Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-25
A Great Wolf Hunt.

Ed. Register This is one of the
most quiet places in the Grand Old
State of Missouri. But Saturday
we were reused to the highest pitch
of excitement, when news came
that the wolves, which are a terror
to boys who call on young ladies
and stay out late at night, had
killed Jimmy Burks' hogs in broad
daylight.
The people with one accord rose
up and vowed vengence against
the intruders. eve will not have
a sheep or hog Left" cried the in
dignant citizens. While the wo-
men and children were left to
guard the homes, all the male
population from fifty years old
down to the preceptors of the
Sawyer and Munger schools, who
could possibly get gun and
horse, W at out to wreak vengeance
on the marauders.
| The gathering of armed men, the
4 blowing of horns, the barking of
4 tdogs, the occasional firing of a
gun, as some one fred at stump,
Imagining it to be a wolf, the cry
ling Of the women and children,
was something never to be for
Igotten. The crying of the young
ladies was sufficient to cause many
a young gallant to find excuse not
ito 60. Lem. Rutledge, of course,
did not go, and many others OF
the same mind stayed behind to
protect the ladies from harm.
"What!" said thev, "the wolves
might tear them to pieces, like
: they did Burks' hogs" AND
most all those boys who stayed
behind was with girl Sunday.
The threats made against the
wolves were something terrible
Some were going to make rugs
some shoes, out of the hides of tht
wolves in the woods. Gentle read
er, it would make your blood boi
to hear them talk. Ed. Sawye
Z said he could kill one as far as tn,
! lnext one. Clar Gould said h,
! could kill one too dead to skin
The two preceptors did not sa,
much, but there was look of deter
s mination on their faces that spok
louder than words. Prof. Pol
sat astride his horse like the note,
preceptor described by Washing
ton Irving. And when the tim
s came, led as good a retreat as tina
: noted worthy did before the head
less Hessian.
i Not SO with Prof. Twomey. A
soon as the supposed wolf track
. were reached, he took the leac
: and his tall, gainly form could b
Z seen away ahead of the dogs. A
Il last the wolf was freed in a larg
. tree, hollow at the top. A ma
. was dispatched for an ak. Will
It he was gone quite a dispute aros'
q Roy Saults and Clarence None
e thought, as they were Twomey
: companions, they ought to be a.
4 lowed to have the first shot. B,
Bill Light thought, as the dogs wei
y his, he ought to shoot first. B,
a Henry Stricklin jumped off OF HI
). gray mare and said he would shoe
first; his mare ran off and the poo
10 man was left atoot. When the a
Is arrived Prof. Twomey seized
a and began to chop on the tre
,e You ought to have seen him swim
!, it aloft. Made one think of 'Hor
y est Abe" When he got to tt
hollow Of the tree, he stopped an
le peeped in, and O! what look I
i rage and contempt crossed h
! face. "Boys," said he, lookin
! down upon them, "it is a darne
q coon!"
St Some Of the boys said shuck
$, some cussed, and all went hom
4 The wolves are yet at large Fan
2 everything is quiet, except an o,
= casional rumor. If we 60 an
70 more, Mr.. Editor, ] will let yo
know. UNCLE DAM,
i Marble Creek, Jan. 10, 1905.