The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-08-18
NUMBER 21.

now Well, she flew to the house, and
back again with the knife as quick as
wink, an passin' through The gate, got the
other side Of the villain, and stood ready
for action. "Now, Sally ssis she,
"hold on for dear life. When he feels
the knife he'll make desperate splunge,
and kirwollop like any thing. Are you
readyp "Yes." "Then, here goes"
and she drew the knife across his throat.
Well, his tongue was stuck out ever SO
far, his eyes flashed fire enough 10 light
up the fence Almost, and he fairly roared
again with pain. He braced up against
the fence with his hind feet. and man
aged to get small Percha Sc for his paws.
and made a desperate pull backward
with an bis might. The more he pulled
the more he opened the wound, and she
got another clear sweep of the knife across
the cash, and cut it through. In the last
struggle he threw his hind parts on to
Sally, and she screamed, "Let gol" and
ran for it; and he pulled out his head. and
arter her quick stick. But it was no go.
After jump or two he fell, and then he
rose and fell. again. and then he got up.
and staggard about with his head hangin,'
and fell heavy, and bledto death. He
was the largest bear ever seen on the
Kenebec River. Well. some of the
neighbors skinned it for her; and what
do YOU think she did with the fur 2"
made muff of it, sait Collingwood.
mo" "Trimed a sleighl" mo"
"a mat for the bedside2" "No."
"Why, what on airth did she do with it,
thenl" why, she had the skin shaved
close, and took the fur and spun II into
yarn and vowed il she hurried an officer
| in the kings service she would knit
battle shirt for him, that he might be re-
minded ofthe courage ofhis wife; it she
married civilian and ever had sons, the
first shirt they should ever put on should
be one made OF lhe hair Of that bear. that
they might be brave and victorious"
"W ell, did she ever marry 7" said the
captain. "Yes, she did, one ofthe mild
est and meekest Of men, a clergymen OF
the Church of England, that was settled
sfterward in Nova Scotia, as good and as
peacable a missionary as the society ev-
er employed. Now, that's human naiur'
again" "Well. ii ain. my idea Of what's
nateral." said Collingwood, "for like
seeks like. the brave like brave; birds Of
feather flock together. You know who
people are by their associates Except
me- sais |, you've got it wrong. Ihe
nature of matrimony is one thing, and
the natur' of friendship is another. A
tall man likes short wife; great talker
likes silent woman, for boih can't tslk
at once gay man likes domestic gal.
for he can leave her at home TO nuss chill
dren and make pap, while he is enloyln'
OF himself to parties. A man that haunts
any music in him likes ii in his spouse,
ard so on. 1t chimes beautiful, for they
amt in each others way. Now friebd-
ship is the other way-you must like the
same things to like each other and be
friends. A similarity of tastes, studies.
purlties and recreation, (what they call
congenial souls, topper for a toPe,
smoker for a smoker, q horse'racer for
horse.racer. prize-fghter for prize
fighter, and so on. Matrimony likes con-
trasts, friendship seeks It's orn counter
pQrts. Well, the lady had three sons,
and as soon as they were born they had
the bears shirt put on; and one thing is
sartin, they were all three men OF un'
doubted courage. One was killed IN
battle in Canada-7a captain in the Brit
tish army. The other two were civilians
men that nobody would think OF takin'
liberty with. The hair shirt is in ex-
istence still. seed it myself and have
small bit ofthe yarn to home now"
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