Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-11-03
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ziaa-- You see, folks that aint used to the
woods, sometimes get nightly Hurried
wbenthey meet with these Wild anilnals.--
There's now man in the next town VINO
went out after moose, and when he heard
one trotting along the same trail he WINS q
travelling, squatted behind stump TO shoot
him; but the fellow never having seen a
moose, had no idea Of the sort Of game he
was after; and when a great bull six-year-
old of the bieness Of "a horse, and horns
that looked for all creation as il they new
er could pass between the trees of these
woods. came crashing the branches with his
big hoofs, the man kinder shrunk behind Il
log. and says he to the moose, eff you'll
only let me alone, III let you alone" Now
the fellow in III only knew about bears as
he had heard us trappers speak OF them, MS
carrying half dozen balls in their bodies,
and sometimes killing our dogs for us when
we go to take them ont Of our traps, after
being held there by the paw starving you
don't know how many days Well this
man was on lake, watching for deeI when
hearing a plunge and splash, he pulls
round an island, and finds great she-benr
swimming strait across the lake Being
good fellow with his oars, he pulls at once
10 cut off the bear from the opposite shore,
which made the creeler change her course,
and try to swim round the boat The man,
however, again turned her, and the bear
once more altered her course, but still kept
for the same shore to which she had been
steering. Gathering spuuk, now, the man,
in turning round the third time rowed near
er 10 the beast, expecting IN tins way TO
drive her back little, so as TO keepthe bear
out in the middle of the lake until some one
could come and help him. But when the
stern Of the boat IN swinging round came
near the bear, she put her paws upon it and
raised herself right into the boat, and there
she sal on end looking the man in the face
Just as quiet as bear could look. Well The
man, if he had only known where 10 hit o
bear, might have brought one Of his oars
down upon the back Of her skull, just as
easy as shy so, and tough ash is better than
a rife ball with these vermint But he
didn't like that kinder quiet look the crelur
gave him. and there they sat- the bear look
ing at the man, and the man looking at the
bear. AT last, when he got over his fright
little, he began TO move his oars slowly,
in order to creep toward the shore from
which the bear had started, but the cretur
wouldn't allow this she moved from her
seat little towards the man, and showed
her teeth in a way he didn't like; but as
soon as the man turned the boat the bear
took her old seat again, and sat there just as
you please; so the man pulled for the shore
to which the bear had been swimming.
watching the hears face all the while. And
would you believe il now, that bear made
him back his boat in toward rock, upon
which the cretur stepped from the stern, and
turned round, gave the man "a growl Tor his
pains before she walked of into the woods.
Tormented lightning! 10 be treated so by a
bearI Why. | would have died upon the
spot before that bear should have left the
boat without our trying which was the best
of us.-Miryor