New-York tribune., 1841-07-13
A BEAR STORY.

A BEAR STORY.
late number c the Spirit Of the Times has humorou,
story called The Big Bear of Arkansas It is rather
long for daily paper, we would copy it We take d
fragment:
Where did all that happen" asked cynical looking
Hoosicr.
"uon,oncd happoacd in Arsansaw where else could
lave hanpcned bot in the creation State the finishing "
country; State where he sc down the
the nrh and Gayernncnl gives you title every inch
il. Then its Jus, breathe thcm and they VIII make yo
snort like 4 Nurse. IL State without fault u Is
Excepting musquetoes, cried the Hoosicr.
Wqii Stranger, cep them, Tor it ar fact that they ar
rather and opush themselves n some hat trouble
some Bu; stranger, they stick twice IN the
place aud give them chance ier few months anC
you will get as much above them an alligator The
en- nit hurt my feelings, cr they my under the skim and
never knew but of injury resulting from aen ane
Tim, WAS t Yankee and they take 10 foreigners any
,v than ,hcv de- nacs But they used that fellow up
iir,, ,y punched him until he sweed up and bnrs,ed tl
he I,,ea-,c,l as the doctor called H. until hc was as
as beef then he took the ager, owing TO the warm weather"
and finally he took scqlboat ana left tic county! IL
t, t only man that took musqa"toes at heart that
know Of But musquctoes is Nutur -.d never lind tar
with her. ii they large her large. her river
nrc large aud small rlu,que.c would tc .! no more use
Akansnw than prcuclrng III a cane-bica6'
= This lnoch-do,n argument in favor of big musqucoes
used the hoosier up and the ocan sa ;ed on new track
10 lain ow numerous bears III he digginss, "her
he represented them Ia be about as pehy as nachoer''
und lntc plcntiiuicr.
UNon the u,,crancc of tins assertion mid little ma
near me inquired the bear in ArNansaw ever attacked the
settlers in numbers
No sand our here warming with his SUBJECT, no.
stranger Tor amt the OF bar to gon dIoves
bat the way they squander about in parties and single oc
Is edfyinc And tlen the hunt lhen-the OLD black
rascals know the crack my gun we'll As they know
pig squeans They thin IN our parts, 1t rIsitens
them so and they do take the noise drcadtuy poor hnS>
That gun nj mine perfect epidemic among oaI-li no
watched closely it will go of quick on warm scent as my
=. ,ln fl..,|,l ,loff f sbpNs Nt1
the fo thinks tha, the world full of bar he finds then
so easy It's lucky ne don't talk well think for witt
his natural modcsy if he should suddenly learn how much
ne acknowledged be ahead OF all other dogs IN the UNI
verse nc would be asioniS death in two minutes
'Wht season of the do Your hunts take place IN
ouircd gencnany foreigner whs from peculiarty OF
his baggage suspected be Englishman some hunt
ing expedition probably NJ the foot OF the hocAy Mountains
The for barhuniing stranger SAID the man OF
Arknpsaw generally all the year round and the hunts
take place regular read in history that varn's
have their uud their lean season. nat Is not t'
in Arkansaw, feeding rs they do upon the SP0e""
ness of the c they have continued tat season the vca
round-hough III things in this way IL rather NOR
greasy than summer. must admt For that reason ba
with us in weather, but IN winter they onlywad
die Fat, fat only enemy to Speed-lt ames ever,
thing that has plenty of have Wild turkeys, from II
influence as gentle chicken. Run bar in this condition
and the way ii improves the Tor eating Is amazing
sort of mixes the lie up with the meat until you cant tel
tother from which; We done this often
rccocct one pertv morning in particular. OF putting al
old hccow on the stretch and considering the weight h
carried he run we'll But the dogs tired him down aaC
when came up with him wasn't he IN beautiful sweat
might say ever and then ms tongue sticking cut
ms mouth feet aud his sides sinking and opening like
bellows and his checks fat he could Mt look cross l.
this fx blazed a, him. and pitch naked into aberpatcf
if the did n out ot the buet'hoc ten iee III
straight line The fellow, rcckos was made on the hlst
pressure svStcrn and the lead burst his bicr.
Tina, column of rather curious or else the
bear have been sar observed the foreigner with
laugh.
Stranger, YOU observe that bar and th'
blowing of the shows it, and also how hard the var
mint has been have doubt ii he had kept OF
two miles farther s jnsde would have s,cwed; and
expect with o extra bottom who WI
run hin,seino skin tull Of bars greece, possible
much onlkccr things happened.'
whereabouts these bear abundant 2! inquired the
foreigner with increasing interest.
Whv stranger. thcy uhabi the neighborhood of my set
tcmen one of the prettcsi places old AssSpp-a per
fcc location and mistake. place tet had defect
,,n,il the, river xade the cut-o Sh;rai Bend an,
fha, ren1edieo the evil brought my cabin the edge
the river great advantage IN weather, YOU
roll barrel of vhiskcv into my yard IN high water from
boat rs easy falling oil oS It great improvement, n
to,in by laad lug, used to 40 etaporate@ Ii TO-
fast a.i j, became expensive Just stop with stranger
month two, year II yoH Ike and you VIII appTe
ciac my place can gvc YOU plenty 20 eat Tor beside 10
and honlnv can have bar ham. and bar sauaeS aud
bar skins sleep and wiGca; SKIN puie'
ol hull, stuffed with shucNS or pillow Inc oe
would put YOU to sleep yuu had the 1ncunasn IN ever
ioiat OF Your body, | call that bed OF qutfEs.-
Then look at my land, the Govcrnmen; ant got a0c
ther such piece dispose OF. Such timber and sue
bottom land why you can preserve ANYTHING natural yo
plant IN IL unless YOU pick i; young things there viii gro,
out OF shape quick planted in those digguss
e potatoes and beets they took starr, and tina
an OK team couldn't bave kept them from growing Abou
that lime wen of TO old hentucN business and did
hear frcra the things three monis when accidrn,ly
led on a fellow who had stopped my psce with ide
buying NE cu,. How did YOU Ike things said l..