Evening star., 1900-10-20
Hall Rack. S7.3S.
Lansbmrgh Furniture Co., 1926 F St. NV.
MADE THE BEAR DRINK.
Bruin is Now Very Suspicious of HI
Food.

Bruin is Now Very Suspicious of Hi.
From the New York Sun
A party of Massachusetts sports,nen yho
were In this city this week on their return
nome from a camping trip at Crawford
roma In the katahdin iron works region of
Maine told of an experience with a bear be-
longing to the owner of the camp with
whom they made their home during their
two weeks visit. This bear was caught in
trap last spring and lost his right fore
paw at the ankle joint The hunter did not
Kill the animal but got rope around his
neck and led him to camp. There he built
small stockade with little house in one
corner of It, pitched an old stub of a tree
in the center of the yard hitched the hear
to 1t, and this place has since been bruins
home.
The bear was very savage at first, but
soon became so tame that he would eat
from the hand of the trapper and would
allow one to pat and caress him He has
been one of the sights for people visiting
tFa"Iord POND during the past summer.
"A young Harvard College students was at
the camp In August, and he got so friend y
with the bear that they used to have
wrestling matches. The bear Iabored at
disadvantage on account of having lost enc
of his paws, and he was unable to get a
very good hold about the body of the stu
dent, but that made no difference; he could
throw the young man every time, and the
minute the wrestler would land on his hack
Old bruin would take the other paw and he
gin to claw his clothes The Young man
stood such treatment all right until enc
oay the pear scratched his face. and here
aiIer ne Kept away from the animal
The Massachusetts sportsmen were
oohged TO remain close in camp one day
during their visit on account of a heavy
ralnstorm They played casino and auc-
tfon-pitch until they were tired of the eieht
or the cards, and one of them, on seeing
the bear perched on the stub of the tree in
MS yard, thought of scheme which would
produce some amusement
Lets get the bear drunk" said he to bis
COMPANIONS I've got a quart of old rye
whisky in my pack, which l brought in
case ca some OF you fellows were sick. None
OF you nave been, and as none of you ever
the bear as not"
Its mean to waste good stuff in that
way" said another member of the party.
but didn't buy 1t, and as far as fun goes
I'm in for anything"
ten-quart pail, three quarts Of Indian
meal quart Of molasses and the whisky
were set out on the table in the camp The
meal, molasses and the whisky were mixed
together In the pail and then all adjourned
to the bears home. The pail with it's
ate 1T and Tapped the pail out SO clean that
1t didn't have to be washed, and then the
sportsmen waited for results,
IN ABOUT an hour the bear was the most
oAiiudi lLdt ever was seen in
the Maine woods. When the LIQUOR first
began to get in its work the bear was taken
with an athletic ft and he jumped around
ana rolled over like clown in q circus He
tried to climb the tree stump, but its trunk
seemed to be bigger to him than ever. and
after getting up few feet from the rrountl
he would lose his grip and fail end over end
into the yard. The sportsmen watched his
antics and laughed until their sides ached.
f1naIly old bruin became sleepy and lum
bered on into his cubby house The next
morning the first man in the party to 90
out OF doors walked over to see now the
pear was feeling. He looked into the little
house and saw sight which made him SaaI
sorry There lay the bear with his head
on the good forepaw and the stub of the
other one laid over his Uranium. He seemed
to say In the look which he gave the mar
How sick l am"' For two days he wouid
not eat or move out of his house, and ever
since he has carefully looked over all feed
that was set before him before eating II.