84 THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 



Until. the good woman returned the bear had the 

 suspenders pretty well torn to pieces, and Lovett's 

 trousers were hanging in bunches about his ankles 

 but he still held on to the bear. After another lively 

 tussle the collar w r as put around its neck and the 

 animal led home in triumph. He kept it chained by 

 his woodshed alongside the public road, where it was 

 a familiar object for a year or two, becoming well 

 known to all who frequented the "Plum Run Road." 

 Many persons journeyed from Lock Haven and Jersey 

 Shore to get a look at "Poody Lovett's Bear/'' and 

 it was the subject of numerous newspaper stories, one 

 among them if we mistake not from the gifted pen of 

 late Jacob K. Huff, "Faraway Moses," the father of 

 Myron Reed Huff, of the Editorial Staff of the Al- 

 toona Times Tribune. Eventually, Mr. Lovett decid- 

 ed to dispose of his shaggy pet, selling it to good ad- 

 vantage to a private zoological garden. There is hard- 

 ly a night passes, but Grandpa Phillips is called on 

 to tell the story of "Poody" Lovett and his bear to his 

 little granddaughter, Rae, who is only one of many 

 children who love to hear the story recounted. Mr. 

 Lovett and ,his w r ife still reside at the mountain home 

 in the prime of life and vigor. 



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Last Bear In Blue Mountains 



Prof. Nevin W. Moyer, of Linglestown, Dauphin 

 County, writes under date of February 18, 1921 : 

 Today I secured for you the story of the killing 



