Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-11-21

The white calf moose seen. by a |
party Of hunters near Moxie Pond, |
above the forks Of the Kennebec |
river. last week, says a dispatch from |
Bangor, Maine, to the New York Sun, I
10 not, as those hunters thought, the
only white moose In Maine although
It may be a relative Of the strange an
i1nal known all over the northern part
of the state as the specter moose, and
generally supposed to be the first, il
not the only, white animal Of that
species ever seen in these woods. The
appearance Of the white calf at MOXie
Pond leads old hunters to believe that
the gpecter moose has emigrated from
his old haunts around Lobster Lake
TO the headwaters Of the Kennebec,
especially as he has not been reported
his fall anywhere In the PenObscOt
region.
This enormous moose has been the
wonder Of sportsmen and the terror Of
supcrstitiOus wOOdsmen in northern
Maine since 1891 Every story that
comes from the woods concerning him
makes him little bigger than before.
Accepting some of the conservative
estimates of his size, it seems likely
that no moose ever killed in this state
or, so far as known, In any other part
OF the continent, has approached in
stature or weight, much less in spread
Of antlers, this specter moose of Lob
ster Lake He is called the specter
moose because of the weird appear
arce which he presents at night, his
color being a dirty white.
1t was in 1891 that this moose was
Rrst seen in Maine by Clarence Duffy,
of OIdtOwn, a guide, who was cruising
around Lobster Lake. Duffy did not
get near enough to the monster for
shot, but could see him plainly, and
gave q detailed description of the ami
NAL when he came back to town.
Everybody laughed at the story
Mr. Ross, Bangor lumberman
was at Lobster Lake, where
he had camps, and one day
while crossing between Big Lobster
and Little Lobster lakes in company
with the foreman Of Maxfeld's camps,
he saw the big moose. Mr. Ross is
rather a matter-of-fact business man,
ana "hen ne toio ms story Oh the
monarch of the woods people began to
believe that there was really some
thing up there worth shooting at
For some years hunters searched
the wood in vain for the big fellow,
FOR II would be worth a small fortune
70 any man 10 pflhB MN down. NOL
until 1898 was the monster seen again.
In lhat year GTanVlIie cray, bangor
aXldermlst, had sight OF the moose
at some little distance, and since that
he has had second view. In 1899
Gilman Brown, OF West Newbury,
Mass, got nearer to the monster than
any OF the others, actually having a
shot at him.
In company with Harry NJ. Pope
of Hartford, Conn. James Busfeld. of
Haycrhin, Mass. and E. w La Croix.
Of LYNN Mass. he had hunted in the
Roach River country. The party came
ont with three moose and seven deer.
II was on tho last dav of their two
weeks STAY that Brown saw the big
white moose and he will never forget
the SIGHT He 9verrpd that the moose
stood fully Is feet high and carried
sptIers at least - feet across.
Like most of the others who had a
sight of the monster Mr. Brown saw
The moose at dusk. but the animals
white coat showed plainly. ana Brown
got several shots at him, none of
which inflicted eerfous iniurv. He was
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on any olher moose mere or ELSEWHERE
IN the iaU OF 1SVO the zig moose
was seen Dy George hneelanu, OF
sherman VINO was taxing charge OF
MS Dro'heF lumber camps at GUM
yer brooh' ana hneeland got all the
eAcl'eihent ne wanted Tor the season.
IN LeilnS experiences hneeIano says
hao 70 go 70 Mao"ahoc on ousl-
o"e u"S' an" 50 oolio"eo d VI
cycle and started out at O'Clock IN
vac AFTERNOON over a road leading
1nrough the deep woods. AS | was
Sdihg along saw q fox come out into
She road ana before mad gone much
Nai 'nel 0"o mo- NOR IoAeS maze tnelF ap-
FeaA ance. Nhen Ihey saw me they
started stralSht down the road. | gave
yen ana started IN pursuit. | Kept I