The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-26
WITH BOW AND ARROW.
The Remarkable Exploit of Pennsyi.
Vania Farmer.


Scranton Cor New York Sun.
Farmer George A. Milks of Eastmans
Hill, in Forks Township. saw bear lug
ging sheep across one OF his fields soon
after daylight last Thursday morning. Mr..
Milks had started up the hill to salt the
sheep. and he did not notice the bear until
be saw the flock racing around the pasture
in great disorder. The bear soon dis
appeared in rayine to the east of the field
with the sheep in its paws. Mt Milks had
not seen bear on his farm in nineteen
years before. and he made up his mind that
1t would feed on the sheep in the Tavine
long enough for him 10 get gun and shoot
IL. So he fastened to the house, but he
found that his gun had not been returned
Dy nelghbor who had borrowed it few
days before. and he hunted up bow and
three steel pointed arrows that his son had
brought home from his boar ding-school in
the summer. and started on a run for the
ravine.
He struck the creek a few rods below
where the bear had entered the ravine,
and presently he got sight of the bear in
some bushes. A stiff north wind was blow
Ing down the creek and it made so much
noise In the saplings that the bear didn't
hear Mr.. Miks' steps and Mr.. Milks got
near enough to see that the beast had torn
the sheep TO pieces and WAS eating. Ii
Kept its head moving from side to side
while 1t g0bbled down the juicy mutton.
and it held the sheep TO the ground with its
paws as though it was afraid Of losing it,
Mr.. Mlks tiptoed up till he got within
few yards OF the thief, and then he pu!ied
up and sent an arrow toward the bears
RIBS. The bear jumped clear over the
sheep, spat the meat out, gave below Of
pain aud freight that made the ravne ring,
and snapped at the spot where the sharp
point of the arrow stuck in its flesh. pulling
it out with its teeth. Mr.. Miiks fired an
other arrow into its right shoulder as it
turned PARTLY around, and il picked that out
in jlffy. seized portion of the sleeps
carcass and started up the Tavlne as fast as
1t could waddie. Mr.. MilBs ran after ii.
picked up the two arrows aud fired one al
the bear. 1t struck the bears left ham and
doubled its speed, but it chung to the NUT
ton and followed the bank of the stream.
The arrow kept paining 1t. and pretty suon
the bear reared up OIL his launches. The
movement drove the arrow deeper into the
flesh and broke 1t In two, and the bear
dropped the mutton and went to whlrling
around in circle and trying TO bite the
wounded spot.
Mr.. MiIks' next arrow stuck In the bears
left flank and made it finch and yell. II
picked the arrow out with its teeth again
and for the hrst time got glimpse of Mr..
Milks. The sight of the man scared it more
than the prick OF the weapons had done,
and, giving roar, ii plunged through the
bushes and made for knoll on the opposite
side OF the raylne from where IL had iugaed
the sheep in. Mr.. Milks secured the last
arrow he fred, gave chase and fred another
arrow into the bears right bullock in the
open field. The bear yanked il out and
dropped it and Mr.. Milks got it when he
came along and fired again.
While going over the ridge toward an
other ravine on Caleb WOrthngton's place
Mr.. Milks fired each arrow seven or eight
times alternately, keeping one in hand until
be was close TO the last one the bear had
pulled out OF its hide, and in that way he
worried the bear terribly. Finally the bear
turned on him as he was about to pick up
au arrow and drove him away before he had
got IL. Mr.. Milks had one arrow left ami
he ran backward until he had fixed it in tbs
bow, wnen he stopped. The bear made for
him and he fred the arrow into its left
nostrl and ran with all his might for the
other arrow. He ran back when he had
secured it and found the bear paving at its
nose, having broken the arrow in its nostril.
Again the bear pitched at Mr.. Milks, and
made him hustle TO keep out of its way,
but Its nose panied IL so that 1t gave up
chasing him, and once more tried in vain TO
claw the broken arrow from Its nostril.
While 1t was thus engaged Mr.. Milks
stepped up TO within five or six feet of il
and fired his last arrow at its neck as tight
as lie could draw the bow. The bear i'm
mediately began to dance around, and Mr..
Miks ran up and pulled the arrow out, in
tending to shoot it at the bear again. A
stream OF blood spuTted out. and Mr.. Milks
saw that the arrow had pierced the bears
jugular vein. The bear gave roar the in
slant the wound started 10 bleed. and made
break for piece of woods. 1t fell before
1t had gone dozen rods, and ii had bled TO
death when Mr.. Miks reached il.
Mr.. WOrthingtoD, who had seen Mr..
Milk5 giving battle to the bear from his
house, was running up the hin with rifle
when the bear died, and he hitched a team
to stoneboat and drew the bear over to
Mr., Milks' place, The bear weighed 3S1
pounds.