☞ It is reported that traces of bears have been recently seen near Turkey Hill, in the eastern part of Highburg. Several bears have been killed this winter in the upper part of the county, and we should not be surprised if some of the “varmints” made us a visit ere long.
☞ A lynx was shot last week in Burlington. The paper from which we glean this item says: “The animal is a rare one in Vermont. It is of a grayish color, with ears ending in tufts of black hair, standing [not the ‘ears,’ nor the ‘hair,’ we presume, but the lynx] a little more than a foot high, and measuring three feet in length. It subsists on hares, rabbits, and such small animals, occasionally attacking a sheep, or even a deer, by dropping on them [it] from a branch of a tree.”
☞ Two boys who had been skating in New York, a week or two since, were attacked with violent cramps and inflammation, and one of them died from the effects. It is conjectured that they laid down upon the ice, while heated from their exercise. This should be a warning to skaters.
☞ The snow which fell Wednesday, though light, is sufficient to make pretty good sleighing, and every body seems to be improving it. The proprietors, contributors and subscribers of the “Wreath” took their first sleigh-ride, this season, on Thursday. They were all comfortably stowed away in a sleigh and a pung!
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