The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27

parting to his vieaEe q peculiarly f~erocious
aspect. But the scar altogether bellies Bob's
true nature. for he is kind and afectionate to
his friends and true as steel,
A number of unusual adventures have been
recorded on the part of experienced hunters In
various parts of the State. Late one afternoon
not long ago, as Robert and Frank Pierce, the
famous fox hunters OF North Sterling, were
tTndGing he hG% To; f h%hf ,Ss and gs.C wSSsy, stnsrs an n,
in the dooryard of Job Yaus6n's dwelling on
fectly moiionless and seemed to be a rotund exc
pnnsion OF the tree trunk. impended almost
farmhouse. Notwithstanding the deepening
twilight, however. the experienced sportsmen
OWNED the nature OF the curious-lookinE body
aloft. and clapplng their breechloaders to theii
shoulders, fired at It simultaneously. Like q
flash the big knot in the tteetop u%ncoiled and
straightencd itself. and the tree We. shaken as
II with n violent blast. An instant later n coon.
weighing twenty pounds. tumblei out OF the
shade tree, falling at the feet of the hunters. 1t
was the sixteenth coon the Pierces had killed in
the season. The Nnughns. greatly startled on
account OF the double shot, came scurrylng out
when they learned what sort OF game the men
had been hunting in their dooryard.
befci Uriah Case OF Coiiinsviile a little after
dusk tho other day. WHILE, in accord with his
,sS ao practices c he wis wiz a GSsherhin T!g m he m 6, Eggs o n
barn. In tho course OF his peramhulation he
came to a barrel in u gloomy angle of the build
nest, and he thrust his hand into It. Instantly
an animal that had been lurking there seized II
sayageiy In it, jaws. With q cry Of pain
and drew forth a fnil-Srown skunk still
beast on its head viii! IL club that Mr.. Case
forced 1t to let go. Having slnin the animal. he
treated. His hand was badly swollen and In
famed; but BY poulticlnC 1T for several days he
neutralized the poisonous effects Of the bite. 1t
Is a belief in the county that the bite of a skunk
Is more dangerous than that of any, other beast,
since nn IT Is very ant to o ca ;So hSS d .or g.,
the Nutmeg State has been the unusually large
number of wildcats. Not more than a quarter
Of a century ago it was generally believed that
the beasts had been together e~xterninated in
southern New England. but in the last ten or
fifteen years they have been steadily increasing
stances the old-time ,hiil.town farm. have
part. into their primevai Condition
OF w%ildness, thus afTording shelter to the larger
Is said there is by far more wooded land In Con-
~nectIcnt than a hundred or fifty years ago; until
this fall. when n Windham hunter killed n for
midable beast of the kind, q wildcat had not
been met with in Windham county for more than
slain Nv Sutmeg hunters in different parts Of the
State thus far this winter. and it is known that a
number of others are lurking in IA rocky fast
place OF the beasts. three or four miles west OF
New London. The biggest and fiercest cat of
weeks ago. by Steve Daniels Of Essex in the
lower Connecticut valley. Dantels's two dogs
S wsie o Gadly was ,'F bl,n nha Se bR thee eats ey the els GHs,
The hunter met the beast in tho tangled
wilderness in the town of Killingworth, and in
about the same part OF 1t in which two savage
cats were killed about a year ago. Nathaniel
Maginnis also had T. rough tussle with a big cat,
John Rood Pines. in the northwestern quarter
OF The STATE; The beast Weighed Ct {, Inst 2Sa
Gowan and Robert Smith, boys. and by an
Eastfe!d sportsman several weeks ago.