The Arkansas banner., 1851-01-28
Sn9kiny q Grizzly.

'Whll. yeu have never seen lips Gtixzly!" ex- clai'ued an cd Oregon gold digger. with whom We were engaged in ''bar" conversation evening JsTn-siowa har
 Never. said |, in all seriousness. it has never beeB my good farigas to encounter Of the beau ufai vatniatsH
 Well. hSss, when you do perhaps h won't he the psasaat-si miaait you've ever he'd for thar aint varmint in these hi Is. nor say wear else I've ben that kin kick wus either roa i'd 0r side wsys ihsu n iuil grown grizzly
 'Batyau can easily get out of lhe way of clnal>y animal ke that sail l, provoking The ol digger iHto yagu of hts experiences in regard ts Griaziys
 Wei when you kin git out of Ihur way hitle feliar, gives you my advice to git out quickest. for though they aat bui raal braalifc for fusnt0' thry leps aafaI smart when thur arler humia' eti,er was desperate glad 10 ge; away om one myself oece.
 provoked him to ;g. edge of bar story. and kuowiag from his manner, that his relation of such aa oeeerresee us g~,tiag away from gtizxly oaid be intrresiiBg. tempted hitn
 2" here di4 yoa say you fell ia with hIm ' en- quirel L
 I JidaI say I feH In with hi,u anywhsr.' an- swered he. 'snss the vsrnint. he feil ta With aud | tsels raGher hay fell in with the devil last al that sainnt ] over thar two mii-s totser siJe of Ihs high rilge beyond Suityan's, looking ar;er ihai grey mule of uiae -ani ia hia about w,eked thinks just pats me thnkin' what s deiA Hed,y vicious sarpiui ihIi grey uin.e was
 Wcli. WIS haa,ia' her. anI after rsmblin' over the hils. shaotin down half duz 'n galcI,es, be- gan to git cut of w1d; aad set dowu 10 hless that grey efiger far tle tlany tra,nps she haG gin ms- I'll sEar uo iafiat '0d hold her not if Il made oi buli hiele an iuch | lick. l hadai sol more a malt, wlEsa h~rrl asnors, and raar and growl, aud Fighl spraklia of fast Iriv~iia ali mixed up iegalher. Lookiu' up Parseadckeltr hit right behind me, thar saw comsa' my grey mule. pat tn in her best iieas. aud Il few yards behind her tva s uFixz unt lts Many in!-ruai scrape that mule had takin' me into sfo-e, but th rather the tgnteSt place sss ever Gd git ms iato. hada't weepam boat me, 'eeTt of these mean, ous barteiied suciioa p,s toIs aud ,hai hadn't q coasaru-d mite of load ia, aud hadn't Buiha 10 load it with, aRJ no tin,e to load il in. si l he'd; and ef Il had been loaded it wondnl nl hey beeH wHrth d cuss
 'foa had better believe boys, that my sah got mos, sgddint-thar warnt no dry diggias under my red shirt, long afote that grizzly got the hill. The iHfartal Eiaic sooner seed than he jest whee.ra round aui put we atw~en him and the .bar and stood off to see ef woaid ni lick bin about as easy as used 10 whale i"r when she got stubborn. Did grizzly drawed up when hs seed aud 'gia 10 ,0h hs old barrel hea about. and Eruat, Us ef was more'u he birgaiued for ani I'd heg last given him that ndie easy, to hey got ef squar. As the le3ars say at nIouse. he was clay out didn't want 10 bet
 I comfneUced hackin' cut, and wanted to make il 0raw game, but he kept shoffiin' up to me, anu sny feilsr wno had been close "a his head, would have gin his whole pile Jpst to get chance 10 cf. cea,iasreI fny eifsctst that paa rocker and crow bar--iest as good ss minsterrd upon and almost felt Inc sitting my boiy 1 struck my hands ntp my pockets. to see if there warnt knife about me. ani pulled oat haf a dozem boxes Of LH1itT Aatchss. that had just been bought that afternoon. doa't know what put t into my head. hut sol box hlJzia, and held it towards old grizzly. nud reckn you havD often seen Two eyes stick out wuss-r thas his d,d then He drew back at leae ien yards aud setting the box dow1 on the earlh ast moved off about twenty Ysres m tatbrr drrciisa The bur erept 10 the lucifers and took sHe, and ef the misclrs of my jaws hadn | been drawn tight vtlb fear I'd hey busted iato q regu- ia- snort o lapghiu'. se-n' low he inru-i up his Los and -nu.lsd The nrxt minHi, he retr-atei st lea hf,v yards; ana tarn sot oif another box of the ucirrs, HhI--boys, dar yoa bsiieys 1.-the gin Q 5ark oat. Az felt had tim sk-ert diin't cuss for whole drove of grizzlys
 Il lrrked out smother box Of iaeisrrs. tstchsd it of, and let out the uoss uaraTtaiy veil that ever woke thrn d,ggins a1d tl,- Way that bar bruSr into eanter ud hey Gistineed any quarter nsg in chris iendonI-he irst seemed to thinx that ytiHg thai c a,d flare ap cay and sa'rll as bal as me. Was rathrr delicate subject 10 pick aD row with. As h- geltis' over the hill. l fairly squeeled ont la.in' aud if sAar. if that impad.nt mule which wss sia sdin' b-fint me--didnt shieSer out too looked for rock 10 hit b.r--snd the nngrslefu crilirr sol right oE tn trot snd elt to walk Il made hort tifas at~-eH that ravias and my teDt ter l was awfBl feerd that my grizzly wss ws,tiu' sasne place 10 take second look at and mgh, lsiag few olsrr varmists along to get their opiu- ion of what xsd of a crittrF ] war
 Ah, boys said he in conclusion " Providence has hsiVed nss ouE of mauy sefaP- but wsrat aitn saved me from grizzly ef IL hs.int been the ,eyil or Soals buebmsn, invenie birthstone O lu eifer matches thar soaid have been cad ia ihis eri',-r aud the verdict would have bsen- Died ef gyt-sly."
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