Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-24
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From the Berkshire (,OTdss.) .1,neyicnn.
ANofHka BEAR SroRY.--Last Wednesday after.
ii9on, young ie.io~ and courageous one too, only
~ years old by the name of Binckialoa was traver
sing one OF the mountains in this vicinity when no
was suddenly alarmed by the writing, and twistno
ana crying Tor quarters of his dog in the bushes near
ay ne soon discovered that his little Communion was
III the tegdcT embraces Of bruin and i,n,,ediatef,
Climbed a tree the bear
foof trays affection not being warm as bruins he
mace ms escape as soon as hospitality would admit
Almost sweating at the kind reception he had rnre;
yea. meanwhile, our hero's re beuan tn risa
"hien IKE Mercury in thernoinetre, was vacillat
nS' ne oescended and approached nearer the scene
o! action again ascending another tree CARRYING with
hirn his trsty rifle. The contest was now ,yav;no
warm and not hkelng to he silent spectator of so
aeadiy combat, poised his piece and let slip the
usS ol war, tf@ effect OF which was the tree being
small and the rifle heavily loaded he mnda n rand
aesccht to the ground. Not daun:cd he appro. cbcd
nearer, the coulbatants already advancnr md ro
treating. and with firm nerve AGAIN tscfarped his
piece, when 6run showed desire to becone r,oro
'ii'ar with our hero but no, tray still at his boeIs
ne was Obliged TO act, rear guard and the niece
was agah loaded and its contents lodged in bruins
liecN' hht the battle was not yet won the contest
not yet ended: he was not 10 die like n hruth hut
IKE many modern heroes SO sleep in his plorv He
'ae several desperate plunges and great efFtre r.
seize ms anita gonis but the faithful dog true n h;s
,nas,ef' sun hung upon his rear, and annoyod him
hli 'he gun was again loaded, the fourth tinhn mn
the contents sent into the head Of the gcrorio,,s coz,
St' ne yieided reluctantly and fell, when no was
sg"ed ny line nose and held down by courocnous
ray ana 1t was not until several hard blows foo
D1 ou't Vi the gun were given and, for other am
!puhnoh, board nail was lodged in the bact, of he
"ead' that he yielded up 70 superior force.
re Is shld 20 nave weighed only about 400 haviro
PcFP'feH so freely in the encounter as sensiby to
essen Ms weight. We have one Of his toe-no,3 ~
ca,cs IN our possession, which, 1oittom stretcb;oe
VIII cNceca two inches in length, rood measure. 4
e, was on neighboring tree, who, forpeft,nr its
d'aI a"ccton, deserted it's mother durire, tho ron
ffyYtv IL t.,1s
'< 5 Oh letter TO gentleman in Canton. Ohio
aa,eo Rrrz's PAvERN, Sept. %, 1899,
ABOUT \ clock this afternoon I witnessed :, .co,o
Shocking in the extreme. Travelling the road Cor,
canton 10 New Lisbon, about 1e miles east orfbn e
ncr place. came TO where tree had inst alien aros
c Iodn' ana ID ITS fall had crushed to deatfa man and
woman, VINO were riding eastward in n borso ,,o
Ihe tree had fallen diaroDa1ly across ,bo w"g,n
HoMJ uoWh, and The horse standinp nuictiv IN
o s11ts nnnuFt, and no particle of the gears Joo.
INC persons killed appeared to be man and HE
20 il'eIinS on Journey; the man apparently, oo,t
% years OF age, OF the woman no iuJrn,enf coniJ
W ocu' as her head was crushed literally N atorn.
H,iu 10 'isage OF her countenance could bc tsco-
7 gSial persons were OIL the spot when Game IN
~ = ting The tree of the bodies and ON
ION found pocket book from which Il an
PcIcu mat tue mans name was John Herr and ~
he lived in Perry township, Wayne connie c1h, t''
Lotio Repository.
w.? 'Ndy'n'c-One of tho most o,tr,orl;,.
PRODUCTIONS OF Nature, WAS shown to ns IN Fr;Ja
a' i'st' IL was that Of Kitten or rafI,o- t,,,
t .,g7 coIointiJ formed, Of most SINGULAR con
u.yol' b'in was extinct, but this extTaordinsr,
,c'''[c' from its size and other appearances hal 49,
hcfcd alivc. Its head and rerl, ,,,o 60 -, D''
double their natural PROPORTIONS 4 ~ tiuOsC