A regular night visitor to the orchard of Harry Hanson, of Lee, Maine attacks the farmer, tears his clothes to shreds and escapes into the woods”...The Pioneer, 5 November 1927.

“Mr Hanson ambushed a bear that was a regular nightly visitor to a nearby orchard and, getting the bear just where he wanted him, fired four shots at him from his magazine rifle. The bear went over on his back and Hanson rushed in. The bear popped up and caught Hanson a swipe on the side of the head that knocked him ten feet, and then followed him.”

“Hanson is an able man and he squared away just in time to block a right and left and then man and bear went down in a clinch, rolling over, and it was first man and then bear on top. Fortunately Hanson was wearing a leather coat and heavy sweater and although these were ripped to shreds, Hanson finally got a grip on the bear’s lower jaw and tongue and the bear weakened by loss of blood was licked. Hanson managed to get his rifle, but the bear made a quick get-away.”

“Hanson was so cut and bruised that a physician from Lincoln came and fixed him up. A party which went to the battle ground found the turf torn up, shreds of Hanson’s clothing scattered about, while a bloody trail which led off through the woods was followed for some time and lost.”

A Case of a Fox in the Hen House...Summerside Journal, 10 September 1924.
“The August session of the County Court at Summerside was a particularly long one with over 50 cases on the docket. In the case of Clark vs Hayes-- from Searletown, the plaintiff suing the defendant for the loss of his hens by the defendant’s fox. The defendant claimed that there were other stray foxes in the vicinity which caused the damage and that his fox, which had escaped some time previously, was more or less domesticated and did not attack his neighbour’s hens. However, the judge declared in his opinion that in the case of the fox he could not come to the conclusion that a fox would refuse to eat hens when it happened to stray upon them. His honor gave judgment for the plaintiff for the loss of his hens in the sum of $17.”

A Case of a Collision between Auto, Horse and Wagon...The Pioneer, 29 October 1927
“A case came before the October sitting of the County Court at Summerside, Judge MacQuarrie presiding, arising out of a collision in September on the Harmony Road between an auto and a horse and wagon. The evidence was to the effect that the car was ditched, the horses’ leg cut and the shafts of the wagon broken. The car could not get out of the ditch under its won power and the driver of the horse and wagon refused to pull it out until he had been paid $50, which was done by cheque under much protest. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant asked for $50 as the price of taking him out of the ditch and that he was forced to it to get his car extricated. The defendant alleged that the $50 was in settlement of the damages to his horse and wagon and that the money paid could not be recovered as it was paid voluntarily to satisfy the claim. His honor reserved judgment.”