Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-11
The Boating Bear.

thoro txyn huptarc Npa out
wost vho srant their time fsb;ng and
tronn;,g n;nts and beavers and chasing
dadr and fnb,;no wild-cats and otber var,
MINIS " as fbev called them. One dav they
,ya,o bo,t;ng I'M the river and half a mile
Nv 90 Of theS saw n big black hear come
lou, to tba odge If the water IN oet hi.
breakfast off from the body of n deer that
baJ rot s,nnl fast in tbe mid wbiIe he was
I;cL;9g nm saltv water-wbiob the deer like
verv nnch~and died there. They tried
avery wav to GET near enough to the bear to
have shot at him lint the old fellow
was too GINNING for them. If they tried 10
row the hnat nn TO where he was he would
trot off into the dark woods before thew got
onvwhere near close enouoh IN shoot Or
If thev left the boat and tried 10 Green mn
along The shore he would smell the powdet
in their quns long before he could hea,
them, and would give mad kind of n prowl
and RIM away. The hunters nrettv soon got
tired of This sort of foolinp. and though,
they'd trv another game ON him. So they
took what there was left of the deer and
tbrew II into the river. and IL aoated ont
into the stream. Then thew took an old
boat that they hadn't used in n long time
and mt on the seat in the middle bio cak.
of honey they had GOT ont of n bee.tree
few DAYS before. They drew the boat M OH
the sand at the waters edge. and laid the
rome down and covered it with sand and
stones inst beavv enough tn keen il from
aoat;uo az but not enough IN anchor If YER,
tigbt Every hit of the work thew did
Standing in the water. or in their own boat
40 "a not m laave anv tracks or scent I,
scare away the hear. Then tbev rowed owe,
.,nross tbs IGOR half n n;Ia or mora away
md oot raodv to watch with tb.ir snv.glass
Along about shutdown the old bear came
,rott;na dn,yn ont of the woods to oct an.
other /" vanison steak rare with salt.watp,
sono.n paf,ra ho ,,o+ thara ba sn,all.d III,
hnnay and honan 70 iicl, his chons as mncl
~ 70 sau :. Cood enonab i-viId honey In,
jas.ert" Rut in a mint. he found hi,
yem;son was aone and mada as much FMS.
a,;ng arn,nd and growI;ug az vour nam,
IA Iast sunday when the cat carried off III,
nails be had brongbt home for dinner
Rnt as the deer was zone, and he was hmm.
',rv be started 70 smell ont the honey.
D., soo,' ha fonnd the hoat and saw m,
hir cste Of honev On The Scat lie started
,aol, sn,rad ~ 6r., hmt .s tbere were no
,,u,,, noro.,rs nor a,, .;,,n nor snell of MAJ,
ne ca,na hack and ha9on IN neek aromnd
Re- ana, r,aod JaaI ILL NV IN COM
,hi,,,,s Ths, Iowa 10 ,Iay. tbav have "a
' n'..at ,ooth. ,hay ars cross chan th..y arr,
l',,,,'.,,. a,d ,ha,, are ,,,r,, cur;ons S9tbi.
Iii fgilou, ,rhnse mouth f.irIv ,Yatarad f,,
,ha hnn"1 inol,sd ali aromnd ike n mis-.
,.hiorom. yovnIer going for his mamma.
,rasarras and ,hsn sinnSned ;rtn the hoat
pnt n Ia,s thau iiify h.. wished be baJm',
Eor H. ,ya;,,bt lo1ssyed ,be rone and hi.
hmm into fhe boat sent il out mon the
lt tr'lp,, -" o,,d os ,he current aas raaI ss;f,
tbere Mr. Rear was soon floating down the
.;,,a. H.. oouid,., s,.iyn amJ ,.as 200 ,,noh
| TAD 81 tba water ~ immn in and too
LAT nnd % ot h;S honov ba ia aoa;,,
;u 49,. wb c how ~, would do Wbat,s that,
| WI ha houisd Tho bn,tars bad sser
ava ms,, he did and thew inmnsd ;nto
49, hnate omd heaan ~ mil TO- Kin r,elv
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nT ~ ' ill., ' sat IL, ,ho hnu, ,v;,h his IA
u so onr o as thew cot near snon@b ths frs,
,oI 49, o., ~ a',,h and taIl, 81 ,ha h,ar
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