New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-12
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ru,khannock. Penn. Nov. 1.-THE natives Of the
wild regions Of Wyomne and sullivan counties WI"
revcr kin bear until it's fur is prime unless they
are obliged TO- They the fur is not piin" D''o'e
December and the way they tell Is 10 examine TIE
inside Of a vclt TIL skin a. q bear That no" been
kul4l in the fan WI have hair roots "'cfi''
through on the inner side. which indicates 'h'' the
animal was slain before its fur was in PRIME cor
dition. and the fur buyer viii therefore pay -
or s, less for it than he would Il the bear nan ".
killed in cold weather when all the hair roots "''
crown outward and the pores We're an closed H''''
and not til then the natives say. the fur OF pear
is nrst-class. and will fetch the highest prices.
pfchard Hulson who lives on the west sue o.
Mad Brook over in Sullivan County. los' SEVERN
pigs last month He laid the disappearance OF t"e
rigs TO a predatory bear. and when some Nsluhf
s,or.sme, asked him why b. didn't try 70 trap me
boar ba said that the only reason was because ITS
fur was not prime yet. TIL bear stole the ldS'
MIG one night bat still Buson wouldn't make any
effort TO pat an end 90 it, thefts. The mo'ni's De-
fore the sportsmen Were % leaN" me h'lth''' "''
puIson informed them that the bear had ca'ri'i
ef the mother Of the pigs the night before ana that
n. had ,uade NJ, his mind hunt th" destructive
brute down if is pclt wasn't worth ''."'. nm
son and the visiting sporisncn ii''''' III ~ "."
+, search for the carcass Of the hog. ahI 'ri"''
noon they found portion of II IN gorge on i'.''
Ridge where the bear had dragged it. They "-n
get
hurt M p pen Of LOGS and st q trap in II, hhiNAS
the tran with Il piece Of the hog. ana bn'}ih. '''
roe, down in the valley. a mile away The FI.i'pi7
-. o~xf,i,e t. Soc whether inc bear would b"
nah en,upb 10 got into tn tfip 81, thry post
,.,r.d their d.tarflrc. and ~" nrAi morning l'N
,re ri,,ng down 10 tho camp AMI toi them ih"t
am I, - ,trs. 1inr around in The gorge vita
,he iran ON ore IT ia feet. All hands irinf,i -
m. sun, al once onch nan carrying rihe, ln"y
Snvnd The bear yanking the trap AMI clog throrsa
the brush at "a mad pace. ana one ~, w .,,i,.t
an end to its sulcrings with Mnch.-i"r p" i
I hear
son said beforchc nd WASH worm on nan ''
AS it would have been slx weeks iaisI u" nD ~,
nn. d,v last week a horse belonging 10 fhil' '' u
Ives OF Bee KIN sullivan county "i'plr,l u"nn
IN , an 4 bnus~ hr next morning Ives went 10 re
spot to pan the horses sho'' on - ~. "i.i az the
he spied three bears feeding on IN" afe ca - t
horse n though they hadn't hai any IRE" ma
in year H. haa ~ no T tB hears eiore ,htr nr
W. prime ne shouted aud waFed his h.nn. :. ''. ,
and instead Of running away hey glowI' j. ''' ~
/ ,e.th into the hors-'s neck, h''kri ava is
-, i7,,nok 10 drmorali2r them by yelling ara I"-h-
imo toward them. and the next thing ne kh'" y,
the others cont.nuet 10 'r rr s,aj yard" VII ~.
bru Ives ran bacEwaTn .HT o.ro. he pulled
,, lie revolver ana began - FIRE AZ 1t. TIC ol',,
bears took fright al The nria5 ana i1i' ~ mn
/ Ives emIted his re'oN'' "''''N "
+ deT2us D' aa.,r,ech an athletic young Of Me-
HiinD, rn~nship surprised bear in tn Oo'ii'
Tens Of that region few day ago. IH' pea,
Dali t'tne, on sheep when SpurDrck came upon
vas nG IL hecane 50 enraec AT sight OF the man
~ ~ s,,rone at him with growl Of rage Spui
| teck il noted COR his presence d nina anu 49,
,pomoht yhat 10 DO. In his pocket he had "a h-t ~
| hrsss knuckcs mat he had wrencned Iio ~ ,, "a,
I,sliar G~ererado down in the Susquenanna Naiisy
' nv dsvs before and he backed away IRON me
! %onr he Skinned Them on his hands ana stooL M
p sai nc ,rhr haast struck at him hard enough T.
16reak his arm. but he jumped aside gust IN tn i
,icL az time and when the bear came down on 81
.ns "a c,,",beck hit IL couple Of times on tI''
point Of it's nose with the brass knugKles y,
!. ii.,a v demoraZcd 10y the blows. Tor Il gave
sDmrt turned tail Ike iiasn ANA disappeared
among Inc scrub oaks In Jliy