Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-14
THE HEIFER THAT SWAN
And Beat All Previou, Doco,
Der Records.
II ought Not TO he Laid ur A..
Her Because She Wound up. I'm
Fashion, by Getting a jag ON.

II Ought Not 10 he Lnid ur A..
Her Because She Wound up. In
Fashion, by Getting a jug ON.
"a deer, a deer, was the o.. si,.t..,
denizens of Main street So. . ,l-
afternoon as they gathered r .... r.l',
the eastside stores to gaze uu -...r ,,.'.
see small groups of men ga.u.ru. o- ~,
shores. These groups in tur var. g. o'4
ing an animal which was comm. l..y.,.'.....,
the current and evidently ,4es.r. i' '.I
ing place.
The animal proved to be- yo.. .,,, l....
er belonging to John Bis. .. -.. a '.i'
known Bliss farm. Bliss nat .a. WY
calves to pasture last spring d., ! %
NOurse's in Dummerst0n. WHOM. tb..
manned until the first SNOW cam. a. ,,... 'g
ago. Mr. Bliss then went .. .r.ns- .l'..
in, but found they had boti grown !. '...'-
that it was impossible 10 cou,.. Them. I-
attempting to drive then r. Ns,..i-
barnyard one of them escau.# .e,, r
fields, where she was finally pun 5o-,
a man on horseback. II. ..... 4.'to
away from her would-be cap,8r. and 5..
not seen again, although scare. WAS ma
for her two or three times
Will French informed Mr. Bis, Vo,5..
that he thought the heifer wa. il. the u1''i
back of his place, near the f4rrv. as bet.i
heard an animal lowing there. Biis. .--L
/ two or three helpers TUESDAY. and a ,5..
herd dog owned by d. w. Gate, of 6r,.
merston, and started in another s.tem-.,,
| find and capture the heifer The doc 8,,r
her out of the woods and She soon mod.
1 her way down to the French buf5'n-.
where the dog cornered her. and voIi
have held her until the men arrived J.j
/ not the women of the family supuosai -.
/ dog was simply worrying the apimaI ,ri
| driven him off. At this the beifer ,,,-.
took to the fields and after being cbs,s-
| for a long time the pursuit was given M
and she was left in the vicinity of tts W.
er near A. F. Waites. The ney. know,
| of her was when she made her appear.1.
in the December swimming act.
The heifer took to the water very rs,.
| the line fence between the Waite AM
Goodall farms, and was probably half Ar
/ hour swimming the two miles with the ON,
rent. By the time she reached the b4s50t
the island her wildness was taken e9r.
| pletely out of her, and when She san. mo,
/ on the point of rocks at the Cove n.
swan over and put her head upon the r.
and stayed there quietly until II. " >,,.
/ gent and Don Wilder ventured on. ON n.
| ice with a rope, threw a moose over h..
/ horns, and then with the help ri the .-ori
| which had collected drew her Oh ,b7--
aided by the animals struggles. She Vas
SO chilled that she was unable 20 SIAN
and finally a half-dozen Young men r-..
/ formed the chivalrous feat of carry.1gba.
bodily up the bank to the engine hons.
Charles Cushman was sent for as ma,.s.
/ of ceremonies, and the quakine ANNA
was rubbed dry and blanketed. She con.
/ tinued to quake, however. ami was taken
/ TO Cushman's barn on the island Al
/ sorts of remedies were proposed. but III.
wisest heads concluded that what was gooi
for man under such circumstances We.
good for a beast, and when Nj Bis, AZ.
rived on the spot he drew on the FOWL
agency for a pint of old Bourbon. Ia
make sure sure that it was unaiuiensi
and straight goods, which could do TIE
heifer no possible harm, ii was duly san.
pied and being pronounced all right The
remaining portion was poured down ID.
] hOAOi Wiling llllOdl. ' usuMal duLI.
that an hour later the heifer had bea1..
full jag on. 1t was not noisy. hilarious
jag, but a quiet, comfortable happy jg
and the bichloride of gold cure was no, a.
piled. The heifer got warm and stopp9!
shaking. She was taken to the Bliss fam
Thursday, by the road, not by the u7a
and apparently is none the worse for lg
lark
The incident has recalled many ca;s
where cattle have become so wild dur1.
the summer that it was impossible TO CAP
ture them in the fall. In some instances
1t has been necessary to shoot then as .l5
only means of saving them from s.a7S
ton. An authentic case is reported. vhsrs
some ten years ago. a Wilmington Gov
four years old, pastured III Wes- Warts
bOro, could not be found when ia. 'ln-
When the snow lay three or four deep o. |
the ground, in February. some HUNTERS
were making their way through the vooA
on the crust. In a dense ,hick5, lel'i
small brook or spring they found t1- aF
alive and well. She had lived by 0roTs1,
over a small area, the stream bad iu-lsl
ed her with water and She wa, IN iAt5
good condition as to tlesl.