A Massachusetts Sportsman Nearly Killed While Hunting in Maine.
    Boston, Mass., Jan.-19.-Alanson Haslam, a prominent Waltham sportsman, has just had a terrible experience with a buck which he attempted to kill in Northern Maine. The buck was a handsome specimen, about 3 years old. Haslam attempted to cut the animal’s throat after he had wounded it. The buck made a dash for him, and the hunter was only able to save his life by grabbing the buck’s horns. Back and forth they swayed, the eyes of the buck shooting fire in his madness, and for fully five minutes they held their position neither gaining an advantage. All the time the prongs of the deer’s horns were having a great effect upon Mr. Haslam’s clothing, tearing it into shreds and bruising his chest and stomach each time they struck him. Had he not seen the dear weakening from loss of blood his courage would have failed. Finally a plunge of his knife higher than the previous thrusts struck a vital spot and the crazy buck dropped to the ground dying. The hunter with his clothes hanging in rags from him dropped near the deer and lay motionless until he was rescued.
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