88 THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 



curred in this vicinity since the countryside has be- 

 come so thickly settled as to make a real live bear an 

 object of the utmost curiosity. 



The bear was slain Wednesday on the mountain be- 

 tween Rattling Run and Water Tank, in the Stony 

 Creek valley. The animal wa's seen by the two men 

 near a large rock and four shots were fired at it by 

 the elder Smith, all of them finding lodgment in the 

 body of the shaggy beast. The attack seemed to mad- 

 den the brute and he started in the direction of the 

 elder Smith. ^Observing the danger his father was in, 

 the son then fired two shots in quick succession, both 

 of the bullets rea'ching the mark. Still the bear kept 

 on and another shot, the seventh in all, was fired, 

 striking the animal in an eye, penetrating the brain 

 and bringing his career to a close. 



When the handsome animal was brought to town 

 today, the greatest excitement was created, as the 

 body is supposed to be that of a bear that has been 

 seen many times in this vicinity and has often been 

 sought by hunters.. 



The bear weighed 300 pounds. Old huntsmen say 

 this is the first bear to be killed in Dauphin County 

 in more than thirty years. 



