THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 51 



to shake the water from his coat, Mr. Montgomery 

 came at the animal with a fence rail and beat him 

 to death. A bear was once seen going down the 

 Juniata River on a cake of ice, but this was an in- 

 voluntary change of location. Rivermen often 

 brought small bears with them on 'their rafts to sell 

 to down river people as pets or curiosities. 



Colonel James W. Ouiggle, a Director of the old 

 Sunbury and Erie Railroad, grandfather of the 

 writer of these lines, once purchased a handsome 

 black cub from a pilot who had tied up his raft at 

 Throne's Eddy, near the Colonel's home at McElhat- 

 tan. The animal which was called "Jack," was a 

 great pet, and would follow a slowly moving carriage 

 like a dog. When it grew larger it became unruly 

 and was chained to its cabin. It hugged a Negro serv- 

 ant named ''Black Sam," and was cute enough when 

 kept in a pen to bait young chickens with bread 

 crumbs ito enter the cage through a hole which he dug 

 under the bars, When he would catch and devour them. 



At last "Jack" became so unmanageable that he 

 was crated' and started for the Philadelphia Zoological 

 Garden, then recently opened in Fairmount Park. 

 On the w r ay, the bear broke ou't of his box and took 

 possession of the express car, which was filled with 

 dressed poultry, eggs and butter. It required the 

 lion tamer from Forepaugh's Circus, then in the 

 Quaker City, to land him safely in the Zoo, where he 

 was a great favorite with the children for many years. 



The writer has often heard his grandmother tell 



