New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08
THE WAYIN SULLIVAN COUNTY
A STUDY IN TIE EVOLUTION OF THE HUNT
ING YARN

Fowlervlle, Sullivan County. y. V. Nav a.
country famous for its hunting and lis hunters Is h'
rally prolific of liars Wherever the wild deer oonhuc'h
and the shaggy bear waddleth. there does the ilar
thrive and multiply. Every man culnvates what taste
he has for prevacatlon lest his neighbOrs may looK
down on him. one can buy sawlogs from native
and take his word TINT the bargain Is square but ASK
the same man how many deer he has Killed IN MS hfe
limo and he will stop working. take seat on the siaho
fence and paralyze the questloner with hsnre tha
would look better than most OF the totals 10 tc SUP
scrpton lists for TO national heroes The
Inhabitants grow up to regard each other Win painiu
SUSPICION So there IS very little field for the expert
liars among their fellows. They must Keep 10 u GER
tain percentage they will lose CASTE but there Is
little pleasure In II for them because everybody KNOWS
everybody else. The only real enjoyment 10
when the unoGendng city man appears Ihey wei
come him with joyful cries. After he RECEIVERS irVm
naroxvsm Of awe and establishment he SEXES his pen
and with flashing eye and trembling eager hhserh'
writes those brief but urd sketches which hscnnte
and charm the reading public while the viruons bush
vbocker whiting a stick by, smiles la bis own
calm and sweet fashion.
Hence we have the tale OF the farmer idu VIM
rounded up the herd OF seven bears ana d"Ve 'h' ~
n pasture lot by means Of Tin huckcbcrrs pun anu
An iron nerve. Hence comes also the story Oh uic
young man who hltched the team OF cubs to soap
box and trained them drag him over the SNOW with
they dragged him and the soapbox into the top OF
a tall hcmlock The writer ended his tale mt about
that point, and so II Is all open qucstoh "nc'"o' VI"
voung man and the soapbox ever got down from TIE
free or are up there at this moment Scores Oh 'hicS
NJ even more brllliancy than the two rec'cd 're
prevalent.
II * inevitable that this should be the state Of soci
cy IN sullivan County well as In Pike county ana
the vicinity of scranton Penn. In shooting c0unty
m man should tell Just exactly what he dd' hc
shopId tell what he would have liked 10 do or what lie
cxpected 70 do Just as II lie accomplished J" anu
they all take the proper course bringing the Dump vi
creative genius up to a high point Oh deVe'P'heh'
md adding little legends to the hunting lore OF inc
ecion which Will undoubtedly 20 down the ages ana
,mnress coming generations with the fact uiht inc
c,I,,von County bushwlackers were very great men
heed ONLY two tales need be introduced to iilus'r'e
,he lines Of thought followed by these able nih prom
zion, ccntlcmen--One OF great execution done by Inc
ur the other In which the liar figures as one VINO 81"
creot things. Quiic number o. men sometimes 'eh
the same tale part OF their own individual cApeence
For instance six men say that when they. OF he
,as on n hunt, he was crawling cautiously through
,,cket toward n huge fallen tree. Suddenly whch ne
s come Yards distant bear raised s head over the
,op and peered at him. lie aimed AT IL ana ircd' Inc
sr disappeared behind the log. The hunter proceeded
coward the log, when he saw the bears head again
10 cred and the head disappeared ms before lie
crawled on, when for the Third time he PrccNen INC
hears head. lie fired again Upon crawling 10 the ios
.nd looking over he found three dead bears.
once upon time two men slept all night in a cave
,-p waking up and peo;ing out In the morning they
rercelved a huge bear and panther some distance
awov. The animals were about forty yards apart
The benr eating hnccDerrcS from ue bushes ne.
while the panther was sharpening us claws on tree
~, cot The men according 10 an agreement fired
simultaneously one at the bear ana one at The other
bear and snarI OF surprise from the panther Gazng
a I. tbo nthcr animal the OF its sudden
min Filled with anger they urou,ly fll upon cncn
no,ne with Indignation at the insult offered them
rev roarcd and Nnnr'd ana inzht inrou,y. lrnwn
' IA tovny fur few ahont In handfuls and blood
Ilt az tho stones In the frantic fight. Il I'M
possb. to tell which was getting the better Of IT. do so
inc , 9,nir heels and smngy looked until the pan
tH Ecu 9njshed the bear Then they shot the victor