Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-19
PIPPINS and PORK.

| Nllu out btdulIIul vail y OF PepnsylyAnsi
aud New jersey, and II Is often sAlTted b,
dense swaiaps, and where the big hem
| locks, birch aud oak trees sLill stand BruiI
| hnds his congenil haunts and plays wilC
havoc among the some time fertile farms o
the Paupack valley, carrying away youus
calves, but occasionally loses his life b,
reason Of being too fond Of climbing appl,
trees.
Marcus Killam is a "lozger" and farm
or and has 900 acres under cultivation ir
Palmyra township. Marcus was IS year.
old on the 4th day Of July. lie goes tc
church at the Paupack Valley Methods,
meeting house on the Wallen-Paupack riv
sr once every Sunday, dressed in gray pan.
falcons, big boots and blue cutaway coat
with brass buttons, and standing @ feet Z
" his stocking feet looks like sturdy
English gentleman yeomen Of the olden
time Marcus loves the focks and herds,
and he entertains "A deadly hatred for bears
IL was over fortnight ago that he found
pig missing whose dying squeal had not
aroused the honest old farmer from his
sleep OF the just, and, what enraged him
most, favorite apple tree was scratched
up and down the trunk, the limbs were
broken, and the tree was absolutely de-
nuded Of apples. Bears had been there, old
Marcus well knew. Summoning his neph.
ew. Nolney Bennett, a lad only 10, but
ready 10 shoot anything from wood pee cker
TO awhile Rocky mountain goat, he put
the boy on the trail 10 diagnose the situa,
ton.
Young Bennett sought the neighboring
village on the Wsllen-Psupack river, and
there found three travel stained hunters
who had trailed the pig stealing bear all the
way from within three miles Of Bingham
ton, y. Y, across the river and IN among
the big hemlocks and oaks OF Palmyra
township. The New York sportsmen were
down IN the mouth because after a tramp
Of 10 miles they rad lost traces OF the bear
Young Noluty WAS cute enough willis
pumping the foreign bear hunters not u
say anything about old Ephram's fcudness
for raw apples and hls Ecls kiLan's uIl-
COCA ed sAOatS
There was a. early 20 supper" and =,
"early 70 b<d" A.the hillArn tAEln house thai
night, snd long before the break of day hot
breakfast OF tired trout. hspj .cks and Wild
honey aud bultermiik sntedAtsd the hunt
er's departure iu search Cf bear meat. A CAS-
uAl glance a. ne pigpen revealed the blood Of
another lost Tig year old. bodily lifted by
Bruin over tee PALMS. Of the pig pen. An
other apple tree stripped. Then old Marcus
breathed trehrauds and death against that
particular black bear Marcus had Old
Betsy, rife with v whlch lie had brought
down a bounding buck IN ths PaGps-- A.
ley 90 years ago C uls next Chr.Stug,"
Young Bennett Z " = double bsrreled shot
gun losded with buckshot. All day they
tracked that bear through II e hemlock
swanps and through the laurel and wild
blsc1 berry bushes.
Night came on, and the old farmer asked
his nephew If be could stand night in the
woods. sure, said the boy, aud produc-
Ing a box Of matches aud fish line he
handed the matches 10 old man Killam,
and with the trout line sought IA trout
stream emptying into the river, and every
hole in that stream knew him and he
knew II.
Farmer killam soon had the fire ready,
but not too soon, for Volney returned Ia
half an hour with a dozen beautiful trout,
which wrapped in moist newspaper, after
being washed and cleaned. made supper
fit for the gods Oh high Olympus, aud the
old man produced flask Of generous size
from the side pocket Of his hunting coat,
but whether it contained buttermilk or the
spirit Of "Oh, be joyful" young Volney did
not disclose The hunters had trampod Is
hiheo III " h"' fA"buo' e".' anu 'hey sieps
without dreaming, and only GabriePs final
horn or cdtdmounts yell could have
broken their ,lumDers
couhci' "' "a' W''s ne'u at O'CLOCK 10
the morning ana r"rhef h.iiam decided
tnae Tue yea, "ou,u .ry "lo,her pis that
n'oI hine' III ne h'' s""i'o"eu uhuIsturpea
the pes' year ''uS' IA lne pen aireaoy, water
was brought up in the now empty flask
anu .he "oou' IRE eAtiIgu'sheu' ior every
thins was as ufS as inner DoA' "A strhsht
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iaicohS anu uoesh wear glasses lor All
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