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Kor the illouiitftoli) TllW't.V W ild Mari In Perry County.RockrlUe, Au« 1878, Considerable excitement prevail* among tins different- pintle* frequent lug tin? mmin-tain* in nearcli of borrtat* live mllo* west lt;f IlarrUburg anti directly oppodu Rockville.Not long Kince John Quincy Attain* of£hn latter place while at liia li-laui wan in pur-Hilii of Imrric’M and having wandered a can* iddentblu tlbtmu into Uni nmmituim bo-cami' terribly alarmed nt the ttpjMua ranee of it m»u itippoMeil lo Ik* perfectly wild, and-going about in a condition I hat nct-ording to doaorljitlun, would be miflHeient to put to lllght the holdouthaokwoodmnan. At leuft tins flight of the human monster wn- rem much for M Quincy** who vacated tin* grounds with the speed of a dying liulTnlo.He Dover rtmtndng to ciwt a look behind hut leaping the * mu Her bushcH, dodging overhanging tree, toning hie lirvt, and removing binihoir of lib bucket In* very rapidly inert* need the distance twist him and hi* rit.Liting point, with the dreaded terror a considerable way in the roar ii bellowing out hi* wild yells of triumph, but losing ground in the pursuit. By the remarkably rapid and lengthy itridee of Urn venerable u Quincy** (not tint Quincy that formerly nut on the Presidential stool however) he noon foutiu himself in eight of tiult; corny lit ‘ tie village Whore In an elderly lady'a man ni.'h he might liud relief, and an wait necee-‘ hary a camphor stimulant, He lift* nut.hocn to gallon bin He* since, and no furtIter i* developments of the myHUury base hern a ^ gained, neve that two of the Telegraph ojh ,M h eralions, (of which there are four umploys d- In the pltue by tin* different It, Ii, IVii.i Wi, | ww lit one flay since to rustic ate among A t the shady tree* and •• dispatch*’ any wlior-[ lt;i1 I. tlebeyrlre that might fall In then way, and- finding Ihcinfcelve* a smart dlaUue.u ouUidr i. the Uni rids of safety and the hearing I lie • i,ralbtM of their IttslruuMtnu when theywere startled suddenly by sow© unusual nah«,% and after neon nolle ring noma little with a view of tlnding out the why and wherefore (in which they railed,) they eoti-Vtned and held a council of war and con-eluded lo «piJt the place, K
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New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 13, 1872
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