Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-01-16

oi NIL, about a week ago,ior Inc purpos
OF securing q small yellow flower that
had discovered hanging from a rock, ,whe
the bear 10 question came running ou. {
the mouth Of his den, and, ,saluling me Wit
a long scratch on the back, gave him
stab in the belly and tumbled myself dow
the offset in the most hasty manner imagi
nabIe. l always take my gun with m
when 60 into The woods. and when res
ched the bottom ofthe hill | looked ou, 70
the bear, and, discovering him on q stum]
some twenty yards Of, gave him a sho
and he made At me, with the fires Of re
venge and rage in his eye. climbed u
a small tree, and while the rascal made al
unsuccessful attempt TO follow me- reload
ed my gun and sent another charge direct
y into his mouth, which gave him q bac
cough. and in shor, time he staggered 9
few PAGES from the tree and fell to the
ground quite dead. l then went back to
the cliff TO secure my yellow flower, and
during that afternoon, BY the aid Of my po.
ny, dragged the bear to my cabin.
sin that Dish. with piece broken from
the edge. gentlemen, you have mixture OF
moose tongue, ,moo,e lip and moose brains.
| spent nearly a month moose hunting last
winter, in company with a couple Of Indl.
ans, and though the snow was deep. the
crust hard, our snow-shoes in good order,
our dogs brave and strong. and moose were
we only killed about sixteen.
only brought home the heads, (~hie the
Indians were satisfied with the skins and
but was more than paid for
all my trouble, in the way Of hard travel.
ing and cold sleeping. for in one Of the
moose yards that We visited found spe-
ries Of pine which / had never seen before.
IL was very soft. and | think the book.
men of England would give good deal Of
money if they could have it 10 their great
gardens.
"As to that meat in the white dish, which
all seem to relish, think you will be sur.
prised to learn that j, is nothing 5u. bea.
uer's tail. To my taste it ls the sweetest
meat in the world, and l am only sorry
that this valuable animal 10 becoming 50
very scarce in this section Of fhe country.
Ny present stock OF beavers tail came from
he shore Of Hudson's Bay. and though |
,ough. j, Of On Indian. ! had to pay a.
much for the tails ss the fur companies
,aid him for the skins of his animals. |
lever trapped for beaver myself, but have
or otter, and often have gres. spor, in kiI.
ing seals, which are very abundant 10 the
It. Lawrence, and afford 10 the lndisns
'retty good food during the hard winters.
The only thing l have agsinst the beaver
s that he has q fashion, l am told. Of euitiag
|own for his house such beautiful trees %
he mulberry, birch, willow and poplar, be.
ore they are hall grown.
Gas 10 the salmon upon which you have
'een feas,ing. gentlemen, you know as much
bout that particular individual as do,
ince you saw him while yet in his native
lement. The men who hire my fishing
round pay me so much for every f>h
hey take,and sell them at srea, profit in
Quebec and even in Montreal. From the
sheries on thi. shore are the people Of
canada exclusively supported with the
almon, and when We have . good season
ur merchants manage 10 send over to the
United States, in q smoked condition, a
ood many thousand. As 10 taking them
With those pretty little flies, which you,een-
lemen, always carry in YOUR pocke'-books,
never could understand how you can
to deceive so sensible q f.h
IS the salmon. or one thing | an
ertain: il you expect to take any Of the
aImon Of this region with those little hooks
md liues, you are much mistaken. You
will have TO 50 down 10 the Saguen.y,
where am told The fish do not know any
,e,,er than to Be deceived BY your cunning
lr,,. But, If was ever to fellow fishing |
Is you Do. i, seems 10 me that instead Of
ed, yellow, and blue feathers, should CO.
'er my hooks with the bright berries and
,uds which you may find upon some trees
wen during the fishing seasoo."
This lest remark Of our host convinced
70 the, he vas indeed possessed with q ~.
ing passion. and ~e Of course gra,ihed
ourselves by humoring him to the length
IF our patience. He not only monopol'zed
he conversation during supper, but he did
most Of the talking until bedtime. We
,pen, tho nigh. sndcr his roof, sleeping up
On bear skins. spread on the floor: and.
nller On early breakfast, we bade him
adieu, and pursued our course down the
81. Lawrence.