Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-19
A NOTED DOG.
A Wonderful Canine of Squaw Pond
Lake That Catches Fish.

wonderful Canine OF Squaw Pond
Lake That Catches Fish.
From the Lewiston Journal.
Haze Huson, a noted hunter in the wilder
ness around Squaw Pond lake, in Aroostook
county. Maine, is the owner of dog which
much fine gold cannot buy. This dog has
| no artistocratic ancestry. He belongs to no
particular breed He knows nothing about
the pampered. luxurious life which his city
cousins lead. He answers to the name of
Sam" is now three years old. and weighs
forty pounds. Haze procured him from a
Tobique river Indian. when he was pup,
giving in exchange for him two muskrat
skins.
Sam gave proof early in his career that
he was no ordinary dog He never wasted
any time or energy in running after small
birds, chasing stray cats up the side of the
barn, barking at squirrels or baying at the
moon, but devoted his attention to the more
serious matters of life His sagacfty in
telligence and remarkable doings have made
him famous throughout the whole country.
Haze has camp on the shore of Sauaw
pond, where he spends the most of his
| time, and Sam is his constant companion
and devoted friend. The region abounds in
moose. deer and caribou. but Sam soon
learned that the laws of Maine did not per-
| init him to hunt, chase or kill them. conse-
quently he never pays the slightest atten-
tlon TO such animals, except to drive them
out OF the camp yard, into which they
sometimes stray. No charge of Illegal
hunting has ever been laid at his door
AS fisherman sam has become an ex-
pert. In the lake are many fine trout and
sam is an adept at taking the same. He
can swim and dive like an otter and has
never been known to miss his fish When
Haze wants trout for dinner or supper
| he simply calls Sam and says Fetch me
a trout and straightway Sam trots to the
rntr 1r,,,
ing the desired fish, frequently weighing
four pounds, and repeats the operation as
often as directed. And a still more curious
| thing is the fact that Sam never catches a
hsh other than a trout, although many
chubs, suckers, perch and eels are found in
| the lake.
Sam is also skilful hunter of ducks.
great f1ocks of which at some seasons fire.
| quent the lake. 1t is extremely interesting
| to watch him when he is on a ducking ex-
petition. He enters the water at some con-
siderable distance from where the flock is
feeding, and swims along in their direction
| with just his nose at the surface until with
| IN few rods of the birds when he gently
sinks out of sight and moves along under
water until he gets beneath his selected vic
tim, and then with swift and sudden grab
deftly pulls her under, and quietly makes
MS way to the shore. And so skillfully
uoes sam manage that more than one
occasion he has been known to secure as
many as eight ten fine fat ducks ont of
one flock before the rest took the alarm and
| flew away.
One of Sans most noted exploits was
last June. Haze's camp is built alongside
OF big, sloping rock. the top of which is
nearly even with the caves of the cabin
roof one day just after dinner Haze start
ed In mis- canoe across the lake and left
sam TO keep camp. A slight fire was in the
stove at the time. The stove pipe was de-
1ectVe and some sparks fell upon the dry
| roof. which soon broke out into a blaze.
sam quick eye noticed the fire, and with
MIN thinking and acting were one and the
same thing. He Immediately seized the
water pail, ran to the lake filled it with
water boundeu back to the camp. climbed
| up the rock to the roof and poured the con-
tents of the pail upon the blaze, extinguish-
| ing the last vestge of the flame before
| Haze, who, having seen the fire and was
| returning, could reach the shore Sans
| prompt and intelligent action saved his
master most serious loss
In the latter days of April of the present
| year Sam added another big credit mark
| to his already long list One fine, warm
afternoon Haze was at work about a mile
from MS camp, getting out some cedar
SpHtS Tor new roof for his cabin AS
was his custom on such occasions he had
left his rifle at the camp. not considering
| that he would have any use for it Sam
was with him for time, but after doing
| IN the warm sun for about an hour he
| arose, shifted the air once or twice and
then wandered off into the woods About
/ an hour and a half later he came bounding
along the tote road leading from the camp
to the place where Haze was at work
bringing between HIS teeth Haze's rife
and by certain well understood movements
and motions indicated, that some important
business was on hand. Haze picked up the
gun and started into the woods with sam
in the lead.
They had gone a little over a mile when
Sam halted beside the fresh track of an
enormous bear and waited for his master,
VINO was slightly in the rear, to come I'D
with him. A slight examination of the
track was enough to convince Haze that he
had before him the trail of the grandfather
OF pears; sam again took the lead and they
followed the trail out into the burnt land
winch for years has been a favorite haunt
with the bruin family. In less than twenty
minutes after reaching the burnt land they
discovered the black brute summing himself
on big pine log. A single weII-directed
shot laid him low. He proved to be one of
the biggest bears ever killed in that section
famous for big bears, and from the bounty
hide, Oil and meat Haze realized over $50
In his expedition of two hours before sam
mad discovered the track Thereupon he
had returned by the way of the camn and
procured the rifle, which he knew had been
LETT there, carried it to Haze and then led
him straight to the game
sam Is also valuable as a guide In the
hunting season he is frequently sent into
tne forest with sportsmen for the sole pur-
pose of bringing them back at night. The
Intelligent animal keeps behind the hunt
ers, noiseless as a shadow, until thew are
ready to return, at which time they saw
camp, SAM and thereupon he assumes
the lead and invariably brings them to the
camp by the most direct route 1t matters
not how far or in what direction thew may
wander. Sam always gets them safely back
he Is never ratified" troubled with
''buck fever ~
Haze has had many fabulous offers for
sam, but he says that he would sooner part
with his right hand than with his dog
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