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WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



lates that up to 1860 the wolves had a crossing in the 

 west end of the valley near Logan Mills. A third 

 path was near Summer Creek, not far from the heart 

 of the present town of Loganton ; it was used by the 

 wolves as late as 1857, in their journeys to and from 

 the White Deer watershed. John Womeldorf relates 

 that packs of wolves used to run along the summits 

 of the mountains on the northerly side of Sugar Val- 

 ley on winter evenings howling at the farmers en- 

 gaged in their "night milking" in the barnyards in 

 the valley below. Many farmers favored firing the 

 mountains to destroy their cover. 



