The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-18

thing. On the return trip both boys die
the trick again, and finally | stepped
aboard and dropped II lot of small
change in the box, pretending that ]
did not want any one to see me do it.
On arrival at the end of the road the
stranger made IL Decline for the tele-
graph office, and sent this dispatch to
his principal:
"'Will be home tonight. Property nc
good. They are stufing the receipts
my little game worked to Il charm.
The capitalist had actually begun ne
gotiations by wire with the owner Of the
property, but hauled off and would have
nothing more to do with it as soon as he
received the report of his agent. When
l learned that this big capitalist was out
Of my way, l took what cash had and
succeeded in making IL deal with the
hard pressed owner The property turn
ed ont Il regular gold mine for me-"
An English Lord and n Black Bear.
Congressman Robertson of Louisiana,
who is himself a great hunter in the
canebrakes and along the gulf coast,
tells IL good story on Mr.. Ransom, on
minister to Mexico. an English lord and
a black bear. The lord had come oven
for the purpose of enjoying the hospital
ity of the south and having a good hunt.
Mr.. Ransom, then a United States sen.
ator, was his host ANA was determined
the Englishman should not be disap
pointed III either expectation. The visit
or's fondest desire was TO kill Il bean
before returning to England, and Mr..
Ransom promised him his ambition
should be grltificd. So II hunt was IN.
ranged III the mountain region of North
Carolina. The Enelishman was dressed
up in Il faultless sporting rig. He had
checked knickcrbOckcrS, CATERS, ncakcd
cap and Il monoclc. Ransom and his
guest. with II truSty follower who was
Il dead shot, set ont with Il pack of
hounds. In an hour the dogs started mp
three bears-a mother and her two cubs.
Ransom and the lord followed the pack
after the mother bear and came upon
her Just us she was finishing the last Of
the dogs. She made a rush at her hu-
man foes as if she would eat them also,
greatly to the Englishman' c0nstcrna-
ton, but the senator shot her in short
order, He wanted to give his guest the
shot, but the circumstances We're not
congcnial to delay and politencss.
In Il few men a shot was heard,
and Ransom knew that one Of the cubs
had bit the dust, for his man never
fire. The question was then how
to get Il bear for the lord. Only one of
the trio remained, and the dogs Were in
hot pursuit of him, Judging from their
cries. The senator proposed to remain
by the body Of the mother bear while
the lord and the man followed the dogs
the remaining Cub. The attendant
was quietly ordered to give the lord the
shot, even if the bean were to get away.
strolled around, listening to the
pack bowling on the trail, when he
to look up, and there wa the
cub in a tree but a few feet away. His
impulse was to shoot; but, renlcm
the consuming desire Of his guest
to have the honor Of killing il bear, he
an after the lord and shouted TO him to
Iliht Hnistt' \ iilIS tllt DtsiI SliIttU 10 &.
down out of the tree, and Ransom
was in IL q%uandary. If he shot the bear,
he lords heart would be entirely bro
if he didn't shoot, the animal
would get away.
AT this critical juncture IL happy in
.piration came to the senator. After
~endeavoring to push the Young .
NIB back up the tree with his gun, he
whipped off his limiting belt, threw it
bout the bears fore feet and tied them 8
ecurelv to the tree. Then he cut il piece :,
# grapevine near by with his knife and {
led theh hind legs i'll the same manner {
Of course the bear wriggled to get away. !
nd was inst about 10 make his escape {
when, as luck would have it, the Eng {
ishman came up hot and excited. Give 9
t to him! Give it TO him" cried Ran ;
ON, who had backed away, .Hd tho lord d..
ct drive into the Door little bears body. ,
Delighted that the victim did not run :
way, he fired Il second shot, and while !
he attendant was cutting away the t
rapeyine and the belt Senator Ransom s
raS wringing the hand of his guest and |
anderlng his congratulations on the I
hooting the first bear. Afcw years later '
II. Ransom visited England. and heard !,
lany stories of the hunting fcats of this :
articular lord, who was looked up to as 4
Mite Il hero because he had killed a hear /
l America. n
A Frontier Jury. h
A good story of frontier life is told by
Broderick of Kansas. Mr.. IL
frederick was a lawyer out in jackson Il
luntv, his state, when that county had n
My 100 voters. The lawyers used to ~
rive about from the house of one Justice a,
{ the peace to that of another trying g,
.seS. "Once | had Il case of obtaining e,
under false %pretenscs,' said Mr.. m
roderick, and II was stubbolnly fought pr
1 both sides. After Il trial running al
trough two days the jury retired TO a ai
imber shed on the justice farm. They >:
ere II several hours. so long that we -
i thought they wouG surely report II
~sagreemcnt. Suddenly we heard u cj
emendous noise in the shed. Boxes aud tn
We're apparently being knocked m
bout, and every one supposed the ir"y 1r
I'd gotten into Il free fight. The ~iust1,r dt
nj all the lawyers rushed forward "a y
lell the insurrection. who the d0nT "
and the jury walked ont in good
der. Our fears We're ln.:artly changed -,
amusement y verdict III not guilt. -
As reported, much to the surprise If n