Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-04-28

lH6 lIuuStOHe IOT OOODy.
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The facelious correspondent Of Por
ter's Spirit Of the Times N OF Arkan
Sas gives the following description of
scene in Louisville. 1t is characteristic
Of Old Kentuck.
"You have enjoyed the hospitality Of
the citizens Of Louisville, and other por
tlons Of Old Kentuck, and | need not
tell you therefore that their houses have
large front doors. They are broth of
people, but they have a fault which is
almost virlue-'tis their strong belief
in their women, men. horses, cattle and
dogs. They go the entire to certainty.
An amusing incident occurred at Louis
vile some years since which will de
tail.
A keeper Of what poor Crocket called
a man gerry. gave notice that he would
serve up bear as slight repssG for a
Iioness. The entertainment drew quite
full house, which encouraged him 10 Of.
fer a still richer treat. He therefore
stated in his bills that he would serve up
wolf and bear both at The same time /;
and to make the thing appear more al.
tracIive, gave notice that Bruin was no
common folk, but an oUt:and out Ken
tuck. The eventIu night came with
the talIest sort Of a crowd The cage
enclosing the lioness was divided into
three compartments, her adyship occu-
pying the centre, and her victims on eli
lher side, only separated by narrow stats
She smet old Lupus first, and on him
she fixed her eye. The Stats were
drawn and she lit upon him like a duck
upon June bug-one fatal embrace and
her earthly career was finished; crouch
ed after the fashion OF her kind, she
held the dead remains of the wolf in her
paws, making mere sport Of him. Wag
ging her tail, however, she chanced 10
bring il rather near nld Kentuck, who
did not know exactly what TO make OF
the matter, and had assumed position
peculiar TO his tribe, whereupon he mod.
eslIy ond deIicately, and quite gently
like'-after the manner OF Squire Gill
iiIan-iapped il with his paw which was
The first intimation she had OF his prox-
unity; with the wolf in her arms she
sPrOng at told brun, and dropping the
wolf in her leap, she lit on him in the
most savage manner. She embraced him
in SO afecliona'e a manner as 10 cause
him to send forth groans most feeling
and piteous. The audience we're silent
and affected when al at once old Ken
tuck fastened on foot Of her adyship's
III painfully toldD the agony was so great
that the ioness abandoned her grasp;
bruin mended his hold, and the fight was
now at long ODDS in his favor; then rose
shout that would not have discredited
the brazen lungs Of the giants of old. =
'Hurrah Tor Kentuch, go it Ken,uCk,
came from men and boys fairly mad
with joy. Whether inspir!ted by the
shouts of his friends, or driven desper.
ale by the circumstances which surroun
ded him, cannot say, bu; bruin wasev
identity in town with a pocket full of
rocks'-he fought on the offensive, she
fought on the defensive. She was evi.
denlly done up. To relieve her from
the perilous situation in which she was
placed, two oil her keepers Simultaneous
Iy attacked bruin with a sledge hammer,
and bar Of wood. Fair pIay,' shout
ed two hundred Kenluckians as they tore
every slilch Of clothing of them. The
owner of the varmints begged for the
llOness, and spoke Of her great cost -
Fair fghlH came back from every cor
nos Ia Ihe house in reply 10 his appeals.
Some one attached to the menagerie, shot
the bear through and through with a
pistol 1t was done so sly, that the per.
peirator escaped without being identified
lucky it was for him, his life would
have heen the consequence. The shot
was not mortal and bruiD continued the
fight in a style that did credit TO Ken,
lucky galanlry and courage The own.
er Of the lioness acknowledged her fairly
whipped, and therefore the following ar
rangement was entered into between him
and the hackers Of the daunlIess cham.
pon ofnOtive wild varminis: bruin was
10 be taken ouI Of The cage 10 The most |