Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29

siaushter Is heard on all sides and II II
was left to the people of this locality 4
would be stopped at once. Probably two.
thirds Of all land In the towns of Rock.
ingham, Chester and Grafton, and DOS
siDiy Westminster Is posted. One promI.
nent citizen near Rockingham Village
VINO has condemned the havoc Of deer
upon his farm and recently collected
damages Tor injury to apple trees has all
MS proad acres thoroughly posted.
Athree-legged buck got In the way of q
gun carried by Clarence Coleman OF
Saxtons River in Westminster Tuesdav
and was secured easily. The fourth leg
was probably shot off previous to this
year Arthur Thompson of Saxtons River
shot l75-pound buck on the hills beyond
crystal rock Monday. John TarbaIl kill
ed buck of the same size in the road
near John Davidson's I'm Westminster and
Bert Hilliard got a deer in Athens. on
Tuesday Fred Durham of Athens dis
posed or doe at Fairs market in Sax
tons River. A buck was shot on Elmer
Weston's land Monday by Mr.. Virgins of
Bellows Falls.
Townshend Hunters Are All out.
Within a radius Of a mile on West hill
In Townshend eight deer were shot up to
wednesday night. Those reported &c
Game Warden Ralph W. Snyder for
Monday were: DR.. Nash, 25O-pound buck
Herbert Barber, S50-pound buck; Park
Holland, Earl Hamlin, Milton Thayer.
Robert Lincoln and r. B. Phillips. sue
cesstul hunters Tuesday were: r. w.
snyder, Wilbur Snyder, Sidney Jones,
Mr.. Chase of Windham, Dennis Jones.
haynes Sanders, Dan Mccarthy, Ernest
Bemis and Homer Ambrose. Those re-
porting Wednesday were: Dan Van Walk
enburg, Fred Bacon, Arson Mccarthy
and Charles Lowe, the latter getting a
24O-pound buck. George Gale got an
eight-prong buck yesterday Weighing over
200 pounds.
From West Townshend, where seven
were killed the first two DAYS. comes
the news that everybody, from Grand
pa Bristol, 49, down to the boys in
knlckerbockers, has gotten into the deer
hunting game, and that not a mill whistle
or sound of ak or hammer has been
heard. Those who have something to
show besides empty shells are Harry Jeni-
son, Homer Burroughs, George Gale. Alb
ner Bristol and Charles Jones, who killed
does, and Arthur Dodge, Leon Wheeler.
Archer Wheeler C. r. Jenison, C. B.
Switzer, George Chase and Adelbert
Chase, who secured bucks
Westminster Had Fatal Accident
Fred Harris was fatally shot bv his
son, Robert Harris, Tuesday, as reported
elsewhere in this paper, and the accident
dampened the enthusiasm of hunters to
some extent, but many deer were secured
Following is Mondays record: Stanley
Fullam, 1OO-pound buck; Fred Fem, doe
Benjamin Harris, doe; Duane Ellis. doe
W. c. McGinniss, doe. c. H. Comstock
shot 125-pound doe Tuesday morning
within 10 minutes after he started out
but he tramped all day Monday without
success. Walter Johnson and Harry VIII
cox shot does Tuesday and Milton Eli
son seven-point buck Ernest Wright
and Mr.. Colburn shot does Wednesday,
A spikehorn fell a victim of Lyman Full
ans rifle yesterday and George Angel
shot a doe. In Westminster West ]. j.
Barnes shot a deer which was feeding
near his buildings Monday. Walter
Hitchcock killed a small doe Tuesday
morning not far from his home and
Charles Hitchcock shot a buck Weighing
10 pounds on the hills south of the vii
lage Wednesday,
Woman Killed Buck In Grafton
Grafton upheld its reputation as a
place to secure deer, 20 fine ones being
shot in the first three days of the open
season. These were divided evenly 10
being bucks and 10 does. George Wright
and VIII Wetherell secured the largest
bucks, each having nine points to their
antlers. Other men to shoot bucks were
George Hobart, David Carlson, Ira Hol-
den, Maurice Underwood Frank Rose of
Westminster, Walter futile and o. K.
Rounds. Mrs. o. K. Rounds also shot a
buck, and she is one of the few women
in Windham county who have been sue
cessful with the rife Does were shot by
=. o. Merrifield, Eaton Merriheld, e. w.
Cove XII Redfield, Morris Glynn of Cage
vile, Eddie Fletcher, Frank Zeno of Bel
lows Falls, Ernest Lawrence, George
Martin and Sanford Gallup.
Dover Man Got Veteran Buck.
A handsome trophy in the shape of a
3OO-pound buck with antlers showing nine
points rewarded the efforts of Adm Allen
in East Dover Monday afternoon. Law
renee Snow shot buck and Star Cooper
a doe on that day. Henry Wilson of
Brattleboro got medium-sized buck
Tuesday. Silas Moulton secured a large
doe Wednesday. William Shippee, Leslie
Green, Bert Jefts and Pearlie Davis shot
deer in West Dover.
Ten Deer Shot In Wlndham.
Up to Wednesday night 10 deer, the ma
JoritY of them small bucks, had been
shot in Windham. The correspondent
from South Windham writes: 1.-THE deer
secured in this part of the town were
buck by Hugh Holden and George Chase
which weighed PSI pounds, and doe
each by F. o. Smith, Charles Jones, F.
w. Smith and L. c. Jenison."
5rookIlne Reports Four Killed.
-Four deer have been reported killed in
Brookline," says the correspondent from
that town. writing Wednesday "Hoyt
Marsh and H. ]. Landfear got a 200
pound buck, Leon Fellows and Ray
Marsh doe, and e. L. Bush and George
Mallard each got a deer"
Five Does Fall In Athens.
six hunters were successful UP to
Wednesday night" writes the Athens
correspondent. ION Monday Will Keefe,
o. J. Smith and F. P. Durham each Sc
cured a doe. On Tuesday C. Keefe of
Grafton and B. Hillard of Saxtons River
each got doe, and Wednesday afternoon
L.,