The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
A DANGEROUS POE IS BRUTN.
Wo0DSMES VINO BAvE Y0UGHT
BEARS HAND TO HAND.


A'ANa wv
10 lAbsne county vas awakened the other
night by the squealing OF his pigs. Hastily
throwing open the door. he ssw In the
clear moonlight a big bear sitting down.
not thirty feet away. and In q most human
and maternal manner slapping one OF his
pigs with its open forepaw. The brute
had soma ho~ dragged the shoat over
the aide ~ the pen. and vas now ohAsti-ing
II into silence The shouts ~ the farmer
startled the bear. which took 10 its heels
leaving q badly bruised and frightened
pig on the owners hands.
The next day a likely spo' wn selected
on the edge Of the bush near a field Of late
osks, and At nigh,fall the hardly back wood-
man perched himself on q ladder fifteen
feet nom the ground 10 be out " the range
Of cen A nsighbor did w~atchmAn's
duty, among the gruntep In the pen. This
plan OF the ladder common In that district
answered very well. for As he bear emerged
from lie sylvan retreat. 4, stood up to re-
connottrs before entering tho held Of grain
just under the watcher upon his roost
Ono bullet passing through head and body
ended Bruins purloinins then and there,
and ssve the SLAYER tvo DAYS work In
extracting grease from ia carcass
That brought in more than 90. which
vent far toward compromising for the
outrage ~ the feelings Of the porker Had
the date been q little later. tho pslt would
have sold for from go TO - according to
the condition 81 the hair. and the state Of
the akin. II clear. white and glossy on the
inside. when stretched Il would he t.rmed
prime and might reach the higher figure
IL IN late In October. when the hide IL a.
its b~s'. tina, the bear traps. which are like
s~bnormally large steel rat traps are sci for
their prey Log fcnces. about Q feet high
and 10 long, conNsrging in a wedge shaI@,
are laid up with a post or tree well within
the point, to which IL suspended a good
string Of hsh Some amateurs try to allure
the game 10y burning fi--h or feathers or by
toAsttng cheese. But II the plAce 10 well
chosen the fish .oon make their PRESENCE
known "a the hear passing 10 its feeding
plao- In grain. cranberry patch or frog-in-
Tested swamp.
Al tho entIsnc. to the little pen the trap
lies. ~. grea, circular mouth with tho cruel
teeth buried In the ground and a stout chain
well concealed binding the apparatus 10 u
looes log ssy a foot In diameter aud \ fest
long Tie trspp-r trample- the ground as
little A. possibls white preparing his snare
and hides tho steel work a. A~r,tstically
a. I've ran
A voung rather concsited partner NJ an
experienced hunter found 20 his cy,.t how
Cleverly this maj h. done Returning toward
The shanty on" evening b" found h- Com
rads's fsnoa prepared snd a fine s'nng -
large trout hanging m u Discovering no
sign 81 a trap lac decided that the older man
had gone hack ~ fetch II and thought that
a. 4 bit Of a Joke hs would remove hs halt
rnhappily FOR himself. he stepped righ'
into n well-CO v"red tfap, which fastened
upon him firmly. and cut into his leg m a
mos, painful manner 4 few vain attenpt.
at spnuging th" w"ll.'poth he'd lR~s Cui-
vinCsd him hat th"u" WAS nothing for II but
,o await HE cpmrsri'its next visit 10 tho
trap To move was agony ard 10 break
loose impossible
81, crouched on the ground. he l"p' vigil.
until, about 10 o'clock. without a'y pre-
monitory warning. a full grown lear ap-
J-ared on the SPIT gresNdN Tor fist, and not
dispp-ed 20 ignore n" prcs'nce Of Tho man
In his desperation the trapJ-d and Surely
tired trappsr screamed loud. and Practically
iried 10 keep hack the lear with one 81 the
heavy rails ~ the Tsn
Fortunately some prcsentintent had sent
the elder 81 the hunters at"ld at that tim.
With his rtf. And when tie meaning Of
the shouts which disturbed the night To-
ame spmew hat clear 20 him he rushed 10
The place, frightening away the shaggy
least frlm the trap across an oIrning
in the woods where a ie~ rife tails vel
performed their mart He Partner had a
leg broken and BADLY cut, and D., still, after
eleven months illness, under treatment for
shattered nerves
OF the seriousness - a hand-to-hand
struggle with the culinary hrp~wu-uUred
lear the sPortSrnen ttsv-llins inntn Thirty
one Mle lake by the POST CS-'k route.
have clear demonstration On the sIds
Of that RAPID little riv-r lives tic blind
man jean Paul, Whose immen-. frame and
quick habits ara comparatively useless 20
hum i-caI-e % a hattie With one OF thcso
creatures
Al one afternoon twenty summers ago
he fought with AL axe a fu.l sized beai Ia
had surprised in n berry patch. II Ns- Just
a. the sUn went down that hc eNllied over
his NaL4unsh,d and slam enemy And
then h. hurried home To las wife, the shad-
uws ~ n lifelong night - darkness settling
quickly upon him. Medical uren gay that
The Intensity 81 that terrible struggle over
strained and Iuptured the muscles ~ his
-ye-. and none ~ their sktl could ever
restore his slght
AZ a rule. though. II - the silvertip and
not the more friendly trown-puinted lear
that 10 Aggressive toward human beings.
The writer once a~ Oko beside Big Lake
10 fud "a beautiful specimen ~ the latter
~spsri,s walking away from q cleo. inspeo-
tloH Of HIM toward the water. into which
after dahhlins with iis for.Iaw like n child
tl. bear jumped IN ats Wal 10 . nearby
island On lis study floor lice the peit
VI q ~hite-noscd b-Af, which vas shot out
~ season u~nhAppily. while viciously trying
10 oVer,ake = peaccsble young fellow Il
had encountered In a clearing and driven
UP q tree.
IL wa. a silverip that tackled TO IL. cost
a hardy ~oodsmAn living beside tie Dan
ford Lake. Sustchius UP his single Jar
rvllsd u one autumn evening, he ran
out ~ doors TO brighten away = hear from
his loudly protesting cattle The Zig In
tiuder was just making ID with q spring
pig When disturbed. and Ia n" meet inso-
lent manner then dropI~d ;ts prize aud
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