The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-14
WILD ANIMALS IN VERMONT.
Increase in the Number of Noxious Beasts
 From the Boston Journal.]

Increase fin the Number of Noxious Beasts.
 From the Boston Journal.1
 A farmer living five miles from Rut- land entered a complaint last week that herd of deer had destroyed an acre and half of buckwheat and de- voured his vegetables. George H. Wood ward, of the mountainous community of Cuttingsville reports that the deer come into his fields seven or eight strong every afternoon at sundown and stay until he drives them away in the morn ing. They are so tame they do not leave their feeding grounds or the yards where COWS are kept ar right until some person approaches within three or four rods. Even then they some times refuse to move off, and actually have to be driven away. They have great fondness for herding with domes- tic animals. especially COWS. Occasion ally bull shows fight, but they seem not to care for his angry threatening movements. What the result would be in fair field and fair fight none can predict.
 Within two miles of Rutland the other day two deer were met trotting along the travelled road as docile as house dog. Reports came of them in all sec tions of the mountainous regions, and their feeding with cows in the pastures is of frequent occurrence. One day two | weeks ago man crossing the mountain to Woodstock saw fifteen of the fleet footed animals at close range. A fox hunter a fortnight ago ran into seven in the vicinity of Plymouth.
 A reliable gentleman reports that a l strange dog was ru, ing deer last week over the mountains but was lucky enough to keep out of range of a posse of enraged residents. Later in the day the deer, followed by the dog, came down into the highway, and, after trav- cling it for full mile, started off over the hills toward the Bethel country Those who saw 1t say that it was a fine large buck, with big antlers. Many other incidents of recent date are talked about in that section.
 Another animal that has increased rapidly in Vermont is what is commonly known as the hedgehog, or porcupine A party of people of Rutland one night recently occupied deserted house in g lumberman's camp in Mount Tabor. A pack of porcupines, attracted by the light or the smell of the food, or possi. bly the beer, attacked the shanty, and crawling up the sides to the roof, kept up continual scratching and bowling during the night. Several of them feI off the building, setting up fearful cries greatly to the annoyance of the sleep. CTS within, but all disappeared with thu break of day.
 l Farmers in the mountains also com plain of the abundance Of cartridges ! which overrun their gardens. making havoc with fruit and berries, flowers and growing vegetables.
 Bears also are very numerous and of ten, with their young, take a hand fl destroying fruit and vegetables, and ar, almost as tame as the wild deer urles! their cubs are rno1ested. Their youni are of varied size and weight, and ar, 1 equally as destructive as their parents These Vermont bears are not only get ting plentiful in the woods. but the! l are learning how to avoid some of tn, | annoyances that come with advanced civilization. MT. Silas N. Wheeler ha a hiliy farm in Stamford. Mr. Wheele | recently went into q pasture and saw. good sized cub eating 1weet apples The animal was In . corner made D, two barbed wire fences. He thoueht 1 he could entangle the young bear il the barbed-wfre fence lie would have , good opportunity of Killing him. H therefore drove hih1 on the run for tl fence. but the bear Jumped over tn top of the wire as nimbly IT ar ath lete could dosit and escaped n th woods. ss5s q Bears have often besn seen ros1tinI about the open eountxy. on VII psllil the other day oA stlAt . E.