The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-03-28
SMOKING a. GRIZZLY.
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I'VE do MT know where the following
orr iginally appeared, bu, we clip it from
2 Tie Eieetic. lIris one Of the dsollest OF
tho an,hol's drull stories. Our friends,
especially In this, Mr. Robb'sI native
city, will thank rs for placing il before
D ,hem:l-Phl. Paper. I.sl..4 {laa7, 81
What, yoa hes never seen a lire
+, Gris,ly,'' exclaimed an old Oregon
gold digger. with whom we were engaged
In .'bar'' conversation one evening on
jamestown bar. S,,, 4 ,,.-,.' q
=, {. "Neyrr," said !, IN all seriousness. "it
has never benny good foffnne to- en-
counter one Of ,he beautiful yarmcn,s.n. y
..Well huss, when you do, perh'p' il
won, be the. ,l.asantest minni' you've
ever he'd for thar aint no yarmint in these
hills, nor any whaf else Eve ben, tha'
kun kick wuss, either round or side ways,
than a full grown Grizzly" .a, = p
p ABn you can easily ge, our Of the way
.'loi clumsy nnimal like .tha'," said l..
provoking The old digger into a yarn Of his
experience ia regard IL Gflzzlys. q
(, ..Well, when sou kin &c, on, Of thur
o way, little fellar,t gives ynu my advice
rs get GU, quicker, fot tho they aint bnih
rraal beautiful for runnin', they lope awful
smart when thur ar,er a humin' cri'ier.
was desperate glad to get away from
oDs myself ,once.n rrr.aF ID
I Ilas provoked hun to the edge OF
bar story, and knowing from his manner
that his relation Of such an occurrence
40 getting away from a Grizzly would lbe
interesting. ltemp,ed him ~. oa g
l"Where did you say yon fell " with
him ''inquired t. as ia .s,s .o3 2aidi
II didn', say ! fe!l in with him any
wbar,'' answerod he, .'cuss The yarm'nt'
he fell in with me, and I'd a lttlera'ter
hey fell in with the. Old Nick rst al
,ha, mint. /, 1 was over thar two miles
,aher side Of the high ridge beyond
Sulliya,is, lookin arier thai gray mule
~ mine-and ialki,.' about wicked things,
les, puts, me thinkin' what a d tjT'ninedl,
vicious sarpin, that gay mule was! Well,
was hun,in' heI, and arles runuin' over
the. hill, and ,sbooiiE' down hall, dtz ~
1gulcbes, | began 10 ge. out ofwind and
vel down to blessthat gray cri.ieT)forahe
many tramp. she had given me--Pll swnl
no lariat 'ud hold her not Of il was made
: ofbnll hide an inch thick. i hadn't sol
! more 1, mint, when | lieated d snort,
. and a roar and . growl, and q right smart
y sspriHklin' Of fast ,rayelin' all mixed nr
ii,oaeiber. -Loukin'sup parpcndickelar
ihiil, vigh, behind me, thar ! saw comm
my gray mule. pntlin, in her best licks,
and few yards behind her was q grizzly
no. much bigger Than a ycnrling. Many
nm infarnal scrape that mule has taken
me into afore, hut this was rather the
.gi,iphtes, place she ever did gi, me into.
J. 'hadn', a weopIu aboutane, a'cept one
III those mean, one.barreDed auction pis'
fsBls; aud that hadn't consarned mite
sfa lopd VI, and | hadn't, nnihing 70 load
=, with. and no time io,put j, in, Of had;
and ef it. had been loaded, II woundt hey
been worth a cuss.i s.oles i g,.. !t ~
bRa.. You had be,terbelieve, boys, thai my
skin snt moist suddint---,har waren't nc
dry diggins under my red shirt, ;ona
,ssore. that ,grizzley got downIsthel hill
The eiularnal mule no lsooncr seed me
shan she iestswhceied round and ps. me
Mween her sad alie bar, and stood Oft 4
nee ifi wouldn'l lickrhim about las cas-,
as fused TO whalether when she got stub
born. slOld grizzly drawedup, when he
seed me, and gin 10 roll 'hislo barre
head about, aud gruns, as ef | was mort
I've barsained fvr; and I'd jest given hin