New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-25
RETURN or 4 RUNAU1Y BEAR.
THE ANIMAL FOUND LIFE IL THE FOREST IN
SUITED TO HIS HABITS.

THE ANIMAL FOUND LIFE N THE FOREST IN
SUITED TO HIS HABITS.
Mount Pocono Penn Dec. 2l.-IIiram J. Bdlake,
who lives on tho pocono Plateau. in Coobaugh Town
ship has had good deal OF trouble Of late on account
II his tame bear Jerry. Jerry was three years Ola
last spring. and MIR Bdake's three young sons teased
him tll he got - BE- ugly ard cross. Ills log pen
stands hy itself I'm the Of the house Jerry wore
a leather collar. and long chain attached to 1t let
him climb to the roof of hs pen. where he was IN the
habit of lyin. for hour, In the sunshine.
on Uallow Zen Nr Ridake's boys scOOpcd the in
SIDES out u two pumpkins. carved frichfu looking
faces on them placed lighted candle in each. and
got ready - have fun with the bear. Jerry was
asleep in his pen at the time. and one of the lads
aroused him with pole drove him ont and closed
tc door Then the other boys seized the pumpkin
lanterns marched toward Jerry and beloved like
Young bulls. Jerry was scared half to death, and
hcgan To below too. Pretty soon he snapped his
collar scrambled over the fence and went believing
across lots toward spruce swamp. The laow Fen
Inn was ,p.lcd. and the disappointed lads went to
bod without tcllin, their father about how they had
JARED Jerry.
ON the following morning the boys owned up. ard
by the middle Of tie forenoon all the men in the
nciclhorho1d were Scarhinc for the bear. They
tracked him 10 spruce swamp and little after noon
sim" Bennett followed a bears track from the west
side ~ the swamp over scrub oak Ridge to the Toby
hanna Crock The bear had waddled along the banh
II the stream for half mile and then turned
toward Dale, swamp lie had ,hirted the swami
fu~ distance. taken 4 bee line across Wlntergreci
Ill., and made for Kl,c', briar patch. mile and
half away. From the briar patch the bear had gone
through a piece u woods Isaac Darlin-s place.
crossed a stumpy sheep pasture and entered mas
II scrub OAKS. where Bennett got sight Of him late
I'm the afternoon The bear tearing at the carcass
II a sheep and Bennett stole up. called him Jerry.
and ,OaNcd him. but the bear, Instead of acting friend
ly sr,wcd .ayarcly seized the dead sheep and started
on bennett chased the bear down the h toward
Long swamp coming to the conclusion the way thai
De- was NO, Jerry at ALL bat fcrocous Wild bear IN
stead.
Fearing that the lcar would get from him i'm
the swamp. Bennett began to blaze away ut him with
a g. raj Sr, r,'volvcr killing him at the fourth shot
Bennett wa, then four miles aud half rom where
no had started. and he got Darling 10 hitch mp and
cart the carcass over 10 Mr. BIdlakes place where t
was hung mp and kept on exhibition for three day.
Parties of men hunted 10y Jerry nearly every day f,r
A fortnight. but they failed to find him. and Mr ~
ahe then gave up all hopes OF ever seeing his big PCT
last Wcdnc-day's great snowstorm the most
sever, one on the ro'oro Mountains. since the llh
ga,d tYo wears nco last March. ON Wednesday even
ing. when the snow was iool ana nali dS"p al
through this mountainous seton old Pocolo hnntr'
me I@t 81 the ana % II" , ssseS n. s,c
adding that he hoped that his lost Jerry would
Grd v,rm quarters for himself until spring but fear
ing no said that Jerry would suffer, owing TO h's lack
~ experience IN the widS
ON THURSDAY morning. while hr. Eidlal,e was shovel
ling from his house IA the barn. ne heard a ~
,'',,r mis-, An Ic-:ys pen. and looking that War ~
',,. ferry vnlinv,ug toward him through the deep
snow The bear whucd A. he approached MS master.
az, an MI. p2ws and tried IL ltk Mr. lidlape's lace
H.. shaved I'm var! pu~ vnvs that he -ai 20 sec
Mr. RidlnAe and MY. Bidalc put n lot Of clean straw
I'M tir nom and fastened jerry In il. The bear looked
49, thouch he hadp't had enough to eat during MS ali
,encc 81 forty day.. for he wa' mucl thhn'r
trou ,chou hr ran away. and he ate meat ravcnOuSN.
& Don NJ the rovs mp Mr. Bidahc told them
bout rrry's return and since then there has beeh JOY
I'm The Eidlakc household