The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-03-28

Ito be even more, timid ,lhau /, IN. d sud
Iden Tecepn,er! ! was hunting with a
friend near his rancho, on the banks oi
The San Antonio river, one morning
4 The Two unIrained dogs which accom-
panied Us soon ran Of far enough ahead
down il,e colrse OF the heavily limbered
4 liver bottom. W. were walking through
field which had been opened into the
Timber, and which b. Ing now ,nncnl,iyated d
was fringedby- p aliik, briar-aaih. AS
1--WE approached this, some creature spraog
lup from iis ouler edge, where il probably
had been sapn ng itself, and we heard il
III Ing ilio tie 3 ~: :eLt r,s,, which al
! Ills place was below where we stond.--
lOn looking down over ,he top Of The
] f,hickei, we saw the beautifully motiled
form Of IN ocrolot, clinging ~ the trunk
.tofa large cntlon.wood if,e, some len
fee, froaHsbsse, wilh lis striped face
turned Dack over its shoulders, >curipusly
regarding os. L wasin shottpoiut>blanE
tange, aud I Immediately fred. |,
dropped OFT of view, and when ! lorced
my way through the lhicke, and reached
the foo, Of The trea, il Ind disappeared
There was large hollow in the foo, .ol
The lree, inio which we supposed the
creature had fallen, for T. fell sure Of my
I aim. 60, ,,,,.. X
On looking down / saw {: extended
along the bottom, apparently dead. !
was anxious 10 obtain lis skin, and accor,
dingly, aflsr reloading my rife, ! by a
sidc-way movement, pushed my arm,
shoulders and head, will, difficulty into
the narrow gap, in hope that | should be
able 10 reach and draw !, out. My
head had scarcely been, introduced be-
fore pair If f,miag eyes looked UP
into mine from The darkness, apparently
within d few inches. !. ef course, strug'
gled out as quickly as possible,, under
tho impression that the creature ! suppo
ssd TO have been killed wasonly stunned
| pu, the miizzle down The hollow --ane
fled, as | thought, directly between the
glowing eyes, ', lasea,-... e.aye
When The smoke was ssipated, | ven
.ured 10 look in agalp, ami there lay the
same creature as ] supposed, stretched
and sill; in tic old position. now de-
| ,ermined IN second liial 10 draw il ou,
II Rad fafced ;n--arms, shoulders, aad
head sd far as they would g", when
suddeniyih The fiery eyes made their ap
pearancesagaia, 50 close 70 mine That The,
lsecaud simoss to t4lsg them! 1sklmat
desperately 10 cxtricafe my person, fo
the idea Of pair oe long white claw.
stuck into my ph;z, was not The mos
pleasant that could be conceived. Iva,
Just in time, for, as drew my face our
plump against i, came the heavy crush oI
snft fur, with strong body behind il, and
was prosira,ed on my back. Iwas rou'
sed by The stun md fright. together, b,
the loud guffaws nfmy complnion, wh'
&as loo much conyulsed with llughiei
10 be able TO shoot The cal, which We
saw going of through the woods at full
speed. On examination, ] found tho
roots of the great tree had been followed
far under and beyond the line Of vision
g. concluded that The sho, into the hollow
had missed aim, as found ,he frs, ami
/ nal dead, which had seen lying iron
the first. We now called the dogs
(which soon traced tho fugitive 10 ano,Je,
1 h How tree. from which we 50 oaed i
! dowr--as is lie practice in taking hare,
when they are '',reed"!---and shot it deat
as i, sp-ang out. We found this 10 b,
the dam, while the first was a cub Jus
grown. -,~,,,yg,r ugft;2
|, Is somewhat cnriors commen,ar,
Inpop the nature of these animals, iba
,Ie cub was found TO have been so badl,
torn by the teeth Of the damias 10 rende
ils skin useless. I suppose its falling init
the den so suddenly and unusually, wal
the cause Of this unnaiurul act ON The
bart Of the mother, who mis'ook il To-
some assailnt. Il have TO doubt
shoudd have been badly m'nilatcd, by
l,bis creature lad the incident occurred
anywhere bu, in this neishborhood, where
i, had been thoroughly initiated into the
terrors Of gunpowder and rife.
| III 10 - - .aLl " -. Fy ',.
"No, long since,n writes an old kienf
and core espondent "as ! was returning
from Buffalo, ! was amused, while ,ht
cars made momentary stop, at a dem.
onstra,ion made by a crazy man, on hi'
way Is the Slate Lunailc Asylum, a
Utica. He was standing ON the track
in font of the '.iron Horse" ~ Yon thinE
you are something! he said looking wild
( ly a, the locomotive, and assuming box
ina ahilude--.bul look o here: l car
whip you! I've ,hpgged the fiery balls o
Bashap, aud b,oken otLeir horns ioff!!
Say!;. don't YOU stand there whistlint
and, smoking, likes blackgaurd ia bar
roGm-jesi Jump 20 m 9 me, and IH take
the cobceit out 81 YOU, YOU Old cooking
stops on ,oheels!!r' .roipaaa z = .asiY
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