Hi Listers: Chester Aiken was 60 when he 'caught' the bear - maybe not as impressive as Dan'l Boone, but not too shabby. If anyone has this line, I have 10.7 pounds of info on this family - be delighted to share. Roger Tucson AZ P.S. Keep them coming Pennie, we may be only a 'click' away from 'paydirt'. R. -----Original Message----- From: Pennie Redmile <predmile@total.net> To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] nespapers >Hello Listers, > >Today I was at the National Library of Quebec & was looking at some old >Granby Leader Mail/s ! I don't have much time to do this.. but in the >future I'll cull out anything I see of interest - that is "different" . > >1896, Oct 3 page 3 under the heading "among our neighbours" >Chester Aiken of Dunkin caught a 300 lb black bear the other day. >+++++++ > >1896 Oct 3 & Oct 4 - two mentions of Mr LS Channell of the Cookshire >Chronicle is obliged to go to Colorado on account of his health which is >very bad. He will be there until Spring. > >++++++ > >If you want me to cull out anything like this that I see -- in E Twps >papers..in the future..I'll do so. Haven't a lot of time to give this but >it might prove interesting to everyone to see different items that give a >broader view of what life was like in the E Twps yrs ago. I don't think we >had bears this far west --in my life time.. though anyone who's read the >local histories knows they were there in the early yrs. > >Bye now..Pennie