Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-03

your Dig Dear,
Then we kneel down beside the bed,
and pray;
And after that there's no bear any
where,
And we both go to Dreamtown,
right away.
by Cora A. Matson Dolson, in the
Bee Hive.
BRER BAR.
From the forests of Maine the Ban.
gor correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record sends budget Of information
about the black bear. well known to
the Down East hunters, lumbermsn
and farmers:
In general appearance the black
bear resembles the hog more than
any other animal. The head, with its
round skull, sharp snout, pointed ears,
Is primarily that of the hog, while
bear will eat anything hog will.
The bear roots about among the
leaves in quest Of nuts, enters or
chards to eat the apples which have
fallen on the ground, and, II they are
not there, shakes the tree until the
fruit comes tumbling down about his
ears, wherein he has the advantage
Of the hog and resembles the human
again.
More than one black bear has come
to an untmely end because Of his
propensity for entering cornfelds and
eating the sweet corn from the stalks,
a fayorite occupation of the raccoon.
Like the raccoon, too, he is an expert
fisherman. He will lie full length
on log over some quiet pool and
drop a bit of wood or offal OF some
sort on the water. He watches his
bait with his small, bright eyes until
some unsuspectiag trout or club
comes up to investigate; then a quick
sweep up one Of those mighty paws
lands the fish, Hopping on the bank
and bruin makes a dainty meal.
When the cold frosts OF fall arrive
the black bear begins to think of a
snug home during the winter months.
He looks about until he finds the place
that suits him. 1t may be in hollow
log, and II the hollow is already the
home OF coons bruin has no scruples
about turning them out. II he can
find cave or deep cleft in the rocks
he Is equally well satisfied, and. will
sleep fully as comfortably until warm
weather comes again, while his waste
tissues are replaced by the great rolls
Of fat which thickly cover his ribs
as a result of the summers forag-
ing.
Frequently when bear dens up
beneath downtown or lies in hol-
low log with his snout near the open
ing the warmth OF his breath melts
a hole in the covering Of the snow.
This hole keeps growing larger until
finally 1t becomes incrusted with ice,
and then remains a sort of chimney
or ventilator for bruins bed chamber.
Woodmen frequently find these air.
holes in the snow, and upon investiga-
ton find bruin in his den. The ami
NAL is so sound asleep that no noise
will awaken him, yet the first touch
on any part OF his body brings him
out Of his sleep with start. When
thus aroused the bear is wicked
antagonist.
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