Meets Maine Youth on Forest Road and Hooks His Lamp.
    James Collins of Isle an Haut, Me., had a thrilling experience with a deer on a recent evening. Mr. Collins is a musician and at 7 o’clock left his home at Moore’s Harbor to go to a dance. When about halfway he saw a dark object by the side of the road, which he at first mistook for a rock.
    He saw the gleam of a pair of eyes, and at the same moment the dark object came toward him with a rush, and he saw by the light of the lantern which he carried that his assailant was a buck deer. The buck ran his head over Mr. Collins’ right arm, and the lantern was entangled in his horns.
    In his other hand Collins carried his cornet and, taken at a disadvantage, was hurled to the grounnd and injured. He extricated himself in a few moments, when the buck changed his tactics and, with the lighted lantern still attached to his horns, disappeared in the forest.
    Mr. Collins, bruised and bleeding, arrived late at the dance and told his story. Deer are still protected on Isle an Haut, but there will be a strong petition sent to the next legislature to extend the killing time.
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