St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19
EAST CONCORD

EAST CONCORD
Three Men and A Dog Got Two Foxes
After An Exciting Experience.
| (Mrs. J. c. Mcdonald, Correspondent
e. A. Morse had some exciting ex-
| periences last week, Tuesday, while
out fox hunting with Hubbard Fisher
and Irving Smith. They chased two
foxes into the same den in a steep
sand hill back of Modesto Kings
house, secured tools from Mr.. King
and went to work to dig out the foxes.
They had tunneIed a hole as big as a
barrel and about 15 feet deep when
they heard their dog which was as
much as ten feet further in stir up a
fox. After calling out the dog. with
a fox hook on the end of a long pole
| they got out the fox. AT that time
they supposed there was only one fox
in the hole but the dog soon let them
know there was a second one. 1t was
| then getting dark and the tunnel was
like midnight but the three men kept
on digging like mad when down came
tons of sand and gravel They
couldn't hear the dog and supposed he
was smothered but kept on digging
when down came another avalanche
of sand. If the mem had been under
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doubt Supposing the dog must be
dead they went home for the night
but returned next morning and soon
after beginning digging heard the dog
For forty minutes they made the sand
fly and when they came in sight OF
the dog he was as lively as ever and
entirely unframed. About two feet
from him the men found the other
fox. 1t seems there was an eight foot
rope hitched to the dogs collar and
the great weight of sand held the rope
and kept the dog from getting at the
fox. 1t was a close call for dog ana
men and they are congratulating
themselves that they were able to Sc
cure both foxes and still have the dog
to help them on their next hunting
trip.
H. A Smith and Mrs. Laura Payne
were called to Monroe, N. H, last Fri
day to attend the funeral of Dan Re
dell.
Mrs. Electra Fisher was very pleas
antly surprised last Thursday, Jan.
IL, when eight of her relatives and
friends called on her for the purpose
of making her Sind birthday one of
the happiest of her long and useful life
She was presented with several pres
ents. among them a pair of fine and
| heavy bed blankets from her daughter.
Mrs. Charles Phillips. Mrs. Fisher
lives on a farm, takes care of her
large house and does the work for her
self and son. Hubbard Fisher.
Several from this place attended the
dance at Fitzdale Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Grove
ton, N. H, were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Fisher last week.
Mrs Ethel Roan iS
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Fisher have
moved from Mrs. Henry Parham's
house to Alfred Briggs house. Mr..
and Mrs. Briggs will soon move to st.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. Emma Dougee who has been
very ill at Brightlook hospital has Ie-
turned to her home and is not as well.
Last Saturday morning was the
coolest of the season, it being 80 de-
grees below zero.
H. E. Keyser of Danville was in the
place last week calling on friends.
There are many cases of grip and
hard colds in this vicinity.
Last Monday evening Ed Hudson
took ten people from this place to
Whitefeld, N. H., to attend the Birth
Of Nation"
Mrs D. M. Smith. who slipped on
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week hurting herself quite badly is
not recovering as fast as her friends
wish.
Miss Isabelle Briggs of st. Johns
bury was a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Harry Fisher last Thursday night.
Although the box supper given BY
Mr.. and Mrs. James Grant at their
home last Saturday evening was not
largely attended, due to the extreme
| cold weather and much illness it
proved a very pleasant occasion to the
rs present, a very profitable meeting
to the Ladies Aid society as $25 was
realized. Five of it came from a very
| pleasant surprise in the form of an
unusually handsome bed quilt which
! was presented to the society by Mrs.
Ella GoodalI and Mrs. Addie Webb.
The percale was beautifully colored,
| the red. white and blue with batting
Ind lining was furnished by Mrs
Webb. Mrs. Goodall who is an expert
| with her needle put in some of her
best work, doing 1T all by hand. The
iesign is novel and handsome. The
! quilt was sold on tickets, Oliver Pei
key Of Fftzdale being the lucky man.
Mrs. Ed Hudson and two children,
Ella and Edward, who have spent the
| past week as guests of Mrs Hudson's
mother. Mrs. Sabina Boutwell, return
ID home Sunday.
Mrs. w. H. Morrison and daughter
| Marjory and Miss Hildred Lyster of
Fitzdale were over-Sunday guests of
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Grant.
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