The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-10
DEER UP A TREE.
c NIL /, Fork kfm a Jump from CIII.
The PeSIus

Princeton Me. Nov. l0.-Cassius H.
prlsvs Uho rassei through here on
his way home GO Cambridge Mass"
recently. after spending the last TWO
weeks IN phe vicin.ty OF Grand anu
Dohsts lakes an the Maine Wr"is. had
a navel deer story. TIE party of Wnlch
he was a member had Joe Nell Tor
.,fie Joe is an Indian of credit ana
,eno,,n" in that region. ana any story
that he uches FOR comes pretty clos
"a belng true. Mr. Briggs says he LETT
can.p shortly after dinner ana had
hern gone about half an hour when he
started partridge. The bird tiew INTO
q tree. and. after the manner OF par
tridges hid so thoroughly that Mt
Briggs was unable 10 see him again.
what he did get sight Of. however
caused HIM to rub his eyes ana ques-
ston his own sanity. Lodged securely
amonq inc branches OF the tree was a
GOOD sized buck deer probably three
years old.
Tbe sight of the deer 50 ratified
Pr ,ogs THAT ne did not know what In
40 He ran around the tree and looked
ana looked. Whether IL was new
Dodge IN the part OF the deer TO escape
rtrr- fr7rrrrv-y-r-r ts+1-
ing 10 r0ost like the chickens, he could
not decide
Briggs would not take mean ad-
vantage ~ any helpless 'critter ana
posted back TO camp without firing
shot. When ne said that he had come
acr-oss a NVe deer in tree. All ms
friends set up a howl. and Joe Nell
the gu de laughed b9rder tnan All the
rest IL took some persuasion To get
them to go along with him ana Wow
the marvel The rest of the party
were as march surprised as Briggs.
There was the deer just as he had re-
ported. His body was wedged pretty
'frmIv in fne fork OF two fmbs. and
his forefeet rested on horizontal
branrh. His hind feet hung clear. He
Kicked Violently when he saw the men,
hut he was just as firmly stuck as
ever.
The members OF the crowd decided
that the way he got there was TINS:
There was "A high cliff right back or
the place where the tree stood. Ihe
brow was something like 10 feet above
the posltion of the deer and oveIhung
the tree. a quantity OF loose earth
tended to SHOW that the animal had
fallen over the edge. What had caused
him to 90 so was more than anybody
could see The next question was what
10 do with him. Briggs said the deer
was his discovery and he wanted to
shoot him. He had been In the woods
a week and - far had been unsuccess-
full In bringing down any game. He
thought this was as good a time for
him to bring down a little as he was
apt to get But joe Nell thought diff
ferently. He said the best way was not
TO bring the deer down. but TO bring
him up.
Have fun" said Joe. "1ll get a
rope--you stay and rig derrick out
from cliff Then we histe hfm.
So while Joe went for the rope the
three men went up by a roundabout
way and cut a tall, strong maple sap
ling which they braced out firmly over
the edge. Then Joe came and the men
hung onto his CJattails while ne leaned |
out and tried TO moose the deer This
was a difficult job. but after many at
sempts joe got the blight over the am |
imal's horns and gave the signal TO |
''histe away" The big sapling buck |
led and swayed and the deer kicked |
a blue streak. but up he came. and |
briggs got a moose on his leg and then +
swung him in
when that deer struck solid
ground says Briggs. YOU should have |
seen things fly. Joe Nell got "A turn
round a tree. and the critter fetched
up with bang. The rest Of us stood
clear and watched the fun. joe would
have cut hun loose. but we needed the
rope Every time hel go near. the !
deer would make Wild passes al him
with his horns. Re hal a wicked look
IN his eye. too. After several vain A..
tempts. = being rearly supper tine
lie ieft him hrtched there and went
home 60 supper None OF us had the
heart TO shoot him. after what h bad |
been through. Next morning W. went
- try again. but the rcDe was there
only. The deer had chafel % against
The tree until ne had uarted n strand
an1 the rope hal broken entirely IN
Der the strain. ! lost nv deer but 7 |
fart fine buck the next day. So 7
didn't mird. That was the first bird 4
with hoofs 7 ever saw"