The Perry County Democrat, Wed, Jan 13, 1887 Last of the Hunting Stories. LEBO, Pa., April 11, 1887 This article closes the description of the Perry county hunter. During the last twenty-five years hundreds of questions have been propounded to Mr. Bear concerning his experience as a hunter, and sometimes feeling somewhat annoyed by answering the same questions more frequently that he desired, he would occasionally tell, (as almost anyone else would) in a joke, a tale, in regard to his adventures that was not altogether correct. These little stories would often be exaggerated and circulated, and even published in the county and city papers; and sometimes stories would be fabricated by others as jokes on Mr. Bear; hence those parts of my communications, in reference to Mr. Bear's adventures as a hunter, that may have seemed incredible, have originated in the above named manner, and I presented them to the reader just as I heard them, and not with the intention to have him believe all that was said about Mr. Bear was true. Mr. Bear is an intelligent and reliable gentleman, and would not tell anything bona fide that was not strictly true in regard to his adventure as a hunter. He is a nephew of the late Hon. John Bear, who was secretary of the school board of Spring township for twenty-one years, and was a number of years one of the Associate Judges of Perry county. In conclusion I will say the same as I did when I commenced my series of communications on this subject, that the day in the early part of last November, when I first entered the residence of Mr. Bear, was unusually calm; the sky was mildly blue and the atmosphere serene; the sun shone brilliantly and comfortably warm, and only a few cumulus clouds were seen floating like mammoth ships along the tops of the distant mountains. The trees on the mountain slopes were garbed in habiliments of variegated hues; the squirrels were gathering their much desired winter's store of ripened nuts; the cawing of crows was heard from the lofty tree tops, and the plaintive notes of the blue birds' farewell twitterings emanated from the dense hedges of sumac and sassafras; but now that beautiful day is marked on the records of the misty past, and I have departed from the home of the genial hunter, with its romantic and fascinating surroundings and am now impelled to tip my hat, make my best bow and bid the readers of THE DEMOCRAT an affectionate adieu, never to be heard from again. SCIENTIST. ----------------------------------------------------- Sheriff's Sale. Sheriff Lahr sold the following properties at the court house on last Thursday afternoon: The tannery property of Hench and Black, in Landisburg, to W. H. Rice and John Minich for $230. Two tracts of land in Rye township and six lots of ground in Marysville, the property of Jacob Kinert, to Gutshall and Renninger--one tract for $800, the other for $180, and the six lots for $105. The property of Juhn M. Thomas, in Centre township, to A. J. Clouser for $62. W. A. Myers' farm in Rye township was sold to Adam H. Zorger for $400. Mary Weaver's property in Rye Township was bought by Benj. Weaver for $60.50. The property of Milliken Adams was sold to William Lewis for $267.75. Samuel Markel's interest in a tract of land in Saville township was knocked down to J. L. Markel, Esq., at $25. The property of John Dick, in Carroll township was sold to Samuel Comp for $50. ----------------------------------------------------- Church Notices. LUTHERAN CHURCH--The Lord's Supper will be administered in the Luthern Church at Eschol next Sabbath at 10 a.m. Preparatory service Saturday at 2 p.m. Services Friday and Saturday evenings. Services at Mansville on Sabbath at 2:30 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH--Services next Sabbath at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Prayer-meeting, Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m. Rev. R. H. Wharton will preach in the Presbyterian church in this place next Sabbath at 7:30 p.m. Landisburg, at 10:30 a.m. Rev. R. F. McClean will preach at Mt. Gilead next Sabbath at 2:30 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com