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iiij^ht, eighteen sheep; and to illustrate the bold and 

 blood-thirsty nature of this dog-like animal, Mr. 

 Neveling adds, "the last Wolf 1 have knowledge of 

 was killed by myself in 1858, near Janesville, this 

 county, (Cleartield). The circumstances were as fol- 

 lows: 



"Mr. Joseph McCully and wife were on their way to the 

 grist mill at Janesville; a colt was following the sled and the 

 Wolf came in pursuit; it followed within a mile of the settle- 

 ment. Mr. McCully aroused me in the early morning and re- 

 lated the facts in the case, and I took the track of the animal 

 and in a few hours shot him." 



A DOCTOR'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. 



About the year 1845 Wolves were abundant in 

 Tomhickon Valley, between Catawissa and Hazleton, 

 where, according to my friend, Dr. Thomas C.Thornton, 

 they often atacked human beings, destroyed the set- 

 tlers' cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry and devoured 

 game. When the Catawissa railroad, a part of the 

 Philadelpliia and Reading system, was being built, Dr. 

 Thomas A. H. Thornton, a practicing physician and 

 the father of Dr. Thomas C, Thornton, now a promi- 

 nent medical practitioner of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 

 one cold Autumn night was called out of bed to visit 

 a patient about twenty miles from his home. At that 

 time there were no regular roads as we now have. In 

 their fdace the traveler used narrow paths or trails, 

 which, in many jtlaces. were illy defined, and an inex- 

 perienced person often lost his way when endeavoring 

 to follow thein. This was the misfortune of Dr. Thorn- 

 ton who, in his anxiety to reach the bedside of the 

 sufferer, attempted to make ji short cut. He lost his 

 way and for one week wandered through the wilder- 

 ness; and, having no gun, was obliged to subsist on 



