New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
THE BEAR FEVER.
HOW A YOUNG NAN HAD FIT OF 1T AND MISSED
HIS GAME.

HIS CANE.
Scranton. Penn, Nov 81 (speclal. several Newark
and Scranton sporsmen had lets Of fun last week at
hunters resort in the Pocono Mountains convenient to
q railroad station. Each man had beagle, pointer,
setter spaniel or some other kind Of dog, and every
day during the week the beat the bushes fr rabbits
ransackcd the fields and thckets for ruded grouse,
ranged the ridges and woods for harcs or hunted the
swamps and ravlnes for bears. The taste OF some o.
the sportsmen ran to gray squirrels, while one OF them
declared that it gave him more pleasure TO see mare
scamper through the woods ahead OF good dog than to
tackle bear in the brush. Another vowed that II
there was one thing I'm the hunting line that oiled him
with delight II fox racing across fields with q
hound In hot pursuit. The first days hunt was not
much Of success as far as the blrdshoote were con
cerned At nghtfaI one OF them brought I'm three
rufed grouse; another threw down pair Of pigeons
had four gray squirrels, and another lugged nome
q wOodcock and a big horned OWL The raobi-shooter,
who had gone up toward Pocon0 Summit early IN the
morning, feeling very fine, indeed when he stroled
into the house that night with his tired beagle hound
at his heels. lie said ehad killed sixteen rabbits. and
he'd just brought them down the train from Poccno
Summit station. In a moment fourteen -yesr-oh lad
ueged the rabbits into the room and placed them on
the floor. As he started to leave, enc OF the bird
shooters collared him, gave him fierce look, and
shouted in his ear:
Royl where did those rabbits come from Tell
Trembling with fear the lad blurted out: Men
dad fetched em overin the woods sir"
guess the treats are your said the blrdshooter
TO the rabbithunter as he loosened his grip on the
frightened ulchln
Il ought 10 break that fbbng little rascal's neck
myge' rosred the Of the beagle but the young
ster had disappeared.
The sportsmen had much better luck the pcxt day.
The rsbblthuner took his beagle to old bark
peeling and when he returned at night he had eight
rabbits. one Of the hare hunters took his hOuDd over
toward the Pike County line, and back in the
afternoon with three hares. Two spoismen, who pre-
srred settlers to pointers, bagged three and five ruled
grouse, and the spaniel got four fine birds. The
owner of pointer hunted among the stubby spruce
trees the ridges four miles away. and he fetched
home eight grouse in the evening The Others got q
few squirrels. After a supper of stewed rabbit and
other game the sporsmen drew their chairs around the
big stove and began to smoke native of the neigh
borlood had started TO tell how a bear jumped
into a sleigh there seized the Of a shoat
and made eff with it right before the of the driver
when he cut short In his yarn by the arrival Of the
evening train.
Everybody rushed to the windows. and in n moment
young man from Philadelphia came in. lie was
fashionably dressed and he had repeating rife and
neat hunting outfit lie said he had read good many
stories in the newspapers about Pocono bears, and he
was loaded for them right up TO the handle. He
didn't want TO hear word, he said about any game
smaller than bears
~ru give any experienced hunter s. TO 60 out with
me for day" he said. 81 come up here for bear
and Pm not going home till I've shot one if have
10 stay here two weeks"
suppose we chip in and all go. What do you say
to that - asked of the spOrsmen.
"All right. ! don't care how many go. All
want is to shoot one bear. I've got tie bear fever,
and wont get over it till I've killed. one"
Arrange NJ made for big bear
hunt and boy sent to Nate Stanton's place TO
tell him that party Of sp0tsmen wanted him to be
ready TO start with them bear hunt at daybreak
Nate was on hand with two dogs hour before
sunrise. Ii was Il delightful frosty morning, and
Nate" and his party started out Just the first
streaks of dawn appeared in the east The young
Phladelphan the most enthusiastic sportsman III
the party lie nicely rugged up, and he hankerod
for bear more than anybody else. Nate" stecred his
party toward Tamarack swamp, nine miles away. lie
didn't mention the distance, however, and when they
had trampcd seven eight miles the Philadelphia
said he wasn't going to walk himself to death and he
wanted TO know how many miles "Natc" In
tended t. 90. "Only six eight miles further, ;"
Nate" said, and the young man declared that lie
wouldn't walk far. But he didn't know the way
the swamp and Nate" directed the sportsmcn where
TO watch for bears each side of ii. Then he let
The he S ,eT p the hnne
with him. and inside of TWO hours the dogs drove
Now's your chance" Nate said to his companion.
take good am and fitch him down.
The wouldbe bear slayer stood stiff a tree and
gazed at the bear with open mouth lie didn't offer
10 raise his rife and Nate said Fire away, con-
found you" lie didn't hear Nate" and he kept
staring ut the bear Nate" told him again to fire but
there lie stood The bear making for the upland,
and Nate seeing that the PhiladepMan had the bear
fever in earnest banged away at the bear twice and
killed it. When Il rolled the Young man came to
aud began to Iold Nate for not giving him chance
to shoot lie coaxed Nate" TO have the dogs hunt up
any, much TO the disappointment Of the Philndelphan
He completely tuclered out when they got back to
and went home The other sportsmen remained three
DAYS longer and at the end Of the weeks sport they
had killed ifty-six grouse, forty nine rabbits tweriy
eight mares, nine woodcock and twenty three gray
squirrels.
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