The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-19
EXPLOITS OF 4 CROW
VERY CLEVER lNoEEO, But HE NET
Az DNTlMElY DEATH.

strange Things E,en Though lie Had
Gun Tho Crnm pi,iikcd Certain Kinds
OF Animal, nc Was Great Hunter.
"Nhen this region was nearly all
woods sixty H"ar9 ago. said an eld
resident Of }aa Meadow, Il pic'le.i y
voun. crow ont Of the mud IN Tanmrack
,wainp, whnga b. had tumbled ouf nl
TIM resi- hefor,. il" WIS Old enough 10 Il,
named him Aar mi tamed him. aud
he developed Iuto the brightest bird
ser ,aw LIZ Ill tnne ,rlw~. Aae
waS misrhio,ous aud inqni-itte. Taere
WAS a knoihole i'll the hooro ON ci,teru.
aud the crow couldn't fad put what vi,
under H. although lie tried very hDrJ.
several time, day Abe flow down
Ia the creek hunted mp Il pebhl" aud
carried It in hi9 oill ro HE floor oi tae
cistern, whore IN dropped 1t Jhronsh the
hnothole. The instant he let ihe peahlc
drop ne would put hia ear clos To TIN
hol, and listen. lie could near the pei.
I lie STRIKE The water, aud thc noise aat
Of IN, >lsht eA Fed his curiosity 50 much
that h. dropped h1if bnshel Of pehaia-
into tho ci,ttrn u, for he gave up.
,'Abeaccnnpauied me on all my hnui-
ing trip IN the tall ani winter. AMI lee
saw me kill fyc u liz wolve-, bali
dozen Wildcats aut ,.Nelal deer. Line
woods wero full Of 'i.ar. anil taere were
80 many wuivss tlan we couldn't k -
any sheep. Ai- 'oak -reaf likiu- a.
deer ard RAJ sit. H,f he mated woIz
AMI wildcats, -""uaI II understand
thai they Veae destructive and danger
ous. Ona afternoon, THE summer that
he WIS It ar I'D, Abe flew INTO or
lnlia clearing and c,~ed aud Hullef"l
aboni IL II IL wanted m 10 leave Ia.
work
Il kuea ,he=eroW had seen something
thai di,piea-rd him. and - PICKED mp
tworitics aud ,old hin t. % ahead. Just to
see whit he Wonld do. He went >lllali-
ing through the air toward Bell Meadow
/ brock and when he alighted ON a ltre
he kept Yelling and looking down In tlc
rdl ine. | looked, too ltfle cXpeelill to
See what | diI. \ pair of wolves we
] tearing at y doe they had bounced on
and pulled down. ! killed them both
before they got three leaps nom the doe,
and when Abe saw that they couldn'i
move he cawed and rroaked as though
he was glad.
The next winter there We're three feet
and 4 half Of snow ON the level. and we
had 10 wear snowshoes To get around
While | WA, splitting wood near the
ho,l,c olp. cold morning he "row came
sailing and squalliue 10 the settlement
from tie.dircctiou Of Lake Henry, HI,
wa. r>ciied about solne' ming. and IT,.
rereh,,l on lie lop and went ia Hantj,3a
In, wing, and dancing IN, and down.
understood him w,ll enough 10 know,
i that u. nad seou something lhat IL.
djdu'i like Inc lms ~ mr., In tine voo.!-
toward il, lake - | and my bruih.r
and cousin mn on our -l.n4..f,nrs. .unnI
d.raI five loaded riff /, and started into
the uood>. AGa leading fhe Wi> an
yelling.
H led IL, to the lake. where ~. saw
a ~iehl thai | shall never forget In
.n,r. vnop. In, wind had blown tho
] snow from the roe "a narl of sevcn der
! had boon eorneftd nv 4 pack of h4r
wolves. Tie der conduit .l ont en
accoHut 81 the ,Iar1i snow aud tine >vulvp,
had killed thloa Of ihru when we got
i there. While W. were blazing away ut
the. brut,s the crew flew overhead ann
shouted hi, approval. W. llflod fHe
whole pack. and Ahe felt ~ good IT,
lac rolled oyer on lnc crust -"vcral tiue.
com da, in the spring the crow .3i,
"A fishel. catch a rabbit aud carry il 10 Il