The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15

He led the way. back to the guns. Under his
instructions Itook aim at one battling moose
and he covered the other. The two reports
one. Neither moose made an effort to get up.
There was good reason Tor that. Both we're
THE BEAR WAS NoU1s111vn
He Had . Good Time for Six Months. bat
His Curiosity Was Death.
M1h1ERsBURo. Pa, Jan. 1.-The in
q~uisitive bear Of Mt. Patrick ia dead. Ever
since last July this bear had been q source OF
much excitement and uneasiness to the people
at and in the region adjacent to Mt. Patrick.
Mt. Patrick is a settlement In Perry county,
just on the other side Of the Susquehanna
River from this village. Tho Pennsylvania
Canal runs through 1t. and there Is q lock there.
There are rather wild and wooded mountains
near Mt. Patrick. and Gearing Swamp. a large
tract where various kinds Of vegetation spread
about in dense. contorted. and complicated
growth, Is part Of the outlying neighbour
hood. Wild turkeys have lurked in the
mountains. and wildcats and foxes made
free use Of this swamp. as we'll as Of the poultry
yards Of the vicinity, as long as the memory Of
man can reach back. But bear long years ago
forsook the land, and bruin thereabout lived
ohty la - VhCh w
Tender Shelly Of Mt. Patrick. who was sitting
In his little shanty at tho lock one day in July
last, saw the door darken, and. looking up,
discovered a big black bear standing on the
threshold, gazing calmly and inquiringly in
upon him.. he was not only surprised but
scared. and it was nothing to his discredit that
he yelled and howled for help. The noise
made BY Shelly not only. alarmed the settle
ment. but frightened the bear. Bruin backed
hastily out Of the door and shufled away down
along the canal.
A dozen citizens OF MT. Patrick were hasten
ing toward Shelly's cabin at The time. and. dis
covering the bear. started in pursuit, although
none of them was armed. When the bear
heard the uproar behind him he stopped and
looked back as II to find out the cause OF it all.
Not liking the looks Of tho approaching mob.
he jumped in the canal. swan across to the
towpath, and climbed out upon 1t. There he
paused again and looked back inquisitively.
By that time the bears pursuers had gathered
stones by the armful. and a shower Of those
missiles was projected against him.. Satisfied
that tho rabble had no kindly Intentions to-
ward him. bruin proceeded down the towpath
at his best gait. The crowd crossed to the tow
path by a bridge and continued the chase.
For a quarter Of a mile the bear shambled
along the towpath with the yelling delegation
from Mt. Patrick following him as closely as
its speed and carriage permitted.
As this altogether novel procession was maxi
team Of mules. with their boat in tow. were APP
ton. 1t was feed time. and the mules heads
were buried to their eyes IN their feed baskets
bea .ne sOo Msn heSe their ie si Esy p oi 9 aSe a n1pPG; linn
mules. 1t didn't seem to mind the mules any,
and sdsnt kept % right b.s on. Pr, Presently %MIys The b, mules mules got
bear. They lifted up their ears as high as they
would lift, tossed the feed baskets neryoqsly
who had cRarse Of the mulss was walking.
with reckless confidence. close at their heels.
He hadn't seen the bear yet. The unusual
and he began talking to his mules in those
gentle and rious tones characteristic OF the
the name Of the country Of perpetual fire they
jackass heads for EN-, tho mules ported their
their driver obtained. II iull and unobstructed
view Of the approaGhipg bear: The driver re;
Leased Lease $ hiII Just I,n one OLD oldtIfa ;am m uleb.boy yel
pulled stiff and strong Tor the boat. While he
was on his way the mules kept edging off
where they ioundered like harpooned whales.
pain pni 0s and 's toes TO the lsF @ood sn HIS IfHm r sns .Sws
when that was accomplished the bear had ais
Toward evening, q ,Ii day John aroton:
near his kiln to rest. He turned his hat over
his face to Keep the flies of. He had ain there
s put a sh nsrr tlne ,n when R he beard SSGI s Sa1 hs
was confronted by n bear. which was bending
oyer him. With It's snout within siy inches q
examination OF the lime burner; Groton's yell
was heard BY a man wh9 liyed, nearly q half
BOAR, q Snd sent int it t on It's way AYE as S last Ss as i eoa ahs
go. while Groton flew over the ground in the
opposite direction, The bear was followed by
others to Gearing swamp whore 1t was again
Two weeks later Mrs. Hannah CARLY. who
on the other side Of Gearing swamp, was
chprning In her Kitchen, when she heard q
sabdued snort Locking around, she saw a
impudent but inquiring air. Mrs, CARLY ran
the bear so little that he crswied through the
window into the kitchen, and coolly refreshed
ff nrS $ q q r q basin bS Of mIlk 70 th a. 81 SoG on a ben bench !
pitchfork, and mot the bear coming. out OF
the house At the Kitchen door: Instead
to the barn. and his wife cut cross lots to a
neighbor's. The bear IN the mean time sapn.
s ssssa w .%s.su os It's su way y t sSS RAM IT. an P4 Masn la Il
covered ii IN john Riaf Ba lsSIs as'sS 6sc L1a Saf io ok.
has u gun, and he took 1t down, pointed It at
the bear, and fired. Tho bear went away with
out showing any sign OF having been hurt, and
was not seen again until early September.
Farmer Janewsy. who lives on the river flats.
had q nice patch OF One after
noon he went out to pick what was left, when
he saw the inquisitive M. Patrick bear, which
had become famous in the neighborhood. sit
with a big melon In one paw, white with the
other he scraped the Juicy pulp out and stuffed
the remains OF broken melons, showing that
the bear had been making . wholesale feast.
Farmer Janeway carried a revolver, and he
advanced on brnin. and began pepperinR away
at him. One bullet hit the, bear In the paw, and
he dropped his melon and limped away across
the field, disappearing In the woods.
As nearly two months passed without the
bear having been seen In the yicin-
ity. it was believed that Farmer Janeway's pis-
tol had done moro than wound .he bear In tho
paw, and no one expected TO see him alive
again. But In the latter part of October the
bear turned up once more, This tune among the
beehiyes in Farmer Osgood's orchard, near
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