New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
A LEFTHANDED BEAR.
AND THE HARD LUCK OF SOME HUNTERS
DOGS

staufer,s Mills Penn. Dec. % tspeciaD-'"uess you
fellows never tackled lefthanded bear sS'u al U
PGcono hunter 10 group OF bifu'shoo'eis Wv ss,
evening II didn't exactly tackle one myself ne auue
49,. - ono eoht two dogs over az the head OF White
Oak Run last winter and he didn't use ms rgh pa" ~
Me and Charley Petty put white bnlldo2 anu rO''
an tho bear,s track in about inches OF snow ana INC
,yav they made the woods ring was music. Inc "'te
DOG took the lead and for all OF two miles we co"ui
Keen m Then the yepng Of the two grew louu'r anu
sharper We hurried ahead and iound ha' 'neS mau
caught up to a large bear and were Worrying MN. Inc
hear tried his best 20 get In the SCRUB OAKS ou1 e
c. nrcsscd him so hard and npped his hind legs and
aanks so often he backed up against rock ana got
mad He was mighty mad too but the dogs diuh seem
TO care snap II he was, for they both kept p'c"nH
AZ him and every time they made lunge he brougho
h,s ,o,, nav down with force enough to break
a cows back. We might have plugged inc bear
with bullets right there, but the dogs aIPeIou " envy
teasing him. and pretty the bulldog made reap ana
tried to grab bear by the nose linen ua1 ou 'i'
roy NJ his cot in Its line He Brought u around
SIDEWAYS this time bulldog failed to glao Ms noSc
and before could get out OF the way un'' ""ui ''
paw struck the night Jaw ana tore e Done oo''
That used up MI Bulldog, but the ether dog "aS IL o"
s lion and nc faced huge left paw ana 9ot khocAeu
into the brush twenty feet OIL. The bear aunt y !" u'o
his right paw and, when he had ceailcu oo'' us
out he cool as you please ana we sho' MN
dead
or ,ovo- mat n ,ofbanded bear" said another old
Monroe County hunter "but across as tough
dcg.kiIer as your cft-handcd bear was was euuhs
a party OF cry shooters htorgh inc hhoo N'u''
district az the time. the third day one OF the CITY
,c;lows cot tired Of standing runways. and 20
ne took his and shotgun and went Oh oy himself "'r
runed grouse. 1 found bears u'eA III inc Blu" mar
Knob Pond that morning and the deer shooters SAID heY
sed they Just soon hunt the bear lor cs
So 1 got three dogs and put them or the track ana
stationed the city chaps and ore The dogs huSted
the bear swamp ana then out OF IT, Oh tue cuso
OF the swamp one dogs got IN his way ana was
Killed and before any could get shot al MN ne
dog was too sharp for bounded him INTO the
swamp hve times Finally the Dear gave
up trying to hide swamp and headed for ra'ine
half The funniest tEing OF all was hat the
bear ran right into the neishborood tie brdhuntcr
was trying to grmse. Before the pnd'shooer had
chance to realize what all the cracking IN mc bfush
meant the bear crashed through the sapngs close TO him
and appeared in sight. The grousehuntcr said his first
thought was leg ~ up the HILL but he was AFRAID the
hear would chase him. and he faced the music and hred
two charges Of No shot into the bears face ana eyes
The bear couldn't travel after that and We Killed
him"
one day this fall the young OF man who lives on
Tunkhannock Creek mile or so from home to gather
Ltcchnuts. large ietblack Newfoundland doc accom-
panied and while the boy was busy picking nuts
from under tree the dog prick his ears. wag
and OIL though he had spcd another dog
and was going to This surprised the boy, but
he didn't call the dog back. lie watched him though
and he quickly that the dog was trotting toward
much larger animal and one just as black as the dog
the dog had got within few yaids Of the other
black he suddenly put his tail between his legs
whlled right and past the boy though he
half scared death. The moment the dog did this tho
other ANIMAL which the boy then saw was huge black
bear turned tail Just suddenly and waddcd oil IN the
opposite direction he could Each had been
very much frightened by the other, and the boy
nothing Of the dog until he reached home.
Not long two who live near here took beagle
hound and went over 10 Red RIDGE to hunt rabbits.
large bulldog followed them and stayed them while
the beagle scared rabbits OF the brush. All az
once "A rabbit scampcrcd OF the underwood and
dashed down the slope past the Its appearance cX
bulldog and he gave chase at the top OF his
speed When he was within a few of the rabbit the
dog rot trippcd in running vines and turned
cud for end like "A flash. He didn't realize that he had
been reversed and In his to get at the rabbit
be straight the hill the moment he got out OF the
angIe By that time rabbit we'll toward the foot
the slope and after confused dog had run several
rods stopped all SUDDEN sat upon his launches and
howled for minute much 10 the amusement oil the