Show TRAPPER NEVER CARRIED GUN small hatchet only weapon borne by experienced hunter isaac tichenor pratt one of the old resl denta of the village Is dead ills father was an old resident and gain ed a wide reputation as a hunter and trapper which was well upheld by his son 1 commenced trapping when a boy of 12 years and when he was obliged to give up the practice he had seventy nine bears to his credit all of which he had caught in a trap the only wild animal that he had not had in his traps was a catamount and he always hoped to get one of those before he retired from the bus ness one of the last catches was a wild cat one of the largest ever seen in the village it was the boast 0 mr pratt that in all his trapping expeditions he had never carried a gun of 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 faith tul dog and as a weapon to be used in emergency he carried a small hatchet with which he had killed many a bear that he found alive in one of his traps bennington corre spon dence boston herald |