The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
QUEER TALES OF HUNTERS.
A FISH AND a MIyK THAT RATIFIED
A GUIDEIN MAINE b.
meath from Frisht or n Rabbit Pursued ~
Hunter ana Esound-An EnEiueer Whe KILLS
Partridge with q Iocomotire-A Woodoock
KILLED with the I1And-vermonths Deer

Killed with the HAnd-Vertnont'a Deer
Boston, Dec. 2b.-Bosidcs the killing Of
many moose, thousands Of dcor, crates Of birds.
and moro than a dozen men, the shooting sea-
son in New England has been remarkable In
other ways. John Merrill. the fction.weavlng
guide OF Lake Cobbosseecontoo In Maine, shot ct
q mink recently in tho stream which runs from
tho lake into the Kenneboc. Ice had formed.
and John WINS on his way down toward Spears
Mills, looking out for ducks, when he saw o mink
dive from q rock In the first rifles. Hating,
he waited for the temperance of the mink,
and soon saw HIM swimming toward the spot
whore he crouchod. but apparently laborinE -
overcome some kind Of q handicap.
Thinks 1 to myself" said John, in describ-
ing IL to some members Of the Molazigan Club,
'Il lust wait & see what that fellcr's a-goin'
C. do. Down / squats as low as ! could, an
keeps an eye on him. TIL mink ho was a.swim-
min right at me. but ho seemed to be laborin,
undcr some difficulty or other. Once there
was u terrible churnin' under HIS chops, AMI
knew right off that the little devil had a fsh In
his mouth. I thought 1t was u bass, but it wasn't
an that wasn't the funniest part of the whole
thing, either. Tho mink kept a-comin'. an
soz l to myself, 4 sec your finish, Mister Min
key but l guess / wasn't seein' very straight.
for L didn't got him.
How was that3 Well. I'll ellSyer.H tn
mink he reached n shelvin' rock an crawled
out with q ten.inch fish In his mouth. 10
look co like a trout. but 1t wasn't. Tn mink
had him fast by tho middle of the back, an tho
way that fish rasselod the mink around was q
caution. They tumblcd over and into the
water, an out they came again. Once the fab
Topped out of tho mink's mouth two feet into
the air, an that's where / got fooled. I was
Just drawin' n bead on tho mink's hoad, for 1
didn't want to riddle his pelt with shot, an 1
was a.pressin' Of the trigger when tho fish
Topped. That's where 1 got ratified. l want
cd that mink, for his hide was worth 30 to me,
an It was close season OIL tho fish; but I'm
darned II I didn't up an let go nj tho fish when
he was in tho air, an the mink he got away.
Now that comes from shootin' on tho wing.
Hit hint The fshl Well. ! should say 30,
an lcmmo tell you, boys, that fish was a sa'-
mon. ] kinder expected to hear from Commits
sioner Carleton on The KILN Of The fish out of
season. but rs it was an accident l kinder
guess the Commissioner thought as how IL
dental killin,' an do nothin' to. thcm feller!!!
that drill noles through men up, in the woods.
alders. about a dozen miles north of Augusta,
Will johnson, the proprietor OF q hotel In An
had scen missed clean With both barrels by old
Joe. Lewis, the dog trainer, They had pulled
Up ,Toh in the 10 road Ia n t. work Job hiatis cp pe@si wniG IN The tSs
carriage while joe put tho dog in. The cover
was s%" Il. T fanc dog ami made bsf Ea%e Loss os soon cum as w ns
tiVdlSu. bhO iOiSS, 60 'N'o's cSS'
Como on, Mr.. Johnson said Joe. Don In
johnson arose from the seat. wound the reins
around the whip and was about to Jump opt
W MTeg from frm p the E road dpb but joes iirst bsrreI turned
It and back it came straight for the carriage
means difficult. but the bird was not far enough
ahead. The cock was badly ratified. II flew
PALM Of his left hand, breaking its neck. II
fell to the road and Don picked 1t up and car.
r rss it to Lewis SWd INV who im stood in the on rq hia s osni for
his Ill luck in missing, r-or M ,u,.,.-
ened a rabbit to death in a cedar swamp near
the National Soldiers Home in Togus, and he
was so impressed by the occurrence that he sold
the original cost. Four men and three hounds
were in the swamp at the time. and Kilsore's
ing the bunnies a merry. dance oyer the snow.
Tom was new to the business and several rab-
killed two ahead Of his hound Spot and had
f sow 20 s so%a at seG rn TonG 70 game sane OH He : h RG'a ALMOST Sa
reached Toms station when .Bugle put out Q
shaped ~ his Course straight for Tom. who. was
seated on a felled tree right in the middle %
Haines yelled, Look out. Tom" and-rom
started like 4 {. man who had just s.h stteepps sfaS on :
p psab otb %9tc at The He SAND snme 'h time eaoh H. S' ssaSSfs
shot tore, a hole IN the snow three feet short q
tamb bs%pl and p" cried ed like iSs's a eh fiida Al! four logo
were broken, and not a shot had touched him.
"6 DID sa' hit iS% retuF E%s H%in "s%. in astonisA.
men: not s's'f Sis:. 1 Fssp sPS a'TT$ I'M. y. Sss s1 se star;
f foof .t Tisa'" am and i'f he 81 pP %l1SiHf 60 % tie 'H pow Sgi
t hlackonsd tunnel ~ GIar made denly by w the tT2 th charges 1sst IN n
him. What d'you s,pose broke him up sol.",
Fright" said Haincs, laconically. The
% %efe % fGo gsii; y0IHf lie E Has gong aan III ike s's q sw al SSI
and when you doomed up in front Of him he
ties me for hunting, When this thing gets out
I might as we'll break camp and move out.
ern M! Mas $50 en z sos 'S who D Kills iii par
tridses with his locsom9tiye. Engineer Bennete
makes two trips a day, leaving Springfield at
7;45 Al o NJ; u and d;ang r tms l Wor in t the af ter
train runs through an unsettled country whore
partridges are plenty. The birds love, to dig
the particles through their feathers.
They become 50 heavy with the company's
Handicapped in getting away quick, and before
they wing out of danger | bang en- with the
Thus far this fall I have killed five. and every
one Of then has been thrown from under tho
air and get ont and gather him in. : 'N' VI VIZ
The season has convinced EcrInontcrs that a
deer law. Until a change has been eeftected
there will be no protection whatever for female
deer. The law SAYS that deer having horns
may be hunted and taken during tho month OF
October" Horned deer are not always males.
and some of the Vermont farmers were sharp
enough to, see the big hoe left in the law, and
after n failure to convict n man in Burlington
who was arrested with n female deer in his
possession tho Fish and Game Commissioners
threw up their hands. The man arrested had
cnt the head or the deer, and it remained for
tho State, to prove that there were no horns
on II. There had been n twcnty.year- close
season until the first Of last October. and there
was considerable Of n rush for Vermont when
the season opened. The shooting was not good
and the Fish and Game Commissioners of the
state doubt II more than 1870 deer were killed
during tho entire month of legal shooting.