Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
KILLED IN ODD WAYS.
Bio Bull Moose Said to Have Been
Brought Down With Small Re.
voIver

When l read about that young
man in Maine and the big moose.
said Bernhard Palmer of New York,
who hunts moose and caribou every
wear, sometimes in Maine and some
| times in the Canadian provinces. /
had TO declare that | would like 10
| own the revolver that figured 50
bravely in II.
THE young man was going home
from party and he saw strange
animal in the road ahead OF MIN. lie
didn't know what 1t was but ne
whipped out small revolver and
fired at the big beast. He fired five
times and then the animal made or
in the darkness. Tie young man
went on his way.
He had gone but short distance
when he saw the big form of the per-
sistent beast coming out of the dark
ness again and directly in his path.
He had another cartridge in his peck
et and quickly getting il and showing
it into the pistol he blazed away at
the advancing object. This last shot
brought the animal down.
THE young man jumped upon the
PROSTATE form of the game ne had
thus brought down and cut Its throat.
Then he ran home and brought SIX
men and Il lantern to the spot. me
six men turned the light of the Ian
tern on the victim of the young man 8
prowess, and their amazement was
great, for the victim was a monster
bull moose.
II didn't blame those six men for be-
ing amazed, but say now. as | ssio
then, / would like to own that pistol
1t did what the most expert hunters
find difficulty in doing with the best
repeating rifles. And there can be only
one explanation, according TO my IDEA.
OF that moose's conduct. first in wait
ing in a public road for the young
man that II might attack him and re-
fusing to be frightened by no less than
five pistol shots, and second. in COM
ing back again to the attack after
being frightened away. That moose
was tired of living and had made up
it's mind to seek death at the hands
of the first person with pistol that
came along that way.
"Eut vet the conduct of that moose
isn't any more amazing than was that
of the one whose actions man named
Cross described under oath in court
This was in Nova Scotia. A pot hunt
or named Spoodler was under sus-
oicion of having shared and killed
big bull moose in the New Glasgow
country. The game commissioner
could produce against him but one
witness. the man Cross
Cross testified that he had for Is
wears been securing the woods in
onest of an opportunity to kin
moose That was the height of his am
hilton. Then the pot hunter Spoodler
cave him the chance. He took Cross
10 his camp. Then, according 10 the
testimony of Cross. they started from
| can,n one day to kill "A moose.
"rhev-had but one gun. They made
horns out of birch bark and began
/ calling for moose. They never halted
| a moment on their march to listen
whether their cali was being answered
| by en- unsuspecting moose, but laugh
ed and talked and smoked and footed
the horn as they tramped along. All at
once Spoodler shouted 10 Sross'
| Hi. Look ahead!
| Gross looked ahead There about so
wards in advance of them ne saw the
! head. horns and neck of moose
towering up above the bushes. The
supreme moment he had been eagerly
waiting Tor those Is long years was
at hand. He up with his magazine RI
fife and bla2ed away at the moose $
head.
!" Seeing that the head was in nearly
the same position after the shot, tes-o
! az