The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-27

"Goorgo Gray. an old Strengthening hunt
CUBS o had ten ta to
expe,inept with these He got = nursing bot
Gray. who hai skinned the old bear. laid tho
bottles filled with milk on the skin. aud. put
tho ,, I,ning am, and starving CUBS on it. They
s snit; down against the FUR. took the
them with avdity. They thriycd amazingly.
nno DAY y; Gray threW bcarskin down. M and
Gray vas puzzled. Then he saw that the
sS Fl had dhsr f%s' Of amohet
bear he had Killed. Ho changed the skins.
smI instantly thG Snhs Mste at peace and
~ Know many old hasters who not only viii
every S to Protect thsm This W tS
an eye out for the main chance in tho future.
When th@ss euhs have grGWn up and and beSS%;s
poor property, and bear mother with young
cubs is worthless either for meat OF. fur. But
APIECE pt AMI she viii Se worth ss much by The
time she thinks of holng up tho next winter"
appearances. ma Love for His Young.
"Thero is mysterious thing about the Hud-
son Bay martens that no naturalist has ever
attempted to make any explanation Of SO far
as have ever SEEM" said New York furrer.
land that is their periodical disappearance.
The marion is still quite abundant in that ter
ritory but. In my opinion. this lively little fur
bearer would have been virtually extinct there
to-day II it were not for these strange disnp-
pearnnces. They occur every ten years. Where
they 60 to no one knows No dead ones are
ever found. and no one has yet discov-
cred any evidences OF their migration to
any other region. few. OF course. re-
main OH the old feeding grounds. but during
lows none Of them will touch the bait N a tran,
and consequently none is caught. The next
year the martons are back again as numerous
regularly trapped The Hudson Bay mnr-
tens seem to b" the only ones Of the species
superior martens don't waste any OF their
ESas9 the I'D sn1 SsR .n sey n fSs
deepest woods. and making life IA perpetual
burden to birds squirrels, rabbits. and other
Superior marten has ons prediction of the
palate In which no resembles the b9nr; and
W vi bse to it's home VIII lie
cision Of tho most expert bee hunter: and tho
hidden sweots OF that bee colony will have to
doesn't, soon, revel in them Like this male
mink the male marten has an overpowering
ipieed. that if It wasn't for the shrewd tinet
Of the mother marten the race would have
Of s tEat he vii tsm is
whenever he happens to find them. The
mother; therefore. bears her young in some NJ.
to defy the cannibnlistic loyo Of their sire.
Tho female mink exercises the same instlnct
with her nowborn progeny. for the father Of
them. as fond as he Is OF trout. will leave his
tr3ntinE nny time to dine on his Interesting
Betsy Visits Her Old Home. Though Sam
said He Couldn't Afford the Fares.
HARR1sBURd. March %" Betsy Compton is
making her visit to her old home upon the
Chemung. after ALL" said Simon Wilson Of
Coogan Valley. Betsy ia the wife OF Sam
Compton. the SAWYER at the Chufftown mills.
She is also the mother Of Sans four children.
tho youngest. little joe. coming six months
old. He was named for his grandfather. old
Joo Clifford. the raftsman. up at the Forks.
About a month ago Betsy said to Sam one day:
Now Sam Compton. want to 60 SEQ pap
an man. It's goin' on more'n two year sence
ben home. an they haln't never seen little
Joe yit. got to take him an the young uns
up home this very spring
Sam told Betsy that wages were low. and
that payment is coming due on the clearing.
and that 1t would cost as much as 50 to send
her and the young ones OH the trip
Sorry. Bet Sam said. but can't stand
it this spring. nohow
Betsy had to cry little. OF course. but she
made tho best OF it, and gave up the coveted
visit. Last Friday Jim Red'ling. the black
smith. dropped in ut Comptons.
49, Say. SAM said Jim. Want to make SO.
or sumpin' like itT
well. rutherv said Sam.
go Como along o ME. then said Jim. an
help mo gether in that bar an her cubs this
hangin' round the edge O Frsbie's.'
Bar be durned!' said Sam. got
sun,pin' olso to do sides chasin' arter bar"
Pm knocked out. then.' said Sam. L
t.hort you'd 60. sure. an ! hain'twantln' money
Tint was, ali tint was said between Jim
uItoxn Then Betsy said; ,,.,,u ,,x,y
"s"t hnuIs mn Frisbis ssun i OILY yist day.
an had two or three shots at her, replied !m;
for hSr r. to c"t turn up agin. Frlsbie says hel
give any one twenty dollars Tit II make him
'""'Twcnty dollars for takin' chances agin
s!s'm ,.y &; Ss%, %ii sr sni thiSRk more
No moro WAS said about the bear. and Sam
e Esr Pa Hs s"s If ay' hs f tSs
shot AZ short range, flo III hoIi but ,only bsi
she turned on Sol He pulled up e blaze
was too Iig and looked too nGy, for him TO
Ali Of hin didn't get away. though. Tor tho bear
Ills Hotties OH clear down to the skin on AZ
Ss an nes under It. SssooIdn nsD out Al
viii keep Col housed up for week or more.
".'This last news from the bear rather cool
ell the nrdor Of folks around there In the pur-
suit Of ting ugly customer, in snit9 q FIsbie's
were that tho bear would do about as she
pleased ip tile, ncighborllood for all any OF the
mill hands or lumbermon might do to prevent
her, Last Monday; only y couple Of hours after
apd Jaw Betsy tearing, over from tho clearing.
SnS % T S29 sam her ad h, M his mina thnt
tho house WAS ailre. He ran out to meet Betsy.
nnd before Ito could ask hor what was up she
began to shout what 1t was.
"'The bar an her cubs Is romptn 'raund
In tho creek at tho foot o. the eardenr she
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formal crltter goes back IN tho w9odS;,