Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-09-17
SAVED BY THE CATTLE.
Two Boys Narrow Escape from a
Pack OF Hungry wolves

Pack OF Hungry wolvee
How do yon account for the fact. IL
Z. i a fact sid !. slipping a cartrid-~
intS the right harr-lof my fowIinx piece.
that the caribou arr getting yearly
more numerous in the interior q New
brunswick while other game seems ~
b. Disappearing A. for the Wild
pigeons. yea ma say th-v arr al gone
Here ] have been on the n sinre before
sgarise. and that bird there j. the only
sign of q pigeon rave 80 much as got,
. glimpse of
Well replied nv companion. an
old farmer Of the ueiwhhorho<.i. As
Tor the pigeons ] can't Sav how Il Is
In old times I've seen them 80 plenty
round here you could knock them down
with a stick. that j. II you were any
ways handy with n stick But they do
say that caribou are increasing because
the wolves nave Disappeared You see
the wolves used To he. the worst enemy
of ne caribou. because they would run
them down nicr and handy in the win
ter when the snow was deep and the
crust 81 thin that the caribou were
bound To break through il at every
step However. / don't believe there
has been a wolf seen in this par; Of the
country for fifty years and il j. only
within the last ten years or 80 that the
caribou have got more plenty.
We were sitting. the old farmer and
myself. on a ragged snake-fenee that
bounded a buckwheat field overlooking
the TEer - Nak -. "a
above Fredericton. The field was a
new clearing and the ripened buck
wheat reared its brown heads among a
host of bl.ckened ans distorted
sfump> IL was a crisp and delicious
autumn morning. and the solitary
pigeon that rewarded my long tramp
over the upiands was one that I had
surprised at its breakfast in the buck
wheat Now, finding that my new ae-
quaiutanee was likely - prove inter
esting aud = further search for pigeons
improbable I dropped my gun gently
into h fence corner. loosened NV belt
= coupie of holes and asked the farmer
IL he had himself ever seen any wolves
In New Brunswick
Not 10 say many. was the o.a
mans reply. hut they say that trou-
bles never comes single. and 20. wha.
wolves | Aars seen I saw them all in a
heap, 30 10 speak
As he spoke the old man fixed his
eyes on a hilltop across the river. with
a fzr-of look that seemed to promise a
story settled into an attitude Of en-
co1rAging attention, and waited for
him to 20 On His hand stole deep into
the poeket of his gray homespun trou-
ser~. and broughtto view a fig Of black
jack from which he gnAwed a
thoughtful bite. Instinetiyely he
passed the tobacco to me. and on my
deciining II. which I did with grave po-
litene>~ he began the following story:
When was . little shaver. about
thirteen years old. l was living on a
farm across the river, some ten miles
mp II was y new farm which father
Wa cutting ont of the woods: but il
had . good big bit of intervxle.' so we
able 20 keep . lot Of stock
One ~sffernoon. late in the fall. IA
ther sent me down 10 the EntervaIe.
which wss = good two miles from the
hcuze. 10 bring the cattle home. They
were pasturing % the Aftermath. bu,
- weather was getting bad. and the
U1Ns was about done. and father
tnpaght the 'critter~ as we called
them would be better in the barn Ny
iietls t~en-yezr-old brother went with
Ne. - help me- drive them That was
tie 6De l found out there were wolves
n xew Brunswick
us feed being scarce. the cattle
wsrsscs<xzreS hz4ay. = il vas SAP
pr 41e before We got them together.
- - iowur end of the intervale. nav
Be three miles and = half from home.
We didn't mind the l.xenes~ of the
hour. however. though we were get
ting pretty hungry, for we knew the
noH would be ap right .fter
s.pdown The cattle after a bit
aEpnnred to catch on % the fact
III they ~ going home 70
quarters and good feed.
sd then they drove = and
hung togstheE. When we had gone
aboue ha1f way up the intervaie. keep
iag nxnag BY the river. the moon got
Up ~ locked ~ Us over the hills. very
Hhasp an1 thfn- Ugh ssyx Teddie 20
Ia. d half : whisper. sdon't she make
the .hn1owA hlaekr He hadnx got the
woris mnre than ont ct his mouth
Ehe. he hsard : Iong. queer howlinw
ap~nd lzon awsy over fhs osher .iis
- - 1n1ervxles and the little fellow
4H1oend - b. H. Mn. with his eyes
1y poEPing CT Of his head I en-
~ - startled faee now; bus he
l1ne1y -. for BIZ size. - ever