Show 0 f RAPPER tRAPPER NEVER CARRIED GUN Small Only Weapon Borne I Experienced Hunter Is T Tichenor chenor Pratt one of or the old residents of the village is dead His HI father lather was an old resident and gain gain- pd d a wide reputation as a hunter and trapper which was well upheld by his hla son He commenced trapping when a. a a boy of 12 years and when he was obliged to give up the practice he hadI had seventy nine bears to his credit all I of at which he had bad caught in a trap The only wild animal that he had not had in his traps was a catamount ind ad he n nays Ys ho homed to get one of those before he retired from the busi busi- ness One of the last catches was a wildcat wildcat wild wild- wildcat cat one of the largest ever seen inthe inthe in inthe the village It was the boast of Mr Pratt that In all his trapping expeditions expeditions he had never carried a a. gun of ot any kind with him he never took any companion with him he never was away from home over night he was always accompanied by his faithful faithful faith faith- ful tul dog and as a weapon to b be used in emergency he carried a small hatchet with which he had killed many a bear that he found alive In one of ot his traps Bennington Bennington Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- Boston Herald |