The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

ny an old resident,l

Of q musical turn, noted principally
for blowing on flute and always
wearing bran.new shirt collar,
Like others OF his tribe he was en-
dowed with fair share of self con-
ceit, and was inclined to look down
upon the young men of his day and
age, aud even the girls were not quite
up to his notion of human perfection.
Seated in the old south gallery with
the singers, and full of starch and
perfumery and pumping music from
a kind of four cornered bag pipe he
presented a ravishing sight TO the
maids Of the congregation, both
young and old. One evening in the
autumn this young Jonathan set out
to call upon one of the fair daughters
of man. Her company proved so at
tractive and bewitching that he re-
NAMED to a late hour and at last
when he started for home he was in
something of hurry and decided to
take short cut across the woods.
There was log fence along the edge
of the field near the woods over which
he was to pass. Now it happened
that lot of young cattle, principally
yearlings, had lain down near the
fence on the side of the woods out of
the wind, and gone to sleep for the
night When the Young spark leap
ed nlinbly over the fence, he lit on
the back of one of those astonished
yearlings which sprang to his feet
and plunged into the woods carrying
along the fellow and dumping him
heels over head in the brush. He
was frightened out of his wits and i'm.
imagined that bear was running off
with him. As soon as he found him
self at liberty and standing on his
head in the brush he scrambled up a
tree, the limbs of which came near
the ground, and climbed to the top
thirty or forty feet. From his perch
in the tree-top he could see not only
one hut dozen bears cantering and
capering around in the woods and
collect 'ng in a group near the fence
that they were hunting for him he
had no doubt. Now he felt that he
could whip one or two bears, at least
but score was too much. From his
roost in the tree he could see the
house of his visit not more thar
twenty rods away. He sat up vel
that ought to have frightened all thu
bears out of the woods. Some of thu
family soon appeared and came on tt
investigate. He shouted that thu
WOOuS W us lull vi beai uuV tuot WV
had run off with him, but that lie hat
escaped his clutches for the presen
in tree and that they were engaged
in gnawing it down or in an attemp
to climb up to him either of which
was equally distressing. The people
were aslonished and alarmed for NJ
bears had been seen in those woods
t for years There were no arms in thu
= house except an old broad swort
r made from mill saw and which ha(
. lost the hilt in the war-being com
posed of pewter some one had cast i
into bullets and fired it off at tn,
enemy. There was also gun, but i
was not loaded and had DO Hint, ant
WAS not likely to 60 of even at bear
In this dilemma it was decided to cal
f for help for the young gallant in th'
tree kept up his hooling and yell, ant
it WAS evident that his counting days
were drawing to close unless as
sistance should soon arrive. The ole
tin dinner horn was brought out ant
set going Now if there is one thing
more than another that will stir up
neigh bolhoOd it is the footing Of
horn i'll the night. Soon the peopl
began to come in on the run, men
women, children and dogs. 1t wa
feared that the comet was heading
E toward the earth, "switching of hi
tall" or that the sea serpent hat
$ broken loose and was coming up Yves
: river to take look at old Windham
: Meanwhile the fellow in the tree hat
: yelled himself hoarse, but he kept VI
l an occasional hooting like an owl
4 AS soon as the situation was explain
ed to the gathering crowd it was de
=, cided TO move at once upon the en-
envy. Armed with clubs and pitch
forks and axes and old brooms ant
mop sticks, the fighting column wa
soon in motion bearing down upol
t the woods, closely followed by thu
t women and girls, for in those day.
even the women were not averse to ;
bear hunt, especially il there wer'
plenty of men to lead the attack. Al
they came near the woods the man il
the tree yelled to ''look out the bears
were ambusled under the fence watch
ing for them The attacking column
haulted and the leader advanced t
the fence and there lay the calves
chewing the cud and few browsing
on the brush. He motioned thu