog In the
comfy. went with the sportsmen. The forest ap-
peared TO be running over with coons' before "io
uartv had penetrated threequarters OF a mue h'o u
the wise old dog the trail OF game' ana hftoch
minutes later was barking at the foot on DIE oah
in the depth of the woods The came up quickly,
and by the light Of the moon began to shoot coos OH
the oak In ten minutes they bagged three
fat coons all of which were knocked out OF the
ton bouzhs of the oak. ThereupOn the hunters afcr
a council decided that three coons we're game enough
for one night and they drove home and had good
coon supper Alden F. Miner, the noted fox hunter
OF North Stonngton, eight miles southeast Oh this
CITY, had the greatest coon hunt OF the year, now
ever, in thdt town on tWO nlEHuS IN'C"''''
lam L. Maine. of the same town, went along with
him and was accompanied by the two most sagacious
coon dogs in the town. on the first night Miner
and Maine bagged four full grown coons. and on the
following night they took FIVE coOns out OF one tree
It is extremely rare that more than two coons are
taken in single tree.
other game is equally plentiful In the state NJ
Meridcn one day this week llgrown partridge new
into the hack yard Of Charles H. Ostrander at No .
Dovton Place in that city. and Mr. Ostrandcr easily
capturcd Il alive. He has Il in cage now, and d.
Ieves that ID Will thrive in captivity. Foxes. rabbits,
hsres and akunks have done much damage 10 the
crops I'm many country towns that the authorities are
debating proposition to put heavy bounty on the
scalp Of each one Of the beasts that is killed
Frank Palmer, of Portland, has fine brddog, and
one dav this week while rs was choppinS
timber in his woods it "put up" queer game Palmer
saw that the dog was "pointing" and it behaved so
oddly that Palmer dropped his axe and went to see
what the trouble was. He found that the dog was con-
fronted with monster IattlesnaSe, and Palmer
thumped the serpent with long pole. The snake had
ten rattes.
Some queer freaks OF nature have been noted In Con-
necticut this week. At New-Hartford Frank Kellogg
pcled 4 handful of ripe wild raspberrieS on september
90 and they were fragrant and delicious Kellogg sent
tbe frut 10 the Editor Of The Hartford Times" ~ T.
Denne, Of Windham picked ripe ana raSpberrieS
and raspberry blossoms from the same bush on NOyes
Thompson's farm in that town. At TerIvilo \. p.
Clark cot ripe strawberries the other day and at Hart
ford J. Gibb Houston picked a curious tomato on vine
under crabappe tree. The fruit looFS as II IL WIS WIS
that pollen from the tree and The VINE DFanle mlAcu
and be odd fruit is the result Of the amalgamaton