Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-15
BEAR STORIES FROM ULSTER.
Narrow Escape of Bark Peeler and
Fight with Mr. Bruin.

Narrow Escape of a rk-Peeler ana
Fight with Mr.. Bruin.
The hoop-pole cutters and bark-peelers
in different parts of this county are COM
mencing early to talk of the presence OF
bears in unusual numbers in the noun
tains, says an Ellenville, n. Y, special to
the New York Times. Shandaken, Hen
lev, Woodstock and Hardenbergh Town.
ships seem to be the chosen fields OF these
animals this spring. They have emerged
with their young from their winter Sleep
ing places some weeks before they are
usually looked for, Notwithstanding that
the snow is still very deep in the woods.
The Neyersink region sends IN the story
that a bark-peeler named Daggett at
tempted to capture pair of cubs that he
came upon a few days ago snugly slowed
away in q hollow stump. lie
took them up in his arms,
and was hurrying away with them,
when the mother appeared upon the
scene. Daggett, thinking he might out
run her and reach house that was dis
tant about half mile, kept the cubs in
his arms, and ran at the top of his speed.
The old bear gained on him rapidly, how
ever, and he put down one of the cubs,
hoping that the mother would stop with
it long enough to allow him to get beyond
her reach with the other one. She stopped,
but only an instant. Seeing that only
one of her cubs had been released. she
rushed after Daggett again. He saw that
it would be impossible for him to reach
the house before the she-bear would be
upon him. and he dropped the other cub.
This satisfied the old bear, and she al
lowed Daggett to go on his way unmO-
Tested. A party of armed men subse-
quently went in search of the trio, but
had not captured them at last accounts.
The Woodstock country is excited over
the adventures Of four men and boy
with a she bear and three cubs on Friday
last. The party was hunting rabbits near
the Greene county line. The boy fired at
a rabbit he had scared from a bush pile,
and at the sound of the gun large bear
came out from behind the roots of a fallen
tree. She was followed by three cubs,
and rushed directly at the boy. The bear
was only a few steps away, and the boy
fired the undischarged barrel of his gun
at her, but as it was loaded with fine shot
the effect was only to increase the bears
fury. The boy ran and shouted for help.
The four men were near, and appeared
in time to save the boy, who was
being closed pressed by the enraged bear.
The guns of the party contained nothing
but fine shot, but the men attacked the
bear at close quarters. The cubs huddled
together at a short distance behind their
mother. While the men were firing into
the old bear the boy ran up and carried
away two of the cubs. The mother dis
covered the loss Of her cubs at once, and
broke away after their captor. She had
received nine heavy charges of shot, how
ever, and was mOrtally wounded, and fell
dead before she had gone many steps. In
the fight between the men and the bear
one of the party had his boot and one leg
of his trousers torn Off Of him and his flesh
badly mangled by a sudden spring of the
bear upon him. The bear was very thin,
although large, and weighed but 200
third cub