Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-11-29
From Colton's Three Years in California.
The Grizzly Rear.

From Colton's Three Years in California.
The Grizzly Rear.
The Grizzly Bear is the most formidable and fero-
cous animal in California and yet, with all his fe
rocty of disposition, rarely attacks man unless sur
/ prised or molested The fellow never lies wait
for his victim lie the hunter invades his retreat
disputes his path he will fight, but otherwise con-
tents himself with the immunity which he finds in
the wilderness of his home and the savage grandeur
of his nature. It is never safe to attack him with
one rife for if YOU fail to hit him in vital part
he is on you in the twinkling of an eye Your only
possibility of escape up tree too slender for
| his giant grasp and then there is something ex-
tremely awkward in being on the top of tree with
such savage monster at Its root How long he will
remain there you cannot tell it may be day, and
| it may be week Your antagonist is too shrewd to
hand YOU up your rifle, or let you down to get
| it. You are his prisoner, more safely lodged than
in dungeon, and he will set you at liberty when it
suits him He sleeps not himself at his post day
and night his great flashing eyes are fastened upon
you The Tyre of Orpheus may have lulled to sleep
the sentinel of Hades but its tones have new
er charmed to slumber the sentinel of the California
forest.
The full grown California bear measures from
eight ten feet in length, and four five in girh
His strength is tremendous, his embrace death. Had
the priest of Apollo fallen into his folds he would
have persisted without any of those protracted ago.
MES which the sympathetic muse has walled round
| the world Nature has thrown over him q coat of
|
the arrow of the Indian. The fur, which is of dark
brown color is nearly span long, and when the
animal is enraged, each particular hair stands on
end. His food in the summer is chiefly berries but
he will now and then, on some of his feast days,
| slaughter bullock. In winter he lives acorns
which abound in these forests. He is an excellent
climber, and will ascend large oak with the rapid
ty of tar up the shrouds of his ship In procuring
his acorns when the tree, he does not manifest
his usual cunning. Instead of threshing them down
like the Indian, he selects well-soeked limb. throws
himself upon its extremity, and there hangs swing
ing and jerking till the limb gives way and down
| they come, branch, acorns and bear together. On
these acorns he becomes extremely fat yielding ten
or fifteen gallons of OIL which is said to be sufficient
ly pungent and nutritive tonic to tuft statues
marble head.
The she bear has one popularity that must puzzle
even the philosophical inquirer. AS soon as she dis
covers herself with young she ceases to roam the
forest, and modestly retires from the presence of
others, to some secluded grotto. There she remains
while her male companion, with consideration that
does honor to his brings her food. She reappears
at length with her twin cubs and woe to the luck
| less wight who should attempt to injure or modest
them They guarded by an affection and feroc-
ty with which it would be madness to trife. For
them she hunts the berries and disodges the acorns
Her maternal care is beautiful trait in her savage
nature, and
| Shines like good deed in a naughty world.''
Examining a Teacher.
!
trative of the manner in which they make teachers
for public schools in parts of the country:
There are often strange stories told about schools
and school directors in remote rural districts We
have heard an anecdote of young man who lately
presented himself as a candidate for the Office of
teacher in of the northern counties He had no
opposition to encounter and feeling confident of his
own abilities was, doubt, from beginning certain
of success. The directors were not men of profound
learning and were slow in commencing to ask ques-
tons. At length one of them, with preliminary
scratch of the head spoke out:
"Can you tell me, Mr.. - what great general
they used to have in France q
mo sir" answered the young man, 81 don't know
much about France--never heard anything about
any French general"
! :Wel then, I'll tell you," said the director. sud-
denly gaining confidence in his powers exam
liner, there was great general produced by France
4 once, and his name was Bonaparte. Now, you
tell me whether Gen. Bonaparte heurished before
after the commencement of the Christian era %
| commencement of the Christian era' was grand
phrase and the other directors were astonished at
their companions eruditon. He was astonished him.
SELF although he had caught the words in the Alma
nae the day before.
The young man was again puzzled. 81 believe
you have the upper hand of me again. said he. Il
really can't say when the French general fourished
or whether he ever fourished. AS [ never heard OF
him before, you wouldn't expect me to know
'Of course not, of course not, interrupted the di-
rector. g Have you any questions to ask gentemenE
continued he turning to his companions.
They had not the slightest intention ofasking any
questions, having depended upon him their spokes
man. and as he now found himself at the end of his
string, they all retired to of the room to
suit In precisely thirty seconds they returned and
the leading man addressed the candidate:
I Stranger you've answered first rate We can't
look for a man to tell us things he don't know. Be-
sides that you've got the thing all to yourself
there's else wants the place you're appointed,
stranger, and you'll get nine dollars month, and
hoard with the scholars We nav here for school
ing, and we want you to fetch the boys and girls a
long right smart"
A son of the Emerald" but recently over, stated
that times hard in certain districts where he
came from people did not eat at all How do they
! live, then 2 inquired listener.
! son the remembrance of what they ate last year y
was the reply.
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