Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-10
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Bruin Is Now Very Suspicious of His
Food.

Bruin Is Now Very Suspicious of His
Food,
New York Sun: A party Of Massa-
chusetts sportsmen who were in this
city this week on their return home
from a camping trip at Crawford Pond
in the Katahdin iron works region Of
Maine told OF an experience with a
bear belonging to the owner OF the
camp, with whom they made their
home during their two weeks visit.
This bear was caught in a trap last
spring and lost his right fore-paw at
the ankle joint. The hunter did not
kill the animal, but got a ROPE around
his neck and led him to camp. There
he built q small stockade with a little
house in n corner of 1t, pitched an
old stub OF q tree in the enter OF the
yard, hitched the bear to it, and his
place has since been bruins home.
The bear was very savage at first.
but soon became 80 tame that he would
eat from the hand of the trapper and
would allow n to pat and caress him.
He has been one of the sights" for
people visiting Crawford Pond during
the past summer. A young Harvard
college student was at the camp In Au-
gust, n he got SO friendly with the
bear that they used to have wrestling
matches. The bear labored at a disad-
vantage on account Of having lost one
of his paws and he was unable to get a
very good hold about the body OF the
student, but that made no difference;
he could throw the young man every
time, and the minute the wrestler
would land on his back old bruin would
take the other paw and begin to claw
his clothes. The young man stood such
treatment all right until n day the
bear scratched his face, and hereafter
he kept away from the animal.
The Massachusetts, sportsmen were
obliged to remain close In camp one
day during their visit on account OF a
heavy rainstorm. They played casino
and aution pitch until they were tired
Of the sight Of the cards, and one OF
them, on seeing the bear perched on the
stub of the tree in his yard, thought
Of a scheme which would produce some
amusement.
Lets get tie zeal drunk said he
to his companions. i've got q quart of
old rye whisky in my pack, which 7
brought in case some Of you fellows
were sick. None of you have been, and
as none OF you ever take anything, I'd
just as leave give 1T to the bear as
not"
Its mean to vast good stuff in that
way" said another member OF the par
ty, but I didn't buy it, and as far as
fun goes I'm in for anything"
A 10-quart pail, three quarts of In
dian meal, a quart of molasses and the
whisky were set out IN the table in the
camp. The meal, molasses and tie
whisky were mixed together in the phil
and then all adjourned to the bears
home. The pail with it's tempting lunch
was set out to the bear. He ate II and
la nnad tho nail ont on nlaan that a.
didn't have to be washed, and the
the sportsmen waited for results.
In about an hour the bear was the
most intoxicated animal that ever was
seen in the Maine woods. woods. When
the liquor first began to get in It's work
the bear was taken with an athletic fit,
and he jumped around and rolled over
like a clown in q circus. He tried to
chimp the tree stump, but its trunk
seemed to be bigger to him then ever,
and after getting up a few feet from
the ground he would lose his grip and
fall end over end into the yard. The
sportsmen watched his antics and
laughed until their sides ached. Final
ly old bruin became sleepy and lum-
bered off into his cubby house. The
mex morning the first mar in the par
ty to go out Of doors walked over to
see how the bear was feeling. He
looked into the little house and saw a
sight which made him feel 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 man,
How sick I ami For two DAYS he
would 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.