Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

 

From the Marinette and Peshtigo [Wis.] Eagle.

     On the night of the 12th inst., Andrew Manfestor, an employee of the Peshtigo Company, was up in the north branch of Beaver Creek, in company with three or four other men, and a little over a mile from camp, when it became dark and night closed in. They started for camp, and on the way bravely amused each other with wolf and bear stories until their imaginations were well wrought up, when suddenly, “like a clap of thunder from a clear sky, ” they heard the dismal sound of wolves close behind them. This frightened the whole party and put them to flight. Mr. Manfestor immediately went into fits. One or two of the others stayed with him till the rest went to camp and procured assistance. They carried him into camp and administered what they could to his necessities, but he died during the night.