The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-23
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A BEAN HUNT IN THE WHITE
MOUNT AIMS.


Crawford House for the purpose Of pariici.
T'aiing in the moro exciting pleasures of
bear hunt. They were Armcd-Ht least
portion ofthom-- with rihcs, and as they as
rended tho stocp sides Of Mount Crawford,
upheld 10y their broad snow shoes, and Ar-
conilanird by thoir trus,y dogs, they present
ed front sufficiently formidable, a. they
thoughLio appal AZ glance the siouicst hear
iRhhs aSiP9Far9h hsJqaa8tFaa" rab", ,,Rqepsis
a man thoroughly vcr.ed In the arts and
wilos Of snafing Ahlcs and hunting wool
chueks,and abunlantly capable M hc himself
Thought, Of successfully couduriing au expo
'l''iun against ttr iArgcr inhabitants Sof the
-i4s44i, lie had heard that bear had bccn
traced 10 his den on the northern dccli,iiy
ct Mount Crawford, aud having speedily ra-
eel party ofkindrcd spirits, had lost no time
ia thus pntiing bis project for the animals
capture into execution. lnlcr his guidance
no one dreamed Of failure, aud visions Of fat
bear steak and delicious roasts, danced con
tinually before tht minds Of his too ronGding
comrades.
In due time the ercniful SPOT wes
reached. Il was a deep rave, formcd by q
numbcr Of rocks piled up against the base Of
a prccipluus ledge, the whole being covered
with snow, cSeephng the holg which served
for an entrance. The mon woro soon dispos.
ed ia or,lcr about the spot,two of them stand
ing az a lituu distance with their rides ready
cooked, fully prepared to stay poor Bruin II
hy any strange fatality he should escape the
bullets OF Young H., TO whom had been allot'
ted the honorable task of standing hy the
mouth OF the cave To shoot him through the
bead, on the instant that cNtrcmily should G.
merge from the hole. Amer some unayaiing
attempts 20 rouse him from his lair, their cap
tain suggested the idea that hc might possibly
be Induced to make a sally by firing gun
into the aperture gun was accordingly lis-
charged into Tho hole. md thrn for n single
moment, perfect silence ruigncd throughout
the group, aud II. was beginning 60 fear that
shaggy head Of Bruin made its appearance at
the door of his castle.
il was n monstrous head and we'll over
grown with shaggy black hair, which con.
+Fs@tad Gith t1go Of formidable looking
worries, and added 10 the doubtful twinkle Of
bis deep, lustrous 1yes, gnvO rather GsrO-
cious expression to his physiognomy. As he
stood upon the Threshold Of his hitherto hap
-py homo, which he,wAs now Abont to leave,
probably forever-the scone, perhaps Of his
cubhood's days, and possibly connected with
tender rcminiscenccs OF Some fair bearess aud
a horde Of little bears, a shade Of melancholy
passed over his interesting features, aud he
gave vent 10 his feelings in a piteons whine.
The hunters could not shoot; whether their
hearts were sohcned at the sight of 20 much
sorrow, or turned pale at their proximity to a
creature OF such uOexampled size and appear
Sncc does not appear, and, indeed, the bear
did not stop TO inquirc for after Snclling a
moment at the starSly ioE'a of one OF tho par
~ who who had been booking into the cave
and was now lying with his face down direct.
ly in the path aud wondering why in the
deuce young IL. did no, irc, he passed OH o.
Fyer him. and tnadc n rush through tho sur.
rounding group, who were too much astouisd.
cd to attempt auy molcstaton, Away Ia,
went pcll nell, better skol,er, down tie hiIl
uninjurcd and uuiiret at, aud ero his assail-
ants recovered froru the slate OF stupcIartion
into which their surprise had thrown them
he was at least a hundred rods Off securing
over the rocks, and wallowing slap dash thro
the snow drifts at tho rate OF about ten knots
and occasionally dNcrsilying has periormanc-
Us 10y few somursct, over tho more prncipit
Gus parts of the dosccnt which in point OF u
i.gilig- aud grace would have done credit to a
dancing MASTER or llindoo jagger. Ocra,
sonally he would disappear in some huge
dlitt and then again he would struggle forth
and pursue his onward course with unabH.
ed yigor, not eycnstoPping to shake himself
while the disappointed hunters watched hln
from their elevation with maledivtions mot
loud bat dsnp."- The Eilettec was at fast hrt-
ken by the rough voice of thrirrryercd lead
or, alriost bursting with rage as ho ebecred
on the dogs. a...f ..i ..
''At him Seundrr At him Soundcr Catch
him, you villain, or break your neck r. then
turning to the nearest OF his companions, all
of fwhon were convulsed with laughter, and
shaking brawny fist in his face, tell mc a
bar can't run jest look thar p
But, alas! all was in vain, aud the last
that WAS ever seen OF "thSt bar" hc was foot,
ing IL right valiantly around one OF the spurs
of Bear niountain,aII SOLITARY and alone, -
for the dogs had given up tho chasa===and aa
he disappeared from view, the''company, with
the exception of Old II who looked blue G.
nough, gave a hearty Eaw haw! hAw and
went home TO their suppers. II. has never
entirely recovered from the effects OF that
disappointment but exists solely in the aaR-
culinary hope OF washing out his Disgrace in
the blood Of the next unfortunate animal Of
tho species that may cross his path. But the
SHOWS Of many winter shall melt away from
the venerable summit Of Mt Crawford, and
other generations (of bearS) will hREs TSen