The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
FRIENDLY COS AND cARInoU.
Hunters and Guide Who Have Laid Hands
on Shy Creatures OF the Woods.

on snS Srcnurcb U thc VOGUE
kISEo. Me-. Nov. 27-Since the visiting hunters
have stopped comini SO fast the guides have
had more leisure to l,af around the hotels and
stores. and new tales II adventure in the woods
arc coming to the fnnt every day. Last Sep
TENDER THE Sun confined i story telling how
Joseph Steirs, a yount sportsman from Provi-
dence. r. l.. paddled his canoe alongside OF
some moose that were feeding among the lily
pods in RipoGenus I.ac. BY putting u jacklight
In the bow of his canoe he succeeded IN placing
his hands on the flankaof two moose and buck
ling a leather strap around tue body ofthe third
While he was trying to place u strap on anoth-
er moose the animal got frightened and tipped
the canos over, spillinI Steirs and his guido
into the water. Last week Frank Harlow, a
guide who Is also employed on n snail steam
boat owned by Frank Wesson. the revolver
maker. Of Springfield. Mass. shot n moose near
Loon Lake that had a leather strap buckled
around its body back OF tho foreshoulders.
Though he is not sure. he believes it is the same
moose which Mr.. Steirs met on Ripogenus.
Everybody who knows Charles Anlnce, the
Moosehead Lake. has heard him tell his nd.
venture with n COW moose whose calf had been
killed by u bob cat: She came ort TO Anance.s
ing and making heart breaking %outcr!es for her
dead calf. One night when she was drinking
from the lake Anauce went up to her and put mis-
hand upon her side. Instead of jumping away.
n Auance had expected. she looked at him for a
moment. and sticking out her big nose, licked
his hand with her rough tongue.
She deed eet jus lex me calf" said Anance,
when he told OF It TO the fishermen in his camp.
OF course. the anglers did not believe him,
and guyed him so much about his adventure
that he got mad and offered to bet 50 that he,
would go up TO that cow moose and milk her
while she was drinking. The money was put
up. and the next nOrnlng Anance took a can
nna ~e milf out A anM so soy M0t the ' mHo, q G 9oar pn pf
licked him with her tongue while he was milk
ing, but actually shed tears of gratitude. There
are people who have doubted this story. but
they have kept their opinions to themselves
until they were far away from Anance, because
he is u stout young Tan and quick-tempered.
Other strange tales about the ways OF moose
are told In amp. Last summer John Gerrish
saw q four-yeAr-old nnil, moose swimming in
Elbow Lake. a few rods above North Twin dam.
Sending 10 the camp for n stout line he got into
a canoe and kept the moose from landing until
he had placed Il slip moose over its head and
drawn il up about its neck. Then lie swan the
moose about IN the lake until It WAS tired. and
kept 1t in a log pound 10" Il month, and did not
liDerate ii until II game warden told him he
would be liable to a iine OF 500 and costs for
keeping a moose in, close time; The animal
stayed near by in the woods all summer. and
was shot early In October by u New York hunter
who came down for game. Two years ago Fred
Wing, mo WAS runnuG II hotel at Molunkus.
found II pair OF young moose IN the woods that
had lost their mother. He put them into the
hotel siRblo and fed them on cows milk until
they were as tRm. ns lambs. When a game
warden informed Wing he would have to pay
S-bb u htcIlllE " MUS III Rlo
pulled down their pen and let them run at
large. Though they had the freedom OF the
woods, they came 10 the stable every night for
shelter. In August he tent them to Bangor, and
they were on exhibition Mt the fair. Later he
paid "a 500 fine for his captive moose ana sent
them to the Maine fair nj Lewiston. where they
earned him nearly $1,000. As he was about to
carry them to Massachusetts and show them at
ia" fairs Austin Corbiu's agent came along aud
bought them for the prstcrye at Newport, y. II.
Four years ago neXt February Ben York OF
Mllinocket was fishing through the Ice OF Mil
in0ck"t Lake for p!rkrrel when lle saw tour
large animals coming down the lake with the
wind. As they drew near he saw they wcro
caribou. AND. having no weapon but AN Ice
Chisrl, lie cx prcted HEY you'd gore md tranple
lin u death. standing riEidly erect. he awaited
their oncominG with much Unca-iness. They
stopped about IL rod away from him, and one
came up nnd noscd lin over. licking his coat
with lis tongue. After his tie one that had
made the investigation went back to Its c0mpan-
ions aud all trOtied of down III" lake. Mr.. York
believes that moose and caribou, while they
are endowed with n keen sense of smell. are
very ncur-sightcd. - when they approach II
man from the vino ward side they cannot tell
whnt manner OF animal he is until they smell OF
Lin. When he has hecn to the leewRrd OF
moOae he has had thc,e animals come up within
~ rod of him before tnRing alarm. Mr.. York il
70 years old. and has spent his HE in the woods.
In NIL OF his experiences he has never known u
iuoO-e to attack u man unless tho moose had
leeh wounded.