Extract Of letter from Remington Vt. dated


Dec. 25, 1771.
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Dec, 25, 1771.


"a very odd event happened lately IN our
neighborhood, viz MIR. Zebulon Stanhope.
farmer, living about five miles n f by n
Of this township, having trained a couple Of
large bears to the plough and other services
clapped them before his sled last week.
with twenty chipples of wheat for the New
City. The animals drew extremely well
I for four miles and half; when the halter Of
the near bear giving away, the farmer set
about repairing it; but whilst he was thus
emploved the inhuman beast sezng him by
the right leg, tore it miseraby, and both
bears hauling at once, ran away with the
Sled. So that with the utmost difficulty he
got home in four hours on foot.


Messengers were dispatched to look for
the sled and cargo; and two days being spent
in fruitless search they were given up for
lost But on the third at noon, the noise OF
a carriage near the house was heard, and
yonng G lad Stanhope jumped up to see who
was coming; when-behold to his great as
constituent, it proved to be the bears draw
/, ing the sled into the barn, with no earthly
thing in it. except four large bears and three
cubs The lad, and two men that happen
ed to be in the house, ran nlmbly and shut
ting the door, with my long gun, shot them
all through crevlce."