The sun., 1888-10-28
HOW MISS BURLINGAME SHOT a BEAR.
She Hunted Bruin for Fun, and was Not
Very Nervous About It.


She Hunted Bruin for Fun, and was Not
Very Nervous About It.
SCRANTON, Oct 27.--Farmer Benjamin j.
Jones OF Virgil, Cortland county. N. Y. stopped
hero the other day on his way home from
four weeks bear and deer hunt among the
mountains OF the upper SinnamahoninE region
in Potter county. His party killed eight deer.
three full-grown bears, two yearling bears. Ave
coons. one fox. and II lot OF squirrels and par
tridges. Mr.. Jones was much elated over the
lively sport he had enjoyed in the wild woods
of that great game region. but nothing in his
experience pleased him so much as an adven-
ture which his handsome cousin. Miss Flora
Burlingame. had with bear on the only sun
shiny afternoon tho hunters saw during their
stay out there.
Miss Burlingame was born and reared in the
narrow SinnamahoninG valley. and she has al-
ways breathed the fresh air Of the mountain
Gus regions OF Wharton township She Is in
her Goth year, und Mr. Jones describes her as
being a little above the average height with
regular features. rosy cheeks, dark eyes, and
dark brown hair He says she weighs $50
pounds, and is a perfect picture OF good health.
Her body is willowy her step elastic. and her
movements are graceful. and she can ride
horse, leap u fence. shoot, do any kind of house,
~
Miss Burlingame is also school teacher. and
for two or three years she has taught the dis
trict school, three miles up the SinnamahoninR
and taking her dinner with her. Her three
brothers are famous hunters. and she is as
only girl in the family. and MIR. Jones says that
her brothers iairIy worship her The interest, m st.
ing so5y told 81 ss bv Mr ones as oews III 'ne
Miss Flora Burlingame is my own cous-
in, but she always calls me Uncle Ben be-
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On Wednesday morning. Oct. 10. the weather
looked ns though |! was g9ing to be go9Wd WoS i9r
colt and Henry Burleld and myself met at the
residence of the Buringames and got ready to
60 on deer hpn. hH big oTa bad
school house. and Ed Blrlngame had hitched
sixteen @ miles away. We had old sport and
Tace with us. and when we got on the other
the hounds in charge. placed the two Burnelds
and myself on different runways; and instruct
% r M IN by hsfp IN s
make for home. Then Wes took the hounds
and strobe off toward the next ridge to tho
didn't hear a yelp from the hounds or get q
glimpse of single one of the hunters, Then
made sae tor TO- the head 81 Rune
1t was O'Clock when struck Birds Run.
na heo to aad do rss% awhs hs
down in the run. about a mile from the house
OF the Burlinga1ncs. l then stopped. listened
hRt es Rad tie ds
the ravine. So hurried on down and / hadn't
gone far before beard "a rfo sracS S In The the
RsSns OF thu as s
Of Ed BurlinGames Colts rifle and supposed
that Ed had got back from town and had gone
to. AS was hurrying down the rough hillside
to take hand in the sport heard the rife
/ stopped and listened again.
"seyenty-hye or Or eighty rods down d the danI hilI
thers Tbs s aS i gofd
or fifty feet and stop. I had Remington
barrel that fitted the left barrel Of the gun tho
whole length; 1t carried special shell that
ounce ball for long-range shooting. and :!
the fgh ade Hnlad that bd
hind legs. and the old fellow stuck in his claws
and climbed twenty feet higher. AS soon as
hemlock i heard the Colts gun crack again.
and the bear let loose right away and fell clear
That stirred me up good bit ! can tell
could 90. The fh dogs were yelping all The
hounds were, instead OF finding Ed. as /, OK
by the side of dead bear,
"She was much excited, and. standing her
When % sho' ' got home from school she heard the
hounds baying IN Birds Run nravine., She i'm
agined that they might have cornered bear.
shc grabbed Eds rifle and ran TO the ravne to
sss what they were barking at Her mother
and on she dashed. and found the hounds wor
ryipg a bear near the bank Of the creek.
in order to attract the attention OF sport and
Tnce. but tho on ~ effect 1t had on them was to
make them stop barking for second and look
around. The hounds saw her and then flew at
the bear again, all three Of them Dlunging
down toward whelo she was. She kept clear
tho dogs were not in her way. but falling to hit
the old fellow, After a while the bear got
said, and then she thought she would be ablo
to kill him with bullet before he reached the
limbs. She was getting her rifle ready to bang
gun and saw the bark fly from the trunk OF the
treo and she said she knew by the report that
II was Uncle Ben's gun and that he was COM
Ali at once Flora said her nerves got steady
ana al
bears head Her shot was u true one, for the
bullet struck Hin a the butt Of the right ear
him again, and Flora put another bullet in his
sum. sum- That 1 finished old bruin and dhs he Was sJs as
dead ti as roeh when got After Ihs
% Shoulder LI s and said said ' Come along @ Gece ' Benz
aud when asked her II / shouldn't carry her
gun for her. as she must be pretty tired, Why,
Uncle Ben.' she said, 1t seems as II could al
most carry that bear and my rifle. too. and she
tripped through tho woods as gracefully as a
young fawn. appearing to have got all over the
excitement OF the half hour before.
On the way home We met Mrs. Burlingame
all out Of breath. She was dreadfully afraid
that something awful had happened 10 Flora,
and never saw u more joyful mother than she
was when Flora danced up to her and gave her
u kiss. II was dusk when we got back to the
house. Ed Burlingame had returned from
Sinnnmahonlng: and We hndn't been there two
minutes before WeS rushed in
Whats tho matter with Flora?' he said:
her checks look redddssr than usual and she
oh, nothing. killed bear down In Birds
Run little while ago: hats al Flora said.
"T Then Wes wanted to know all about 1t, and.
after he had heard it, he was nrouder than ever
OF his pucky sister Wes said he hadn't been
able to put the hounds on any deer, and be- |
tween and o'cOcs he sent them home.
After supper We fetched the bear 10 the house |
on a sled, and he tipped the beams OF tho steel
yards at Just 20l pounds.
" Flora WAS up long before daylight the next |
morning. getting the housework out OF the way