The Washington times., 1906-11-19
CAT, DEER HUNTER,
FEEDS HOUSEHOLD
Wild Animal Shows Appre-
citation of Farmers
Kindness.
RIDES QUARRY TO HOUSE
Supplied Family With Venison for
Whole Winter, But Finally Made
Fatal Mistake

BANGOR. Nov. 1s.-The biggest fire
that Clifton has known in twenty years
burned Luther Penney's big barn in the
spring OF 1904 A few days later, when
Penney was picking over the ash heaps
10 save the nails. he found a mother
0obcat and two kittens lying dead under
some charred timbers. while under the
mother, pressed close To the icy banks
Of the brook, was one singed and half
starved baby bobcat that was still alive,
Penney carried II home in his coat
pocket and fed il on milk and dressed
It's burns with oil until Il was able to
walk about. Then he named IL Job, be-
cause 1t had suffered so much and did
not complain
No sooner had job raised new fur and
Whiskers than he began foraging for
himself bringing in grouse and spruce
cartridges enough 20 keep the whole
family during the summer. II was close
time on partridges, but Job never stud
led the law. taking game when he found
4 and picking up hens and turkeys be-
longing 20 the neighbors when he
couldn't md wild birds.
NeighbOrS Enter Protest.
The Maine Legislature that placed a
bounty of 81 on wildcats was the cause
uf great annoyance 10 Job, for. while
Penney contended, with reason, that job
was no longer a wildcat, having been
tanned and regenerated by a superior
moral intelligence. the neighboTs, be-
iieylng In the maxim once a wildcat al
ways "A wildcat. had no hesitation in
shooting at Job and setting traps and
deadfans To encompass his ruin.
The winter of 19uf-u5 was q season or
Il 4 - for
Job. He became so heshy that Dy
standing sideways TO the midday sun OF
February he could cast diScerniDie
shadow on the snow, and somewhere
in the depths of the forest, among his
kindred, he learned how 10 ride upon
the back of a deer.
Rides Deer to Cabin.
1t was a great day for Job when he
rode his first painting deer into Penney's
dooryard slit open its jugular with his
keen teeth and galIoped around the
wood pile until it fell from the loss Of
blood Job slept on a folded quilt be-
fore the fireplace that night and got so
many deer marrow bones Tor his serV-
ices that he consented 10 share his lard
er with the family dog, receiving In pay
ment for the kindness a large invoice
OF fieas which lasted until the Ice was
gone and Job could go in swimming.
After this Job caught deer nearly
every day. bringing IN ten IN one week,
much 10 the anger and disgust Of the
WaTdens
And Then the End
The end OF Jobs useful carer as a
purveyor of fresh game for the Penney
family came last week The Penneys
owned a colt. "a we'll bred. ambitious
young stallion, that promised 10 beat all
records.
Job decided to ride the colt. The
Penneys were greatly surprised one
afternoon when they saw job dashing
into the back yard on the colts back,
and were hOrrified a minute later when
Job shipped holes IN the colts neck.
For this understandable conduct JOB
received beating with a sled sake
that he Will remember 70 his dying day.
When ne had recovered enough TO
walk about he stole away to his friends
In the forest and has ceased 10 reCOg-
niZe any Of the Penney household