Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-30
GAME STORIES.


Merrymecting bay showed Ill IL gun
ners TO every bird.
George whltehouse caught q bear
Wednesday In an old orchard near A. =.
kendalls In Lowell.
IL L. quite common thing for trains
on the Bangor aud Aroostook road Ia
be obliged TO whistle deer OF the track.
One morning recently Mr.. John Far.
rington Of Lowell visited his traps and
brought In nothing except two foxes,
coon aud mink.
The most successful days hunting M
10 date IL that ~ Fred X. smith Of Plit..
field, who Que day recently shot J.
partridscs, J woodcock, 10 squirrels and
fox.
silas I.ittlehaie while hunting near
Chapman Brook, Bethel, last week, got
one foot into q bear trap and with DIM
Guilty released himself. The teeth enter
ed the flesh but no serious result. have
followed az yet.
one train recently carried through
Portland, out Of Maine, the carcasses OF
ten deer, moose and bear. They be-
longed To q IIsyerhill party. The moose
weighed 100 pounds and had spread
% antlers ~ SIX feet and two Inches.
\ correspondent Of the I!o.ton Tran.
script admits that Maine IL, particularly
TIL. season. a sportsman's paradise, but
adds the pertinent Inquiry how long The
game IL going To stand such Wholesale
slaughter a. IL IL undergoing this fall.
Country market men are not At all
partial to the open season for game, a.
IL means the loss Ia them OF large
amount 81 business. In many districts
where during close time they make sew
eral trips a week. they now only go once
q week. the people depending upon the
yenison supply almost entirely.
Sporting papers generally condemn
the "huntlng matches" common al TN.
season a. resulting In the lndlscrimlnate
slaughter Of birds and beasts, valuable
and yaiuele.s In the same category. hut
what IL there commendable about hunt
Ing for sport, In q "mstch," individual
~, or under any circumstances'
Last week A. J. Blake and josiah
Heath Of Gilead each captured bear Ia
their orchards, fine looking specimens,
aud George Mason caught small one In
George Iiurnham's orchard. foxe. are
the game most In demand now, and
some very pretty specimens have been
bsgged by successful hunters.
Cunning on bicycle Ia the latest.
Frank Bradish, one of PASSPORTS best
wheelmen, started the other day on his
bike for Perry. carrying a gun. About
seven miles out, he espied two partridges
near the roadside some distance ahead.
One Of them, Il IL reported, he shot
without di.mounting, and the other
xas soon secured.
A most remarkable coon story comes
from York County. IA Mr.. william
Warren of Lyman Was driving home
from Blddeford one day last week be-
heard the sound of coons In the woods
near the road. lie got out OF the team
aud found eight coons playing together
on the ground. lie drove four Of them
into q tree, went home aud got = gun,
came back and killed all four.
line Daniels, the Portland taAldermlst,
In the course Of week received eighteen
bear skins to be made into rugs for their
owners. Seven Of them came from the
swift River region, three from the VI
ciuity Of Bethel, and most Of the Others
from other sections Of Oxford County.
Oxford Ia still Bruins native heath. Mt.
Daniels has 40 far this season received
the heads Of twenty-eight deer to be-
mounted.
What becomes of the deer and moose
horns that are shed annually In the
Maine woodsy' was the question de-
bated by number Of hunters up Moose
head way the other day. The men all
had spent much time In the woods
regions, and only one Of them had ever
come across even remnant Of the dis
carded forest hesdgear. lie once found
q portion of an antler that bore evidence
Of having been gnawed aud partly eaten.
The verdict rendered by the debaters
Was The hedgehogs eat the deer and
moose horns.
Chas. II. Davis and Oscar Swan chose
eleven men each for hunt At Bethel, TO
take place last Tuesday; owing to rain
the affair WAS continued until Thursday.
The final count gave swans side 10000
points and Davis 10000. Bernie Barker
Of swans party got the largest amount
Of game, amounting TO over 1000 points.
The winning side enjoyed free oyster
supper In the Corps rooms saturday
evening. The woman's Relief Corps
furnished the supper and the profits
vent towards good cause. Over forty
tickets were sold.
sunday, the aist, i've young men vie.
itrd their bear traps In Chapmsn's apple
orchard, only about two miles from
Bethel, aud TO their surprise found one
contained cub. Not having any guns
With them they went for the young bear
with poles. Ills cries soon brought the
old bear, who made her appearance
standing erect on her hind legs and
made for the boys. Realizing their dan
ger they darted down the hill, the bear
following clo.e at their heels. They had
barely time TO reach an old barn aud
close the door, when Madame Bruln
came rushing against Il. Well, the boys
said the frail door trembled and squeak
ed on its hinges, but one Of tho boys
placed the wooden bar across Il, and
thus Il withstood the shock. Old
fruIn remained about several hours
watching the door, and finally walked
slowly OF TO the woods.