Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-02
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An Adirondack Bear Story.

Last Tuesday afternoon, while Antoine this village, was looking after and caring for | his sheep he discovered tracks of bear ot such huge proportions as to indicate he was an old settler, if his understanding was l comme nsurate to his body." Following in l the direction the animal had travelled, Rob- erts suddenly discovered the object of h1s search few feet from him. Bruin was quietly feeding on the tender body of lamb, tine property of MT. Wells, but beat a hasty retreat when he saw the stranger.
 MT. Roberts being armed with nothing but a salt dish, and thinking the method of catching squirrels would not work in this case, soon abandoned the pursuit. The next morning he was joined by Wallace Me FaFland, Charles O. Bartlett and Ashley S. Prime, who followed the bears track in a zigzag course over the summit of Mount Eb- enezer and several other mountains, but re. turned without the least evidence of success. Thursday morning Edgar Lewis. the popular Saranac guide, joined the party, and all set out ln hot pursuit, about four o'clock. They first struck the track but few rods from Liberty Greens house, thence over Hlrlin mountain, and came in sls.-- of ''the biggest bear in the Adirondacks" near nlSroambyille. Mr. Lewis opened fire on the animal when some eight rods distant, the bali taking ef- feet in the shoulder, Bruin rose up on his hind feet, and glanciHg about, saw the sauce from which he had received his wound. Meanwhile the dogs occupied his attention, but, notwithstanding, he started for the man who shot him, roaring with rsge. MT. Lewis succeeded in firing six successive shots from his Winchester rifle when re- treating, all of which took effect The last shot entered the bears head near the right eye, killing him instantly when only seven or eight feet dis tant MT. Lewis stood hemmed in on all sides, so that it would have been extremely difficult to effect his escape had not the last shot produced the desired result
 The bear weighed when dressed nearly 800 pounds, and was justly denominated by the guide and those who have seen him as the ''Jumbo among bears" Hundreds have already seen the monster who can vouch for the statement concerning his immense size. The writer is not prepared to state the ami malls age, but old hunters whose veracity has not been questioned-not more than hunters generally-say he must have been twenty or twenty-five years old.
 The Rev Father Sweeney, curate at St. Patrick's church in Norwich, has been trans ferred to LitchGeld and removed there yes terday
 The Hartford Electric Light company have ordered another dynamo machine, to meet the demands upon them for their lights, which they are at present unable to fill The company are now running 1OS street lights and 184 commercial lights. They have orders for twenty five more com mercial lights which cannot be filled until the arrival of the new dynamo.
 A recent test of the water pressure in the mains at Waterbury, while the steam fire engines were at work, showed that it fell off thirty-seven pounds when both engines were at work and that the water was wholly cut off from the higher part of the city. Houses there could get no supply and it was evident that the hydrants in that section would be useless under such circumstances.
 A Norwalk firm are manufacturing and shipping cider to Florida and the West In dies. They have secret process by which fermentation is arrested and thus their "spir- it of the p1ess'' is capable of being shipped and kept in the hottest countries in the best of flavor. Norwalk apples and oysters have long since been sold in the markets of Flu rope, and now her sweet cider is to tickle the palates of the dwellers under the equator
 The Hartford Herald, which is the only German paper in the city, has been much en- larged of late and under the editorship of MT. M. Galody has attained a higher tone, so that it is now popular with our best class of German citizens. Its circulation is quite considerable and it offers one of the best and surest means of reaching the German popu- lation of this city and vicinity. Our mer ants should remember this.-Hartford Ceurant.