The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-18
BIG BEAR LITTLE TRAP.
Il STORY OF A HOLE IN Il TREE IN
MAINE.
How q Small Cut in n Dying Maple LED TO tho
Taking OF q 4OO-Pound Bear, Many Pounds
or Honey. and n Large Quantity or Mar
ketnblo Syrup French Canadian Thrift.

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HNhhNsi' ME- Aprh io'-h "iVchen hlhs
""o hot oeen opstihate ne never "ouid nave
sohe W. u |hicks mn 10 make maple sugar
Ihis spring. una IL ne haoht trieo 10 make
sugar M never Wouiu nave captured the od
. ID peeoh rhi. "arch hao gone OUT ana
the sieooins was ali useo up "hen Mitchell
went INTO lom be brittohs oaroer shop ono
evening LOT a sna'e.
Jess mol on an ann pay Get sometimes
saia hitcheii "hen lie brl'ton 6okco III cents
U inc SHAVE. An pay eeI en- &c sugar from
Noe"p.
Le hritton iausheo at the ioea OF tapping
trees III april ana SAID that II all his customers
were 30 stinhecked as Mitcheh mere would DO
~ heeuo, putting ne"o resIs on oaroer chairs.
anu niitcheh packed up MS camping outht ana
moved 10 inc WOODS ior a month. hundred
POUNDS OF Maine maple sugar as made oy the
fre~hch-Canadian cltlzens are composed OF ten
parts maple sweets forty parts molasses sugar
and fifty parts corn meal bought from the griss
mill. Just enough scorched maple syrup is added
10 inc meai ana hoiasses sugar 10 give naVor 70
the mess. To put in more would be a waste OF
.ss.s - ~" .NH
t"ppeo iorty trees. oorihg hoies In inc trunks
in hollow wooden spierots to drain the san
to- 49, Ill 81 - - sp
to all the spouts. Thirty-nine trees were sound
and full of sweetness, so the sap flowed the mo-
ment they were tapped. The fortieth tree wa.
a giant which stood out alone on a rocky hill.
with nothing growing near it except a few vel,
low birch and FIR bushes. AS Mitchell bored his
auger into the butt of this tree he saw that the
live wood was very thin. after which the augor
.ay. ont no,,inr hv, brou,, oh;ns 49,, nror.
sass ous morning wS oue brown eh'ps ina, were
snieot the second blow forced n In hayond tho
shoulder. so it wabblad about like a loose tooth,
Tp1 "aoui0u y iho d ioose 'oo'n'
ping laughed aloud and made sarcastic remarks
about getting sap from a hollow tree; but
Mitchell pointed to a hole he had bored last
year and told him to hold on. Sap hecm come
Ill rish'' saiu Mi'cneil' bringing d Kettle "i L"s
molasses sugar from the camp and pouring Tho
entire contents THROUGH nm ono, -;f, -, -.
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trunk; heem go cen Lnoiasses sug heefa com
of scalding water in the hollow tree and weuo
hack to camn, The san eowed freely in all nar,s
OF the orchard nut the hollow tree yiGLGS1
zen times as mu"n as any othtr. Si!lhS
One a # ,rn, ni when nas the boy went to the below ~,
bhoarJ n n 6 Sus n h,yz :" sonnS insi a. W. : 10 ~,
m neultdi eddet1hr The fact TO MitchelI t fre xiIv F ITn II,
snartiS' dovn On sor,e u Ho -" ", r;,bbt ppranf..
sTnGanat;on Ala nnT sattsfv ~, ~ NIX Lsn .bo Pr III
TO the fork OF the maple that evening, taking an
az aionS W uninrEe uIe ril.i me nlonieht no
s,ruos' ~ sinsinS anu ounhlng hoise Mas r.,
calIed Mitchell Eli up to solve f tbe mr tsisrsehea anu
mietm uani Sooh; saio Mitche'E hecn
o IpW s';nL |a or ias u y stecp sonhe .Now neem
sn s omt M = u" NJ &c . eoo, rsH 80 oa nSen no can
ESeeSSV ,"'u'' feeh aus Sou eai coon preserve
heifhi, T.. MIDWAY, ,,r,u .o,,,os ,ho .,ou,io,
y onlna n"si.k se,Iivu M qhest4"t
oa une NOISES TO- ms saiisiacniHni wSnt paTk 10
c"n,p 70 "on,in ~ ane h uTnii ~ w mnr a. III a%! hePe
eut ,irse,i m " {Sa az ,nr n V.shnncd sI;co amt nS,ho
sound wood eNtenddips from The limos 10 within
eish. ,.ci q, ,ho E'ou "ms dawn ~ NE 20 , "er tnn nv
Miao az ~ ,op my tM,'e no"' 'ons' '"pe'-
nv, ,hn,i "o"d the nov nU hoil.d san until late that
nil ill ana Wien they yot into he'd thav AID nor
81 ~" ~ piaaninr' nSS,ydars yrxo ti2,os NM
t wcrc ar" o"s by Hearing some villa Creature
m ryin "aU3eontT in The woods near The cannn
WNSS,inhhE., II $3.50 tho how how n he had fssiencS thWa;
ca,Nt Dior odding Ibat an Indian 5evii vas
ahhmp Then hn tmrnrd over and wsnt 70 s,sen
They rot IN late because there was no use o;
n,nrk ;nSy untnl ,ho ann had warmed IL" yronnj
and sni no san dovSinn A"N ""'N H'bo""N
tn" how VISITED tho Trees after bre,kfast ~,
c,,na h,ct inotin~ ,s II be Mad ser N ~,
and rcporied Thai Tho coon which was IN Ia hoi.
low mamie Ind Climbed nut thrnuyh H. snIi,s i,
a., ,,u.l, nnl uaa bo,xin~ t,e,n 81 lit,