Bear at the Fair

    Some years ago, there was a year-round menagerie at the Schaghticoke Fair Grounds. A  row of enclosures along the left side of the grounds held several families of raccoons and another held some pheasants. Another pen was home to several deer. I remember one rare breed deer escaped, and  made it to Johnsonville where it was shot and killed. There were for a time a couple of bears and maybe even a baby bear who lived in a separate enclosure. We used to visit there with children who were in my parents' house. Fortunately no bears escaped.