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ABERDEEN, S.D.-
Tom Gunther’s cattle herd welcomed a stranger this week. A young bull moose spent four nights with the cows and calves at Gunther’s farm northwest of Frederick.
“This guy was just lonely,” Gunther said. “He just wanted to be with some company.”
The cows accepted the moose, who wouldn’t leave.
Gunther contacted the state Game, Fish and Parks Department, which sent a state trapper to scare off the moose.
“He (the moose) got kind of excited, jumped a windbreak and got in with some yearling bulls. He jumped a few more fences and got in with some neighbor’s cows. The trapper shot in the air behind him to scare him and get him moving and away from the cow herds to let him free-roam.”
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Information from: Aberdeen American News,
![Newspaper advertisement offering reward for the return of an escaped man to his oppressors, Princess Anne, Maryland, April 1, 1861. Text reads: “0 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on Tuesday Morning, 26th Ultimo [last month], My negro boy calling himself Severn Black. The said negro is about 5 feet six inches in height, chesnut color, has a scar on his upperlip, downcast countenance when spoken to, blink-eyed, showing a great deal of white, long bushy hair, is about twenty years old, had on when he lefta [sic] blue fustian Jacket, pantaloons of a greyish color, blue striped shirt, a Black slouch hat and shoes nearly worn out. The above reward will be paid by me for the apprehension and delivery of the said negro in the county jail at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. April 1, 1861. Richard E. Snelling. Somerset Herald Print, Princess Anne, Md.’ The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 obliged citizens and lawmen of free zones to return escaped men to those whom they fled. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-53262583-16x9-1.jpg?w=620 "GettyImages-53262583-16x9-1")
