fence so as not to expose himself, and picked out or got a cow and pair of oxen in the dark which he turned out into the field where they lay among the bushes. The whole drove being tired by this time had laid down in the road. Ferris had made out so well he now attempted another capture, but on going through the fence the rail cracked and broke, and he perceived a man behind an opposite the fence sink down and therefore didn't dare to cross, but went behind a tree and watched carefully. Presently the man raised his head, then his body, and at least he stood up straight behind the fence. Ferris then took as good aim as he could in the dark behind a tree to which he had gone for conceal- -ment and fired mortally wounding the
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stranger who died that night. It was now nearly day and Ferris re- -treated to Edward Burling's, a quaker, he was acquainted with lived a little above. Burling's family were now up and engaged in making cider it being in autumn. They were surprised to see Ferris whose face was covered with sweat and blackened with gunpowder. "What are you doing here Ferris? How dare you come here?" Ferris then asked if they could not send somebody down to see if those chaps were still there. Burling answered, yes, he would send to bor- -row a scoup. He did so, but Ferris couldn't remain where he was but followed this boy, and presently met several men who knew and were talking about his adventure. They told him he had killed a man and