The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-09
xhsre I'm canned Va used to take our xash.

IsnS;ylss%is g md r lsIS msf,s y
a Biz run that came into the sinnem ahonine
where the village Of sizersville. Cameron
oSnty Is Pss TseS h.S Rum and Sn
been TINT on the maps ever since. l nut up q
hcwn pine l"ghouso, and in course Of tine a., !
lay in that country. II owned It now I'D be
tho richest man in wyoming county that's
more s t tan "s WENT Of i thnt sold for lew
thousand dollars. the purchaser cut1O.OOO.ouO
iest y; pnc alone -wGrth about Sl.Oo0ooo.
ley Kun the wolves used TO como right to tho
dPnr and carry Of, geese Iys traPnchi wolves ives
ir%rped ' i5U Wives Sefog" they ali Gisap:
t'pe ranging from S. to s25 scap that k ,ni
bounty was s25 trapped fourteen wolves in
Mekean county. aud the county officers h , pt@-
s Sni :syho qu E0 lSpbn TS.s
very little money in those days but The county
9rdsrs y TS sSara went AZ EG9a al
woods and they were exceedingly hard TO
trap, sLot and wounded n big wolf once and
besan AZ howlins up Tie rest 81 the pack towhlch
t y lonccd. as could hear them hoTiinE In ma a
sson 4snSs Tar pRGy ssnt
nearer. l expected to get q shot at one OF
tho II before long. They Ind got gn,tc near
wounded wolf Irnvgeh /, self down the hill di-
rcc,ly toward me. and when it was Iuite near
" I've howl SshsT HAT wa.
can't say. but i know That alter that / could
and saw nnd hoard no moro OF them.
Fir were still plentiful Tor snyera! ycnrs alter
Of natu,al l,cks. all, around in tho locality
where lived. md elk usad to visit them "a
herds have killed good many, ana could
jared much iofr elk. The common pasture for
Gnttlo in those early days Mas the o w00ds.
u fow miles from mo. had some Young cattle
runnin: in the woods one season. and one 81
tho hGIiers surprised him sy s,v asp nIi
good deer hunting, on Cowlry Run when
and pS MSkesn s coTnt t That wa, because
IsyYr hunted deer with houna1, my tIsr
and other hunters were shy OF rmnnlnE tme.r
eGiir mo to iii any ami al hounds that ran
in the woods. and | shot and trapped loo u
them within ten miles OF my clearing: But l
Whsn his FUR aSa I've good
the summer time and sent them, on their way
rntatsi The Tho ~ feet Of Gea9s That trsps
crushed and mutllatcd. 20 that they would set
wi ea FIX. used arn |" Ths fellow
has got Cowboys mark on him
eons ih scar gut
long chase. ' it got t&e bess OF me and the dog
s sna frTs m Thyn a s
day. lIc was going hrough the woods when
saw tapsfr on i'G biz 1rse ErsT by by
iceted beyond one side Of tho tree trunk. and
side that Fred was amazed at no great enCth
OF the panther. But he hauled up and fred.
and then his nmazsnI9nt las Greater ns ~, sti Tor
part jumped on Of tho log and bounded away.
Then hs saw that what he thought was one
sled "nos. and no had killed one. Next day
took the dogs and fol owed ths one That got
away. and We cornored it. With tho aid OF TIP
dogs ! made this ono prisoner. as Hub
.,lIrk weather and hat the dig one two years
before" kert the panther in cage IN my
Bible, Tor it-this same family bible. and have
soHd ssR
bers Of trout with which the headwaters Of the
woods and cutting n fish pole. cut my big
toe nearly of at The same time. and carry tho
o cd hen h1g Ss tes %ss Rq che s
before we started for the lake country. l re-
memher ono day. early in the winter being
The Ice was thin on the water. and We were
amusing ourselves by throwing up stones 80
they would tHll BACK on the leo anO DroAE
through. At last a stone had thrown In the
air fell and made quite big hole. and out OF
lee. We got It ashore My father took the fish
ana used it for bait for his mink traps. and
caught three minks with 1t"
When he was 10 years Of age Mr.. Cowley
Went out on tho plains buffalo hunting. and
killed six ilne specimens; Many years ago
some one stoie one Of his boar traps in Penn
syivania. ue has lately obtained what he
believes is q clue to tho thief. and il the eyi-
clares that he would travel all tho way to
Cowley Run to haye the thief punished. MIR.
Cowley never used liquor or tobacco. and has
sixty years. He returned to Wyoming county
with an ample fortune from the PENNSYLVANIA
with his second wife. universally esteemed
for his sterling qualities as man and citizen.