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

deer. Others to secure deer in Guilford
were Arthur Perry, George Lynde. Perry
Gallup of Brattleboro, E. F. Evans Err
nest Thomas, A. S. Gallup, George
Lynde, Lawrence Tubbs, Asa Hall, H. L.
Nichols and c. e. Akeley Dana How
ard shot a 2OO-pound doe in East ia
maica.
Newfane Mans Side Trip Fruitful.
]. H. Underwood got deer with the
least trouble of any man I'm Newfane.
He took load of apples to the williams
Vile station Monday and while waiting
for convenient time to place his load
on the cars he shouldered his rifle and
took short trip. He was back at the
station within a half hour with a young
buck weighing about 125 pounds. Geo.
Howard also was lucky Monday, captur-
ing a doe weighing about 1875 pounds.
The doe had been wounded by Attorney
z. l.. Fish and Alton Smith on the land
of Walter Eager. On Tuesday Leon
White of Brattleboro shot a small doe.
Walter Wright, Is, shot a doe on PutneS
mountain just after sunrise Tuesday
morning. 1t weighed about $50 pounds.
and he got help to drag 1t down the
mountain and then took it across the
river in boat. Royce Severance shot
doe Tuesday in Samuel WiswalTs pas
ture. 1t weighed 1875 pounds.
George Hawkins of Brattleboro shot a
lO0-pound doe Tuesday at George VIII.
cox's, killing it instantly On Wednes-
day Delmar Hawkins of Brattleboro shot
doe on w. H. Knowlton's farm, across
West river. Charlie and Carlos Lowe
each shot a buck on Wiswall hill within a
few rods of the house. The one shot by
carlos was about year old and weighed
100 pounds. The one shot by Charlie
weighed 240 pounds and had seven
points. A. H. Farnum shot a doe We'd
nesday morning on the Warder place.
The animal weighed 1875 pounds and was
killed instantly although 1t was some
distance away. Hiram Rowe shot buck
weighing 200 pounds in NJ. o. Howe's
pasture Wednesday morning
Successful deer hunters in South New
fame were Erwin Metca1f, Arthur Ingram,
10. h Richardson, b. H. Tuthill and
Will Corbett. Leon Powers shot and
knocked over deer Tuesday, but the
deer got away. On Wednesday Mr..
Powers killed two partridges at one shot.
Disciple Of Hapgood In WlllIamsvlIle.
The first deer shot in Williamsville was
secured by E. H. Richardson shortly after
sunrise Monday morning, the exact time
being 6.26. 1t was a doe weighing 1876
pounds and was shot in George Williams's
pasture about half a mile from the viii
lage. Arthur Ingram shot a 1Oe-pound
doe on Newfane hill, two miles north of
the village, about 8 o'clock Monday morn
ing. r. H. Tuthfl brought down a 1874
pound doe about o'clock Monday after
{ noon, which he secured in Silbey's pas
ture on Newfane hill about one and one
half mile from the village. w. J. Corbett
shot a 100-pound buck Tuesday afternoon
| at o'clock quarter of mile from the
village In Chester Perry's moving. An
SO-pound doe was shot one mile from the
al nfo
Wednesday morning by Thomas Coffey of
North Hatfield. Mr.. Coffey also shot a
coon Weighing rs pounds
AS r. B. Washer was out hunting Mon
day afternoon five deer came running
down the hill toward him, but being a
true sportsman and not having time to
see whether they were bucks or does he
fired two shots into the air and frightened
them away, thus saving himself from be-
ing trampled down, and proving himself
a true disciple of Hapgood. The same
day James Underwood of Newfane was
hunting about two miles east of this VIII
iage and saw what he at first thought
was a COW, or II a deer a large one, and
he thought he would run the risk, for
he had seldom seen so large a deer. He
fred and brought down 1OO-pound buck
Good Hunting In Halifax.
On the first three days Of the open sea-
son about % deer were killed in this
town. The successful hunters include
Richard Brown Of Brattleboro, NJ l.
Stetson, T. Collins. Arthur Blanchard,
Ira Larrabee zina I,earnard. Ernest Fair
banks, Frank Chase, Charles Perry, Fred
May, Fred May, jr., John Farnum, Ger
rold Adams, Clarence Perry, Clifton
Gates and o. J. Hale. One or two others
are known to have been killed In the
town.