THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 85 



of a monstrous bear in our parts in 1910. The bear 

 was brought in by Grant Hummer, who ran the Shells- 

 ville hotel, East Hanover, Dauphin County, Pa., a 

 short distance East of Linglestown. 



MT. Hummer, who is of -an old stock, knew that 

 this would be a rare treat to the public, so he had 

 special bear suppers announced where many persons 

 took advantage of tasting the meat of so rare an animal, 

 for these parts. There was never anything left over 

 for the landlady knew how to prepare the meat, so 

 that every person that partook, came away happy. 



The bear was seen as far South as the First Moun- 

 tain, just back of Linglestown, for at least two years 

 before, but it always happened when seen, that the 

 person was not prepared to kill a bear. He was seen 

 West as far as the George Unger clearing, where Mr. 

 Unger saw him, himself, but was not prepared for 

 game of that kind. Then he traveled as far East on 

 same mountain as Heckert's Gap. Rumor was high 

 there for a time that there were two. Now comes 

 the question, did the one, if there were two, escape. 



During these two years, mountain roamers were 

 not as plentiful as since, and when they did roam they 

 began to prepare themselves pretty well for Mr. 

 Bruin, Finally, Mr. Smith and son were the lucky 

 fellows. 



Mr. Hummer had a' coat made out of its hide, and 

 it is a dandy. 



One day John Fox, who was a mem- 

 ber of one of the early Fox settlers, had been 

 out on the first mountain cutting wood, say at least 



