Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-13
BEARS At HARD LABOR.
T,urht by an Italian to Pilot N"i's
no>,u stream.

Nili,usport ual Ger. of the New 1orh f''
r,or,snar have taken advantage oil 'he
,;,b eater in the river TO bring down ios'
20 the saw mills. The RATS thfil Sti'' any
como down the creeks are ha:li.rd ny w.
mon while on the river three 'iiti i' NV
are necessary 1t was on the Lo'
crock which has its head"ateI9 III '
x,n county and its m3Ith ABOUT lo''i ii.'i.
h.I,w this city, that the renarke'oie S'en'
az hears guiding RATS 20 the mus was VI
nss-1 last week Two bears TOOK one io7
raft down the stream, am q h-th f.-" q
ba1r took another 1t reIndli1u ioi ~
Pante an Italian, to thus put 'e'ii9 ~
wee. g.
p,..i Punta came to this country five
yrs ago Punte decided that TO get a
d-ncsnl. bear to earn n living for aim was
better than working himself he sot d
trained bear and beg IN TO tour tie co'i ~
NV He found so any cities ana LOW ms III
I,,,it,Ivani, where the laws prohibited
..acting bears that he ieacaed l-ap1[.e'
: Iliyan county. with no money IN POCKET;
Then the Italian was by hunSer iolcet
10 90 into the woods to work Punte Wocld
mol Dart with his bear. Together they hFeo
in a log hut in the lumber camp. Fix
boar was found at home with two haif-
grown companions. Punte vas soineW mai
afraid at first. but soon manas-u 10
acquainted with the new arrivals ne
III first bear he began to teach the new
on.S hoE TO do tricks.
In the spring Punte had to pilot RATS
down the Iovalsock r elk 20 he saw mill at
Nountainyille One of these trips it oc-
CURED to him that he might teach the
bears how to guide a raft. lie no sooner
returned 10 his mountainous nome imam lie
started to work.
The bears had been used to holding the
balancing pole with their ?orepaws. and
the next thing to do was to teach them 10
NOT
unusual for the people Of Forltsville 10 see
o raft going down the creek with two men
and three bears on it. '.BrUIn. as he call
ed the first bear. was always kept at the
rear end of the raft. and Johnny and
-.Ciussie'' were on the front part
on these trips the bears We're taught how
to keep the raft from running against the
banks of the creek ana got acqdt nsel With
the bends of the stream. Ai1a1 by signs
and calls. they became Punte thought, able
to raft
He did not put them 20 The test until last
W ok They ran the raft successfully. The
first trip Punte was on the same raft with
tire bears and they did their work we'll
that last week he III Ide up swo RATS aid
started for the west branch of the Susque
hanna river. The RATS We're Of logs, and
started from near Hiiisgrove.
On the first raft BrGIa ana Johnny were
placed. on the second. which followed
closely, Puate and the pear Grss:e We're
the pilots. Punt". by calling right and
cleft" told the bear at the which way
10, push OF pull NAt!c al iHe same tine
NO. l. Johnny, and '.No. ,. Johnny" told
the bear at the front end of the raft on
which side TO use the pike pole
At a sharp curve twenty miles from this
city a log jam was observed. funte lur-
riedly tied up his raft. and. running ahead,
succeeded in boarding the enc managed by
Brain and Johnny This he also to
shore and tied up The Jam WAS about if
tean feet high. and blocked the stream.
I'unte took Johnny with him TO break the
jam
The breaking of a jam IS a dangerous
thing. and many fatal accidents result.
Johnny, with pike pole, was sent to dis
lodge the anchor log. After many at
tenpts he succeeded.
The Loyalsock creek is about forty miles
lem; and runs through mountainous cuun-
try. consequently the bears not
frightened 10y MEN,