, 1873-02-02

had built and trampled it out with her feet, and
,a With an an angy gToTl rstreated into t the lsir
Seeing that the: singular intelligence Of the
brute would foil their attempt ut smoking the
bears ont, tho men determined to rebuild the
/ fire, and when the bear again came out tc
smother 1t risk shooting her in tho very mouth
Of the don The fire was started again, and a.
before TIE old bear came out, this tina growing
and snarling and tra1npling the burning boughs
in terrible fury. Before eho had finished,
however, ball from Shafer's ri1o went crashing
breaking through the tangled laurels, she rushed
out OF the cave with her Jaws wide open, but fell
dead before abe had taken half dozen paces in
the clearing the hunters had made in the thicket
before commencing their operations
THIS lucky shot emboldened and encouraged
Hazen and 6hafer to continue their line of at-
tack. After drawing the carcasB Of the dead
bear awav Hazen agnin crept to the mouth OF
the den, and WAS about lighting another fire,
when the mate of the bear just killed rushed
directly for Hazen, Who had sprang to his feet
when he heard tho approach Of the bear from
within, but not in time to retreat. Hazen
stood between Shafer and the bear, and the lat
ter did not dare to fire for fear Of shooting his
companion % Besides, they Ind not calculated .s;;
unpreparod to meet it, There was
no time to lose, however, for
the enrnged brute had his immense paws on
Hazen's shoulders before lie had fairly recoy-
its sheath By his side his hunting hatchet. This
he quickly drew ont, and before the bear could
get him in it's embrace he dealt it terrible blow
nthe side Of the head, bringing it to the ground
Instead OF springing back out OF the way and
giving shafer an opportunity to shoot the AMI
NAL, Hnzon continued the attack with his
hatchet, and the contest at once became again
3 hand-to-hand one Hazen is q young but
powerful man, and agile IS cat, which gave
lim considerable advantage in the fight.
that his companion could not long stand
up against the immense power OF the bear,
and, not daring to shoot, he too uneheathed his
hatchet, and rushed to Hazen's aid, attacking
the bear in the rear. The shaggy brute main
tanned his ground against Lis two assailants for
short time, but finally, from loss Of blood and
lack Of that strength which at any other season
would have been much greater, he was forced to
succumb, and feb bleeding and dying at their
feet 4 rifle ball ended the existence he had 80
was about all torn from him, and he received
several ugly flesh wounds on various parts
OF his body. These we're dressed and, after
. abort rest, the hunters concluded to finish
cavern. These they knew we're cubs, and they
did not anticipate any great difficulty in dealing
With them They determined to adhere to the
smoking ont process and accordingly fire vas
made farther in the cave, and soon dense smoke
penetrated to every corner Of it. But few min
ntes elapsed before bear Was heard breaking
through the laurels in r different place from !
That at which the first two had gone out. Pres |
entity it broke through. It was about half |
grown. Casting q hasty glance around at the |
hunters, it started to run OF in the opposite di-
tion.. It's course was stopped by ball striking |
It in its foreleg. Bear-like, it raised up on it's |
launches at this and turned 3 full front to the !
hunters, growing and snazling furious1y. An |
other shot b1oug g6t it to the ground and killed it,
another bear in the lair, but all attempts at |
smoking him ont failed. Neithsro OF the hunters |
,ared to venture within the cave, as they had had |
quite enough OF wrestling with q bear. Failing |
% get the bear to come out, they began recon-
1oitoring for place where they could see into
he den, with the object Of shooting the remain
ng bear. They finally succeeded in cutting q
,ole throug gh the laurels at a point from where
he interior of the cavern could be seen. Bni1d-
red the bear crouched back in the forthest corner
.gainstn rock. Two shots fred into it despatched
t, and the hunters dragged it out in triumph
3eing somewhat exhausted with their daTsTQrk !
he men concluded not to start in pursuit Of the
fifth bear--the one they had wounded earlier iu
he day. Returning to this place they procured
ssistance, and the four dead bears we're brought
This was the most successful and daring bear
unt ever known in the Pike County region, and
las created quite sensation.
Week before last " Jerry" Greening and his
on Case, famous hunters, captured three deer
lire while going from their place at Shohola
'alls to 1lilford-a buck, q doe with fawn, and
aWn.' The Blooming Grove Park Association is
egotiating for their purchase to place in their
reeding enclosure at the park.