The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
ODD ALLIANCE OF BEASTS.
Combine OF Two wolves and a Panther
for Their Mutual Benefit.

for Their Mutual Benefit.
Two wolves and panther formed
an alliance in Maine n month ago, and
the result has been disastrous to wild
creatures of that region, as well as to
some tame ones.
Barker Simpklns and Fred Pars-
ley" the Local says, "were hunting
over ON the Old Pine ridge a few days
ago. when they heard a yelping sound
across the swamp as II dogs were chas
ing n deer. As the sounds came
closer the men made haste with still
hunters caution to get runaways that
cross, since II II against the law to
hunt deer with dogs IN this state.
Slmpkins took to the runway on the
north side Of the ridge and had
scarcely waited ten minutes when he
heard the steady beat Of running
deer's hoofs in the three inches OF
snow down In the swamp. The deer
came Into sight twenty rods away,
headed very nearly toward the place
where the man was seated, and had
come within ten rods of the man when
II 1.-THE form leaped from big birch
tree branch. hit the deer and rolled
over and over with II. The deer never
got up again, Its neck having been
broken.
"Simpkins was so surprised that he
forgot TO shoot for a minute, when the
animals that were in pursuit of the
deer came INTO view. They were
wolves, tall and gaunt, with gray hair.
The wolves ran without hesitation to
the deer, and while the beast which
had killed it, which Slmpklns made
out to be 4 panther, tore at the deers
throat. the wolves bit through the
| skin of the haunches and ate chunks
| of the smoking flesh, unopposed by
| the panther.
Less than week later another
| hunter, Sam Wells, found the trails Of
two doglikc sets of paws on deer
| trail. Following these two miles
| Wells came to gully and here were
| the remnants of the deer, and the leaps
| panther had made left an unmistak-
| able trail
I Nick Schumacher. German, living
| two miles from Bredville, farmer and
sheep raiser. heard n wild commotion
in the sheep shelter in the pasture,
which begins thirty rods from his
| house. fastening into "A pair of over
alls and felt boots, Schumacher
took his rife and made his way rapid
| ly along the path to the shelter. The
! shcep-there had been tifty-eight of
them in all-were seen to be racing
about in all directions, bleating in fear.
On the mans approach long animal
bounded off through the snow, but
until it was beyond the sheep no shots
We're fired, and they We're Intellectual
when they were male. Two other ami
mas were there, but the German did
not see them. Their trails, found in
the morning, showed them to have
been wolves, probably, and the trail OF
the jumper was that OF a panther
Eight sheep were killed. some Of them
beinG literally tOrn In two.
| "lhe last heard of the odd trio was
yesterday. Burt Jones went fox hunt
ing with his dog. a half bull and hall
hound. which had put many bears into
trees. Findin, the wolves trail Jones
put his dog onto 1t. Three hours later
Jones, who followed the trail of his
dog, came up with 1t. \ hip and bi
Of the backbone We're on log ant
tracks indicated that one of the wolve,
had lain there to eat its share. The
head and forcshoulders had plainl!
fallen to the lot OF the panther, for the
bones were found under branch Of &
large beech, as II dropped from tht
beech. The rest of the body had gone
10 the second wolf and lay where the
trampled snow showed the dogs las
fighting place. 1t looked to Jones a.
If the wolves had led the dog to the
ponther's resting place and there,
1 I l.. 4 1t 1.sI