The Portland daily press., 1886-06-14
BEARS IN MAINE.
Stirring Hunts with Varying Fortunes
for Man and Beasts.

The papers of this State, especially those
nrblisbed near where the farms give place to
the woods are telling stories which show
that tbe state Legislature did well in keep
ing the bounty on bears. Here Is one from
Piseataauis paper, the scene OF the hight be-
ing the town Of Greenvllle;
"Cant. Sam1 Cole caught large bear and
cubs In trans the other day. Another euD
was near by. which was chased ana eaptur-
ed. Tine old bear was shot, while. the cups
were taken to the Eveleth House
The town of Eustis, over in Franklin coun-
ty comes next with thrilling account of the
rescue of Ian Reeds sheep
"As Ian Reed was looking after his sheep
the other day he found them cr9Wueu on =
ledge and good sized bear looklns enSH si
over to see which one he would taAe s. dUi nlS an
supper but he was little too late, itor Ian
drove the sheep one way whiie Drum "en'
the other without his mutton.
Then comes the Bangor Wing with lhls
story:
Thursday several men at COstigan Sta
tion in Milford noticed bear resting COLI
tentedly on the edge. of the river Ihey SUI
rounded him, drove him into the wafer a anu u.S
young man named Lowe shot the animal ana
by means of boats he was brought to lahu'
The bear was large one.
So far bruin has been getting the worst Oh
the fight. But story from Franklin county
shows that in one place at least the fight Is
nip-and-tuck between bears and men. Iris
story, sent to the Phillips Phonograph, is
from much harrassed but still defiant citl-
zen of West Phillips;
''Bruin is still at large, making.his weekly
rounds, and visiting the hocks. 1t appears
there is jumbo bear as we hunters term II,
an old racer which has a bsat through Weld.
w. Phillips, No. 6, and Madrid. Since tax
ing the buck from Kempton's hocks, he has
baffied the skill Of an expert trapper IN
Weld. Since that he has taken sheep out
of Charles Fairbank's flock in W. PhlDlps,
ate one half and saved the rest, tlll tne next
night. G. W. Hewey, an old ana suceesslul
trapper was summoned to tne Spot VIII
trap. After looking over the SITUATION ne
built his house, put the remains of the sheep
into it, and set his trap, so that he could not
get the bait without getting into the trap, as
he thought But Wash got beat. Ihe Dear
came the next night, came up to the mousse,
reached over the trap, took the sheep out,
and went to safe place to enjoy his mutton.
He turned up again last week fn>Madrld 1usaT
Letter E. This time bruin did notgesFound
till after sunrise. But he was hungry and
mutton was ON his bill of fare for breakfast,
so he went for flock of sheep. Fortunately
the bear was seen by young man, VINO had
the misfortune to be dumb, so beat nasty
retreat to the house and by signs told what
was up. Ihe old gentleman was SICK anu 80
all the women hastened to the scene OF ac-
tiOn. By this time bruin had divided the
flock, one half taking to the woods chased by
the bear, Through the courageous efforts Of
the boy and the women they got the sheep
away from the bear and drove them to the
house in triumph. Great praise is due to the
Perry family for this feat We should like
to have acted as skirmish line, and served as
rear guard to the party with a twenty-six
shooter. There are ioeks of sheep all along
4 fb6 on fba we ar
put our sheen and time against his cunning,
and if he lives till fall, we win turn him over
to the tender mercies of j. G. r. the veteran
trappeT and guide"