The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
How Farmer Fieming'> Ear Warned Him OF
Bear and the Result.

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How Farmer Fieminn'> Ear Warmed Him OF
Hear md the Result.
CLYDE HILL. Pa. Juno 1l.-"My right car is
smartin' like oil possess ed nc in" said Farmer
George Fleming of this plnce nm so I'll take
my gun with mo out t. the back brush lot. fer
always see n bear or n wildcat or n coon or a
fox or a squirrel or sumpjn' a. that sort when
my right eur smarts this way"
Then tho farmer told about tho two bears.
tho three wildcats. and tho half dozen foxes
lie has killed during the rast ten years.
An I'd never killed one OF en-" he said.
"if it hadn't ben fer that right ear o. mine n
warnin' mo Ivy smartn' They cant get uway
from that car. It's n sure sign"
So Farmer Flemin. took his gun which only
has ono nrrel, and some powter some buck
shot. somo duck shot. some bird shot. and
sonr fnc shot =,
So .1 m. '" '.,m ,..,, ,,
AN don't want to tenr squirrel or n rabbit
MI 70 niocns win huc,shot tho, r. 49, :,
wild duck or crow, I'm fixed fer them.
think it's bear though. tho way that light ear
mine Zoos c'er'asrh6iS smart.
lheh no went away OH toward the back
heard coming family from, thnt diroctinn
a.L..n "'. 'o'i LA .',. W 1911 IT..
Fathers smartin ear haint fooled him
as she said nftcrwnrd when telling about il,
s''iu ',.v, M'." mnen .",.,n' "oo"' It"
III tn ieeem,n sump,n down sure
HheI sn Ine th tnon after another
was silence.
Father must n run nrn hull school O.
sumpin remarked the IL farmers " wife, s. His
right ear must a ben smartn' uncommon
powerful this time"
All hour paSseu away anu inc SOUND OF no
more shots came from the back brush lot.
"as !ast oh ,he PM say,h that
GUESSED e ia,ner iau ia'u en- all OUT says tne
farmers vile. an was sort o regrettin' of 1t.
,.. ;.,I 80. "" ,,,.', Nn VIZ w ""e
meat an II q more 'lkeiy ile'when Looked
tho house MS IL ho was nowerful tired His
clothes was ali tore to tatters SO. an he looked
peskty ,ttTTamE. an went IN an got the hot wa
Gr his 10 ns m h of @ me
XII up ~ v" , ',r ~ NJ hehu. an meyer seen
S Eot oH. hpt 70 th oi T. Toor ahhs "
S%2nnna say was; .. ia suzz. George flemin'!
Thot,s mSo ,G II wos-rormo- E1omiro 11o
stanned at tSe Hbnn donr s san hvn ne
the steP. ,,,.,.,
surepop smarn ear mine e Was lee 1I ' toe
sc Ths farmer took his hand owov from the s,a0
Of 1is sI IsSd and the ear he had BEEN nroPEas
Il retained it, hold on s Read % bv lf ba
tenars Of triiiins strip Of e skin. ~ '"' 'np'0
WY ,;f your ear is of!' exclaimed the far
mgr w MIS- fiiinLi,, y, ohhv u ,v,s Voc oo,
shorn If sam n ,G ti farmer u1ess YOU better
down mn ~ cit the doctor !!hef III 70 KIN SIP
So the he farmers me e' vile bound the ear in its
Ss3 Ss 6s nnSt t mn il sSns ons
got 1ses to a ths "a
Fore could sit 2 whans at him he now out Q;
fnnGe ga an s along kim Ia red squirrel wormed
M E inc Shot Hn Int he s san 1 sot a% SWh
Thnm seen en- g. fox hide in a brush pile an
hat t d tro me S shoI out inc gun an hnt
the fox have It he dove out Q, sight some
mnnci an nro W anrre TI into oof tr 'of M up
Upptru s,tnS . uut'ie' in.o = TO- 'Mis.eu
me duck Sh3t out aG'in an rammod in the
en-" ir snpt W. "inn FIN H. ~ iook ,or .he
ear o. min" ken asmariu ' Wo 5r. am .' wnE.e
an wen, fn homa s"mp'h was pound 10 drop lore
W, Wfi nome 4 ,,.,
h%cfd M nose rS an tuTnin round seen bear
t thnt nH rn, pWnp never stonnen 70 ,hinE
nznd nw,w h , NV ~ ny gun, uu, w ~ ~
a-rppin' to'ards me like a lresh fire. l run
round an round II big tree. loadin as l run;
nut it in tho gun. was So kinder RULED
up: ! whangcd tho bird shot at the bear.
nt; v, '', r,,nni Una. "lhn ?'op Mn
consumed excited that got holt o tn" duck
shot sta o the lucksh?,. But tho duckshot
he cn ripht On aft,r " M, nm, tnis timn COT
the bucksho.. let MIN hev nine o them. an
ne tr3pprh. nau!l stopped rnnnin yer. an
ro,,ld i, MIN. p, az hay 30 IN nj ,itnn,d
on TO mo like n ton O. hay fallin' on me |
G"h Know eNncIy how tho bear managed to