Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-11
A FINE WOLF STORY.


How AEr. Jones of oJtbway Escaped with
His Dog.
II remember little brush had with
wolves in northern Wisconsin before the
war" said q man of the name of Jones
THE wolves there were of the large tim
Der variety, and it being a hard winter
they were constantly hungry. They
were fierce and dangerous and woule
attack man even when there were nc
more than two or three of them together
''Ons day in January was going from
Olibway City 10 Pomme de Eerre rive
on foot, accompanied only by my dog
Bones was not dog that would ever &c
about the country asking folks in his
poor, dumb way where he could find (.
large pack of wolves. When about K
miles from Pomme de Terre, noticed
that Bones was becoming uneasy. Five
minutes later / observed that he was
wearing the hair on his back pOmpadour
suspected wolves, and | was right
They soon came up not 80 yards behind
There We're at least 100 of them-large
gaunt, hungry, savage wolves Then
fierce bowls reverberated through tn,
startled forest like the diabolica
l saw that hand to hand contest Will
them was out of the question. Flight
was my only hope. Picking up Bone;
by the nape of the neck, l tucked him
under my arm and started
For 40 minutes. gentlemen. | RAJ
like a cat in a dog show. | suppose
covered 10 miles, notwithstanding thai
the snow was deep in some places anL
III others the underbrush interfered. TIL,
wolves kept close behind. When turned
my head, / could feel their hot, venom
Gus breath ON my cheek. They leapet
up and nipped at the tail of poor Bones
which was waving and tossing behind
ON the terrific wind which INV flight On
gendered like plume Of a knight Of
old going into battle. Their howl. weirt
and hideous as the sinking wall of 10, OOl
lost souls, shook the pine needles from
the trees and tore the nerves Of the IN
fortunate Bones in way which WI.
painful TO see
AT the end of 10 miles l began Il
tire. \ large spruce tree stood in III,
path. and l climbed il. Perching my
self ON a lower limb some - feet from
the ground and tying Bones in place or
another with bit of string, looked
down ON the angry, surging sea OF
wolves below. | felt safe and lit my
pipe and gave my dog ham bone which
l had i'll my pocket. But soon. to my
surprise, the wolves began most exrraor
binary tactics-nothing less. gentlemen
than gnawing down the TREE. One hun
dred sets of ravenous fangs tore and hi
the trunk. | saw that the tree cuulG
not stand half an hour. | knocked tn,
ashes ont of my pipe and began To looL
at the situation seriously. l noticed or
the branches about me chunks of raw
spruce gum about the size Of my fist
Taking my knife, l priel one off and
dropped il TO Il wolf below. He, snapped
his jaws upon it with famished greed
He never opened them again. the resin
Gus mass holding them firm as wise.
AT the end of ~ minutes I had the
jaws of every wolf welded together pas
all hope of opening. | then descended
with Bones. who now barkt-l Savlsel,
and attacked the wolves with srrul
spirit. With his assistance | drove. tn,
batfied, helpless creatures IL P,nmm,, Il,
Terre like flock of sheep. There WA.
at that time $40 bounty on wolves W.
rounded them up in the tourthuu>,
yard. and drew 81 600 from the count,
treasurer. after which repaired L. tin,
LIE Grand Monarque hotel and ordered
supper, not forgetting TO beSpeak tht
largest soup bone in town for nv dog.
returned to Onbwsy City the next day
but saw no wolves. "-Saxby's Magazine