Milford chronicle., 1896-02-14
aEaR0RIzED BYDEER
A MOB or THEM CAPTURE a HOUSE
AND SMASH THINGS.

erortsmaus Account Of the Annoyance
caused - Canadian Came Laws--If You
.e p.aee while Hunslng In Canada
Provide stuaed Gray Wolf
.sBut I was going 10 tell You about
the Canadian g;sne laws being respon,
eihle FOR nuisance, said the ola
-norts,non. ssThe deer have the laws
down fne, and though you might roam
far DAYS without seeing a sign OF one OF
them ia the shooting season they are as
numbrous and intrusive as mosquitoes az
otbek times. The deer. you know, is
sp<ies Of goat and VIII develop All Q
alt's toughness if he gets the iaea .i'ae
(on daren e touch him. no small poy
'sorsld be more insolent than the neei
mudef<&hose circumstances.
s,kftel.S1e finished our dinner the
frst eveuin y, at.4tha eqbin on Capen Is
land last Aug we sat reading and
smoking "A aeer put his head in the
door and ba-a-a-ed atns aud winked his
ewes and shook his tail in an eager
7yav. AS if he was asking for Something
What d9os be wantf' We hslS
guide
"'Oh, anything-old clothes or boos
a rubber shoe, tomato cans, anything
ike that for a change Of diet.
1--WE gave him pair Of stockings and
chrome Of Mary Anderson. he ate
Them and bounded away looking as
pleased as if his uncle had left him a
legacy That made us laugh, and we
hoped he wonld come back and let us
have some more fun with him.
che did come back before daylight
next morning and brought six other deer
with him. They ate up two white shirts
and some underclothes that were hang
ing on the line behind the house and
reused us up By knocking on the door
with their horns. When the guide open
ed the door, the leading buck butted
him into corner. The other deer crowd
ed in, and they took possession Of the
place. They upset the lamp, and as
many as could get at it drank the kero-
sene. It made Them cough, but didn't
abate their curiosity il the least They
all put their noses in the stove and
shifted the ashes. That set them sneez-
ing. The big buck, by turning his horns
sideways, got his head into the biscuit
barrel. He ate till he was rounded ont
like a football and then tried to go ont
to get a drink But he had forgotten the
combination, and the barrel staid right
where it was. He gave loud ba a-a-aF
and that frightened him worse than any
thing, for his voice was baritone, and
the barrel made it sound like double
bass. Then he started in to back out
slowly. shaking has head and keeping it
low.
IT and Capen had kept quiet III our
hunks. We knew the Canadian law, and
we didn't want any trouble with the
deer. But they had no idea of leaving
us in peace. Two Of them caught hold
of the blanket that was covering CapeD
and began to deyour it.
'Leggor be shouted. But it was no
use. They knew The ropes and were not
going TO be bluded
Jumping maekerel' shouted Cap |
en-, getting mad. 1 won't stand this any
longer. Law or no law, these hoodlums |
have got to get out Of my house.
"He started to descend from his berth /
when wicked looking doc made jump 4
from the other end of the room and |
helped him back again. don { know /
what would have become Of rs if it had |
not been for the buck with the barrel
In backing cut he tripped over a chair
and fell down. The barrel Jared him,
and he became panic stricken. He gave
a terrific b-a-a.ap and hoisting the bar
rel up in the air began to charge about
blindly He fell down, turned somer-
saults, butted the other deer and tried
to knock out the end of the cabin. The
others were so surprised and frightened
at his strange appearance and antics
that they stood still and stared open
mouthed till two on three Of them were
knocked galley west. These got up and
away, full lickity smash, and the others
woke up and slid the whole earth from
under themselves at one jump.
"The three Of us got up and jumped
on the buck We carried him outside
and then let him 90, and the way he
smashed around through the landscape
was a caution. We could trail him by
the biscuits. He broke the bottom out Of
the barrel after awhile, but I guess he's
wearing the rest Of &c yet.
"Cf course we were in a great state
Of alarm for fear the deer would come
back, but the guide said
That's all right. III fix those fell
lows.
Luckily we had a fine gray wolf
skin. This the guide stuffed and planted
in q lifelike attitude On the shore where
The deer came from the mainland. That
afternoon the deer that turned our cabin
inside out returned with 20 others
They We're all on the broad smile, think
ng Of the picnic they were going to
iave till they caught sight Of the stuffed
wolf That stopped them as dead as
hough they had run against a brick
wall. They wheeled quick as a fash,
md the way they put was a caution.
''After that we had no more trouble,
md my advice to men who are going s
or sport into the wilds Of Canada is I
hat they take stuffed gray wolf if 4
hey want TO have peace and comfort. -
New York Sun.