The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-08

school training must be, but one which est9b-
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dlspcsed individuals to ala IN The work d Is:
tteeblishiPe these kindergartsns i1 AZ parts Of
or BY giving money:
THESE WOVEN HAZE xzRvA
TIVE KIN . Bear HaAA.to.haAA, aaA An.
l., ether Slays Bears with the rise.
Il read in TIE Bun about Mrs Lewis killing
tho two bucks In tho Adirondacks. and about
Mrs. Becky Latimer's deer.hunting exploits In
Pennsylvania" ssid . New Yorker who has
been hunting UP In Maine. and now would
like to read about the why some women mp In
the pine forests have Of showing their grit and
skill when It comes to dealing with certain
Wild animals.
"A family named Mcdonald lives WY back
In the wilderness on tho Molus River II
consists Of tho husband. Roderick McDon-
aid. his wife. and his sister. both young
women. They have snug little farm in there.
and keep few cattle Their most valuable
possession In that line was yoke Of steers
Ono day Mcdonald was obliged to 60 to one Of
the settlements several miles away. and his
business was to keep him over night His
wife and sister were left alone to look after
things during his absence. Just before dark
q great believing was heard among the
cattle In the barnyard. The sounds were OF
such an unusual character that the two
women became satisfied that they were cries
of terror. Mrs. Mcdonald. armed with pitch
fork. and her sister. carrying An axe. hurried
to the barnyard. There they found an enor.
nous bear. standing defsntly between the
PROSTATE bodies Of the two steers. each Of
which he had felled to the ground and killed
The other cattle were huddled In terror in .
corner Of the yard The boar growled and
snsrled and showed his teeth as the women
approached. but In spite Of his terrible front
and threatening attitude. the sight Of the
steers lying dead on the ground was more
than the plucky young women could stand.
and they rushed with desperate intent on tho
snariing bear.
Mrs Mcdonald charged with her pitchfork
and thrust its sharp. long tines deep into the
bears neck The bear gave howl Of pain.
and. striking the handle OF the pitchfork .
powerful blow with one forepaw. he wrenched
1t from Mrs McDonald's hands and sent 1t n.y.
Ing across the barnyard. While the bear was
doing that Miss Mcdonald pitched into him
with the axe. andsat the first blow disabled
ono Of his terrible forelegs. The bear turned
on her. and she rained blows thick and fast
upon him as she backed slowly away. Mrs.
Mcdonald quickly regained possession Of the
pitchfork and renewed her attack on the bear.
Between the attacks of the two determined
and plucky women the bear was 30 badly har-
the fisld. but the women pressed him too close
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Mcdonald with her pitchf9rE soon had their
effect on the bear. big and tough as he was,
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the two steers The two Merry women had
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not on tie sSsns 10 time 70 save the valued
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YIN that same Molus River wilderness. but
mer. and sometlmes IS late as the middle Of
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woodsman. Last fall shs insisted on making
one Of Q party that had formed to rout out and
sEsnp q mile or 50 from tho cabin; She vas
stationed " the Guide ct spot Thess II MS
ous when ehe doSs 90. AFTER him.
sheet Il bear as It bounced into sight out Of
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OF the swamp, at q place whore she would be
Hnable TO see II or get Q shot But she wasn't
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Ter. and she got there before any one else did.
The bear, trsmepd Il biz fsi!1Y, as black as
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been i M %.ls 9. swsy Il m woods SsiSrS, you
That same ialI Mrs BAKER committed. an
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Rsf sSosssdsd il dEsxins : moose; siEEo Va
%sssss: : ssss came sioyYStns slsas sso1sss AZ
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draVing csutSusly toward the thioket The
next second ths Great Great bss s was erashinF
and Ill hope Of getting. q moose that day was
gone. MIRA Bakers grief over that thought
bunting ives SO great that she was s'tually II
for several days afterward. aud she says It
makes hor feel faint yet whenever she thinks
Of It She has had O. good antidote for that
feeling this fall. though for che is tho only one
q the party who has pasged moose; ana she
ths big snimsl from the fact that she called It
a Long Courtship.
Fron he cIOiALsy and FaSai.st,.
Brjggs-Did you hear about Miss Grosgrnin2
She has marrieda dry goods clerk. They met
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