The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-24

what had become Of our rats. and every body
captured Oh CITY. but II il Believed e from Brad
We drs ssey sSHd 10 longer live on rusty
Tho Hideous Monster That started . Fisher.
man mt Chain lake. Mninr.
BANGOR. April 2o.-That the Chain Lake SER
pent. which had been tho subject OF many
stirring yarns from Washington county. had
subsidized was believed generally. hut tho mon.
ster has started on the warpnth again. and a
party OF fifteen bold hunters started out from
Whitneyvile a fcw days ago to lay him low.
About ninety foot In length by three feet in
breadth OF beam are tho general Dimensions
that were given by n m n who saw 1t cross tho
lake at railroad speed thrcc years ngo. and
that estimate was declared to be very nearly
correct by other parties who saw the monsters
trail In the mud ON the shore.
The latest news OF tho snake Is furnished by
Clarence s. Lunt who went to Chain Lake on
fishing trip. Arriving at the lake early In
the day he chiselled hole about foot square
in the ice. act his lines. and was filling his
pipe when there was shock such rs would be
caused by log falling upon the Ice. A second
shock came soon. and tho water In the fish
hole began to boil. Suddenly to the horror OF
tho fisherman. II most hideous head was thrust
up through the hole. 1t WAS u long. black
MT. pod srny snout. changing to smooth
hnd rows Of saw-like teeth. and it opened and
shut conyulsively,, At intervals IL great rel
as the head rolled from side to side in vain
sors :" ,ots Its co WY tnSr tmrHnh tn?
Rpume OF II dense. sickenins "tlor. The lead
protrudeh about fifteen inches above the lee.
nut no eyes were visible. aud Lnnt Is CERTAIN
that they were below thu surface. for thn
creature must hav,cyes, rlso it could not have
founL THO fish hole The monster struggled
Lunt sat down on tho ice completely unnervei
y, ms exnsrencs. and i, was some time
@nH hom s" HMf oa tt
asTs when be kGard the
Then he fed. and he cannot be Induced to 20
back to Chain Lake.
Great excitement was, caused by Lunt's
story Of tho monster. and some persons wero
unkind enough to drop remarks about the In.
ps ha arce
IN from New Brunswick was better. But many
few have gone for him.
Stories OF unwks-lso.v . Crow with Steel
GaGs Protected II Harnyurd.
SCRANTON. April o." When was a young
man in the northern part OF Michigan" an old
army officer said. There was an immense
hawk roost on the peak OF high mountain
near my fathers farm. Tho summit WAS we'll
timbered and. rs it was inaccessible to men.
lie rdes OF various kinds OF hawks wore Matched
there every summer. The old hawks preyed on
the poultry yards for five miles around. and the
farmer was mighty lucky II no brought to ma
turty twenty Ave per cent OF his young chick
ems and turkeys. Ihavencver seen such flercs
and bold hawks rs the largest ones were that
sailed down from the peak to tho valley where
we lived. Some Of the big poultry ruisers had
to hire men to patrol their premises with
double-barrelled shotguns while the fowls
were growing. Othors set traps and nets for
the hawks. but with oil their precautions
the big birds made deep inronds into their
broods every season. 1 remember one July
father caught a monster blue hawk In n
net behind tho barn. 1t wasn't injured any.
and father had m idea that II he sent
tho hawk udrift with some peculiar marks on
it, the other hawks would 10 afraid to swoop
down on cur place during the rest OF the sum-
mer. So he fastened several strips Of red and
yellow ribbons to the hawks neck and let 1t
go. 1t instantly stored for the peak. and tho
futtering OF tho ribbons scared 1t half to
death and mude 1t scream violently. Tho
hawks In the treetops on tho peak heard it.
aad a score OF them sailed out ana down to see
whit the trouble was. Thoy met the decorated
hawk before it had got beyond the open fields.
and they must have regarded it as an enemy.
tie ribbons flying. AMI they hammered and
whaled Il, drove 1t back and forth with fright
full screams. and made 1t pitch and dive and
dodge until it plunged out OF sight. Then tho
belligerent hawks flow screaming to their
nesting places on tho summit, and the next
day 1 found the beribboned hawx lyin. dead
at tho foot Of the peak. 1t had been blinded
BY the other hawks; that had al 30 pounded It's
THE hawke fate however didn't rid orr
c'od aea Late i July an wiz ben turkey
turkeys The Old TURKEY pitched on The hawk;
1t 80 badly in about two minutes that 1t could
not rise. Then gobbler went at It. and there
Sss q. sT n ths ws o% Sa AIN
ana new to the back end Of the orchard: xhsre
The old hen few after it like a bird. and be.
Gro the hawk got ready to rise. the ben
o let 60 OF the chicken to defend ITSELF. and in
he tusslo 1t settled Its claws In the hens back
VIII tin hH ss
hough iathor fired twice at, the hold bird. i
JAILED safely to the peak with the spnnky old
,nwk BY the neck. holding It and beating II
With HIS wings until my brother ran ND and
I But III the best hawk scarer and fighter we
'vGr had on TIE farm was tame crow Gro. that We
alled Mig. Rather had tlught the crow 20
light with the ROSTERS. and he hat sent to the
ny and got a pair Of steel gafrs for him. Mig
NV one lowering over tho farm buildings ils
made for It and kn1cked It ! about II the ntr
ONO sailing homo with n song Of Triumph
lfter father had got Mig we'll trained In the
SO Of the steel spurs he lett them on the crow
u tho day time while the chickens and tur-
ovs were small. While tho family was ut din
er ono day We henri u terrible screaming out
4 the meadow. We all rushed out. and thore
'as Mig and II mammoth hawk In u lively con
he hawk head Ike a Gnmccock. and he WAS
lnkins It so hot for tho hawk that 1t didn't
$50 three feet from the stuhhle before Mig hit
a cIin in the head and downed It again. Mig
illed tho hawk in short time. and y lew
avs afterward no drove another one into tho
,p OF an ample tree and 4purrYd 1t to death.
I another time Nus tackled = hawk last alter
scientifically that the hawk Gniskly r tumbl hs
end full of holes and left It to lie. Ono after
DON hawk got high "n oyer the Ssr ni Tith
II ri uftnr IL. and the hnMk EitNO u scream |