The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
MOOSE WASGRATEFUL
WOUNDED ANIMAL REMEMBERED
ITS eENEFACToR.
Monster of the Woods Kissed Mans
Hand in Gratitude for Kind and
Courageous Act-Fatally Hurt, II
Goes Back to Him for Help.

From Kineo Farm, on the shore of
Moosehead Lake, says the Bangor,
Me, correspondent of the New York
Tribune, comes one of the strangest
tales of the woods that has been
heard this season--the story Of
bull moose tina, kissed a mans hand
In gratitude 70 a kind and courage
GUS act. Il. ,. Ring owns the farm
at Kineo, anc on his 500 acres there
are 300 head of cattle. which roam at
will over the place. fenced In on one
side by the lake and on the other by
a long stretch OF barbed wire.
On a cold morning last November
Mr.. Ring went out to salt his cattle,
and observed that the animals were
greatly excited and frightened at
something. so that, while ordinarily
tame and approachable, they were SO
wild that he could not get near them.
He had not far to look for the cause
OF the trouble, for in his walk around
the lot he found big bull moose en-
tangled in the barbed wire fence. The
moose was making frantic struggles
to get free, but at every jump he only
made matters worse. the sharp barbs
piercing his flesh and tearing his
hide, causing him to below with
rage and pain.
At first Mr.. Ring was frightened,
for he knew that should the moose
free himself 1t would mean certain
death for any human being in sight
for wounded moose finds his best
satisfaction for an injury received in
violent attack upon the first crea-
ture in sight; and 1t would be useless
for any one, certainly for an aged
man like Ring, to try to escape the en-
ragged monster in that field. However.
Ring is a man Of great courage and
GOODNESS, and one who knows the
nature Of the moose as well as that
Of his mich cows. Instead Of run
ming away he stepped gently forward
and began to disentangle the forest
monarch from the barbed wire net in
which he was held.
Instantly the moose ceased his
struggles, gazed wonderingly upon
the old farmer, and, hanging his head
low to the ground, uttered a piteous
groan. The monster appeared to real.
ize at once that friend had come
to his aid, and remained perfectly
still while the wires were being loos-
ed Finally the tangle was cleared
sufficiently, so that. with a slight ex.
ertion, the moose bounded free. Farm
er Ring Immediately stepped back to
the shelter Of a tree. fearing that the
moose would charge upon him X he
stood in the way, when. to his aston
ishment, the animal slowly walked up
to him. and with long, rough tongue
licked his hand, just as a dog would
do. Then, with a mighty bound. the
bull cleared the wreck of the fence
and disappeared in the woods.
That afternoon a snowstorm came
on. and the cattle were tied up In the
great barn. When Mr.. Ring went to
close the doors he was surprised to
| find waiting in the shadow of the
barn the wounded moose, its antlers
towering well up to the caves. The
animal seemed weak and tired, and,
thinking it needed shelter, Mr.. Ring
opened a shed door. and there. next
morning, he was found dead. He had
been MORALLY wounded by the fence
barbs, realized the fact. and had come
back to seek protection from the man
who had been kind to him that day