pit 
§2 RECRIFA TION. 
deep bites in my hand while trying to 
capture one when he was cornered. 
At first we let them loose in the 
house; but after they had broken 2 
goblets and various other things, 
mauled a cat to death, bathed in the 
waterpail, rolled in the flour barrel, 
eaten sugar out of the bowl, tracked 
butter over the table cloth, and played 
other pranks too numerous to men- 
tion, we decided to keep them out- 
doors in a cage. Accordingly.a wire 
CATCH AD OU OM DIN 2mm ame ame cL 
was made. The martens were put 
in their new home and are there 
now. They are nearly full grown. 
One is light brown in color, with 
a face nearly white; the other is 


nearly black with a light colored face. 
They both have bushy black tails and 
their lower legs and feet are black. 
One day my martens escaped from 
the cage and ran to a chicken coop in 
which there is a barrel with a hen’s 
nest at the bottom. As I entered the 
door, one of the martens jumped from 
the bottom of the barrel, landed on 
the edge, then sprang to the floor and 
started off with an unbroken egg in 
its mouth. I made after him, and he 
dropped the egg. Being quite tame, 
they were easily captured again. 
At another time when they escaped 
they killed a duck, dragged it about 
75 feet, then left it without eating a 
mouthful. 

AMATEUR PHOTO BY CHAS. T. OHMER, ARGYLE, MINN. 
A PACK OF SHEEP EATERS. 
I send you to-day a photo. of the re- 
sult of a wolf hunt which took place here 
on Sunday last. You will notice there are 
15 of the youngsters, all gray and all 
taken from one den about 5 miles from 
here. The old wolves, of which there 
were 5, all escaped after a run of nearly 
20 miles. They are all past masters and 
dig up the traps as fast as they can be 
set. I am told they have killed $400 
worth of calves and colts since they came 
in here last winter. 
Tom. Gardner, Las Animas, Colo. 

AMATEUR PHOTO BY T. ve GARDNER. 
A PACK OF WOULD-BE SHEEP EATERS. 
