Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-25
WAS GREAT ON WILDCATS.
He Never Used a Weapon, but
Killed Them Every Time.

SCRANTON, April %, ,"Bill Gregory
used to slay more wildcats thar
any ten men in Sullivan county,
said a woodsman." and he never
carried weapon, neither. Bill
was quicker than awildcat, and he
just loved to get wildcats to spring
at him. No wildcat was ever toe
spry for Bill. He used to carry 6
lot of little darts with him to throw
at wildcats, but they were moi
weapon for they only pricked q
wildcat just enough to make it SC
angry that it would spring at him
in self-defence. Bill had a hand
like a boxing glove, and whenever
a wildcat sprung at him he gave it
a blow on the head and broke its
neck every time.
Gone day Bill saw a wildcat
worrying the life out of a porcupine
in the woods. He threw darts at
at it till it turned on him, and Bill
braced himself and gave it swat
that laid it out SO stiff that it
didn't have time to be surprised.
Bill once saw the hind end of
that he took to be woodchuck
sticking out of the brush. He gave
it kick, and the next
instant he found that he
had stirred up wounded wildcat,
The wildcat bit through Bill's
cowhide boot and big toe nail, and
when Bill yanked his leg the Wild
cat sprang at his chest and clawed
so hard he had no chance to swat
it, SO he bit it on the nose. Tie
wildcat let loose and came again,
and Bill got in his deadly cuff.
"Bill's game was to swat the
wildcat when it was in the air.
Ono time after he had killed
several hundred wildcats in that
way he saw catamount crouching
for a rabbit. He flung a dart at
it, and the catamount snapped at
the pricked spot, and crouched
again. Bill tickled it with another
dart, and the catamount spied
him, gave scream and sprapg for
his throat, Bill sent the catamount
spinning around with one of his
failed to break its neck: neckeans 1 put
for him again and Bill slapped his
hands together, caught the cat
amounts head between them, and
mashed ii as fiat as a pancake.
Queer Russian Religious seets.
Philadelphia Press.
M. Tsaknia Russinn writer has
published an interesting work
entitled "Quee1 Religious Seets of
Russia" from which itappears that
there are not less than 100000
followers Of insane and cranky
notions in the Empire of the Car.
THESE communities of devout and
deluded beings are constantly
being enlarged in spite of all
efforts made to the contr,ry by
Government.
One af these sects is known as
the "Runaways." AS soon as they
embrace..the new faith..they fly from
their villages and towns, destroy
their identity as much as possible.
and henceforth live as savages.
"The Christs" are another curious
sect. They worship each other !
The chief ceremonies are a crazy
species of dancing, yelling as
loudly as possible, and pounding
stones with sticks.
The "Skoptsy" believe in self
mutilation, but will not submit to
amputation, even though it would
save life. Like the "Christs" they
dance and yell for hours without
intermission.
Still another of these deluded
sects is the "Dumb Boys" Why
they are called Dumb Boys no one
seems to know, but it is a curious
fact that the sect is composed OF
both sexes, old men being in the
majority. tits claimed that some
of these aged partriarchs have
not spoken in fifty years, although
perfectly able to do SO did they
so desire.
"The Suicides" are sect led by
M. Souckeliff, who breaches self,
destruction as All absolute necessity
to salvation. He is very eloquent
and it is said that he often leaves
a church with a dozen suicide
remains strewn about the floor.