The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
The STORY OF An Old BEAR
How Hc Came to Lose . Foot Three Years
Before He Died.


SCRANTON. Nov 5.-Miss Amelia Burton. a
daughter Of Giles l.. Burton OF Fisher Noun
tain. in Lopez township. heard her fathers
hogs sQucalinG in piece Of beech woods
three years ago last May. and running out she
saw n bear making of with n struggling and
very noisy yeurling shoat. Miss Burton chased
the bear through n brush lot and shouted at
him till she was out OF breath. but he Rugged
the s1uealing hog TO his breast and marched
on his hind feet through tho brush and lodged
between tho stumps rs though he meant to
make q meal off tho shoat. no matter how
long or how loud tho young woman shouted.
The bear disappeared in n piece OF woodland
soon after Miss Burton had abandoned tho
chase. and the hog stopped its noise.
Mr.. Burton and the boys came homo late in
the afternoon. md Immediately went in search
OF tho bear. They traced him to the edge OF
Iaccoon Swamp. nearly two miles to tho
north. where they found tha partly deyoured
carcass of tho hog The bear had hidden in
the swamp. and tho suppositon was that he
would come out in day or 50 and eat the rest
OF the pork. NJ. Burton and his sons set
trap near the remains Of tho hog that night.
and fastened thirty pound log to the chain.
M S @ log s 1@P bosn fsns sSs
Armed VIII rifes Mr. Burton and the boys
found h. trap wedgod in between two spruce
trees, =, The bear was gone; but the-yhole Of
mind 10 Kill tho owner oil He and the 81 boys ns
to g" n HIM. the TSs fer d he bear but
!!hree dogs in. and the result was the same.
Then they cave UP the search, and Mr., Burton
once in II while evory winter since then resi-
dent hunters huve. run across the tracks Of a
.ni9eioo,ed pear IL TIE spgw Ct distances Of
hnt mono OF then got IL shot nt tho bear ihnt
made tho tracks, md they failed 10 trnp him,
in Inc s WnS p sa hSdn. E sHc
Yea ye@rs ago last May NisI Inr,on saY a., "Hn
,h!'rlcst shc shouted nhd waved nee Hlhis'
thinking to scare the Ia me- Oh henl, hat IN
p"ct"i lie wodf Rr e h ID wai "%
moancd as though begging f,r food, Nlisf
nuiton saw that tho boar was mArM''SI' al. T.,
Walked UP and licked hrr hn,rt. ANA She saw
that his tusks We're blunt Dpi fm12ul9i. W. , I'M
ton In tho face. am wHl"ri,. she Gny", no |
ate them SO greeI;ly that sho let Inn ha'ea
Miss Burton started for homo Il'n and the the
o,n pear honblcd "!t%I h'T l IanE tni The
bear wlmpe and whined 50 nara mat she |
took PITY on hun anl let nm y,"% , nIs ,o ms
a1n s;Esa S olt into into @ 2%fyHT m S lsys
Then tho dos t'"k frght aud ,edaddlcd.
and Mis- Burn nXnd tn" G"' t 'HiH lie I rs
fus ed to ent il, ami ~hc fastcu", lam IN the |
wagon barn male a led .. straw 'nr him. and
placed n wash rasn full of new ciuer before
him, which he drank.
When Mr.. Burt saw that tho bears right
foroioot was OF he got tho mopntei paw and
was perfect match. and M. Burton was sat.
isNod lhat the .rr.r was n" ons that had ieit
J. paw ~ tho tran. ite AZ once EQUIPPED the
IL
Iiii him bin Tho old bear refused everything
but boiled apples and cider. and on Friday OF
last week no died In tho pom. Mr.. Burton
thinks that the bear was more than twenty
years old.