The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-22
vuxx rurr uUxrsD THE rAxrurx.
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rinn Hunter.

ship. do theyT said old Fin Teeple the veteran
Voodsn,an and hunter OF Wayne county, a. no
read In n local paper All Item stating that few
DAYS ago some ono Ind shot panther which
had hacn depopuia;lng tho sheep pastures Of
another par. 81 tho county for ao,no timo pnst.
John phlnsas Tcerlo. or Old Fin." az he Ia
called. 10 over W years Of ags. lie chose the
ite OF hunter when no WIS only 10 years old.
and whom tho entire upper portion OF the Della
ware valley was almost m unlnhabitod wilder
ness. lilo hns led tho iifo Of IL woodsman ever
since. md lives now with q daughter In the
Widest aud most Isolated spot no can find In
tho northern psnhsyvan mountains. severnl
rnios from this village. When no began
his career in tho woods Wild qams OF Nil
Kinds wnR still plenty In the valley. With tho
TsspIs follower It to thu dcnser Wilderness 81
the more nortlorn coun,ios Of Potter. Elk.
lioarilsd aud fornst. where no ha. spent the
hunting season for many years. He was In
Potter oShnty last fall and winter. Notwith:
standin. his great aye. ns hns as Greet and
forty years ago, Ho hus a formidabIe record 81
Wild aniIn9ls sll1in by him during hts long lie
and ih ss seb AZ aMs
Dssr. 2,5oa; bears. 4is: raMt1ers. u.s.
o. w" nc md smaller gvns he has silcd he
only killed as nseesslty required. AS they were
mot wuth wastin powder an bull on"
n ssd h% En- Hs'y' s'f sh:y ' asssr w as
NOR. mistaken In their lives; There amt ben
apsintor In these parts fur thirty year an, bet.
liz out . That zig IN st shafts Pond. down is
Pike county. somewhere long III '53, :! don't
fur sha. matter IN. %at them ie
iers has killed IL big wildcat. or Cnnndy
lynn. m"bIs fur thsm sassy critters %sr works
s sss we; Ssyes IL had a' nq S" ss
over inter Salem Tore supper time tonight II
nprt there was my k,nd g. chance q tna
bound to b. another one sportin' round there.
an II its. mate has ben Knocked over ye. kin
hate The III, hear from the
county. less he's GOT disguised with isssi
There naiSt no deer ei iur him to make 1 meal
70 divide lp 'twix. him an the sheep-kiiin'
nut take 4 nifty year sgol Then there wa.
fun fur painters long this Pei Deli, valley an.
yonder. an the woods was wath a mans while
,hs ss9 h shfs sp W. ns sY1r r ana
gun with powder an ball fur nuthn'. Ye didn't
heft TO hunt It seemed more us II the deer was
hunttn' you. an twa'n't safe to bot that you
Sps ass Very
together IN them days the most % the roads
tho woods. I was Goin' vsitin' ono day. early In
the fall @ 80, an tnort THAI while was on my
way might list rs we'll knock over deer an
four mile. an how many deer dye, s'puse see
while was goin'? Only twelve Six Of 'em
fwsanssd away Tore coaa thnt IN ena,
goin yisltin' an want huntin'. II I'd ben
huntin' ~ got the other siX., Deer was SO
thick that 1t were a. common thing for Teller
i 70 cut its throat to lind that ho'd
See an Noble a fawn or two. that happe ned to
be IN range. done that w4nst at Duck Har-
pp out pans
make sure that there wa MT none O. the family
q The buck ! was list about 70 slug standby
then bore a hole in tthe buck: Cause twas
ass sMo or ,hass
casses on yer hands to cut up an, lug in to the
sabin-it not bein' the proper thing to leave
fun huntin ,em. but never left the woods
that I've kinder sided out, o my way. now an
then. to, see what kind o stun one o these
ole su sss h ma IN nm
good. but never quite up to tho notch that could
lot him stpnd UP when my Old smooth bore
Dos Waass ns tho sT rS IVY cre sai
That doe must ben out all the night afore
sSsee srns 20 shs never hss May
nor over an eonsiderin' whuther tc
q Inc h Tan tickle hsr WITH hsf BULGE fSenS:
she laid tliare. or to 90 on nm lot her have hel
put Of q tree list over her head an lit on hel
liks a ton q lead; 1t was q thunderin' bis
Rain,sr hadn't On ss see him I'll, he Dropped
should spile his inner. - The doe Woke VOL s u
SssId her boiler ys'd tho't SONS, one was
g. his bearln's II he thot couldn't spile M
n hp aOpk tea 4
the does throat afore old smooth-b bore Iinet
in the music. She sung so loud that the pain
ceased to continner bein' one o. the livin' cree.
% S Sen sE Hs sG to dealt. 1n she o
. ben broke up wuss, than she was over bein
woke so student. She couldn't seem to git the
looked iust one way an then .'other. as il sh.
know that the chancss was that tho painter,
an that It'd, moron likely eether in the doe I
turned old smoothbore, on her an put her ou
danger: She never know.d what In tayor
gone nsr: but ner sadaies was nice An lat. an
WAS Out Soy tn an fore anybodyd ever
bsrSy bsdss
s.heap more o hunters had cethered in acre,
FUN with bar an painters an deer over i
ssssr Sen dom T eo"d for II
year to enjoy myself with the varmints on thi,
side Of the river. But Pete Stewards the onl,
one OF 'em that's left an hos Twin over In thu
Deaverkiii region soms'rs. poOty clus on to
hundred year Old. Them ielIsrs hunted al
long a. thore was a painter In the woods
painters WAS Their fav'rit ,reecryation. Nes.
Croker was one that'd ruther tackle 4
painter than cat No painter. nor no bar
NOR no other animal that ever siouchet
the woods could git the best O. Selse
wanted: but what tho painters an bar
couldn't do bug juice done easy. an wheI
Noise found that he couldn't stand up an rasss
with that without its chawin' him up. he load
Cd hiS rife one day an went out in the woods
When thew found him he was hueGin' mis- Gun
sgin his brsRst. but there want no load In 1t
TLat had gone clean through Nelse's heart
That was In lS43. an here was good man
painters left Ylt fur the boy what was left 4
clean out. In 1910 Pete Stewart killed tw'
painters In RocEland and Amos Shee!ey k!le'
ono. From that ti,no on they got to Gi:tin
scarccr an scnrcer. an Ia 1855 Pete Stowar
got on the track OF one an f)llered 1t into tn
Eevsrsink county. where no shot II. That wa
the last painter ever seen or hesrd on IN Sul
ivan county an some ono mad cleaned tho las
one out in this county moron live y"nrs betore
~" The oosy o all this Sullivan county palntc
Kill lers us nigh rs kin GIT the Eslt OF EN-, WI
Cal Bush. He was an carly settler, over 4
what's now the town o. Liberty. an his onl!
nsixhbOr was v sort Of hermit hunter nance
4 ~ tho,, txv., i..st M, p,n