Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-15
From ..wise Saws and Modern Instances"
oMn on sAE sIICK,s YARNS.


Although women are not endowed by natur with
the same strength men, they amt deficient in
rael courage when there is need of it. A
woman that would scream and faint if a mouse
was to run over the keys of her piano, could face
| fire, shipwreck, and death in any shape, with a
| calmness and GOODNESS that nothin' but fifth in
Providence can give. Irecollect curious cir
cumstance that occurred down to Kennebec, dur
ing the revolutionarywar. had 1t from one of the
/ family. Old Captain Eldridge and his son had to
leave home one day to attend meetin' of the
kings friends, and there was nobody left in the
| house but his daughter Mary and hired gal, both
| of 'em about eighteen years of age. Well, things
went on about as usual petty much till about sum
down, when there was an awful uproar in the yard.
Such ayellin' and screamin', and squeelln', and
gruntin', and scamperin' never was heard "What
in natur is all that, SalyR'' said Miss Eldridge.-
| "Lord only knows, mis-" said she, "nnleSs IT'S
the rebels a-Seizin of the captains swine for the
fort. The COW ardly villins know that the men
| folks are all away, and shouldn't wonder IT IT'S
them taking the chance to plumber" Gwen, II
the men are all gone, the guns amt, sara mss;
'sand L II treat 'em to shot at any rate. 1dont
hit 'em Pill scare 'em for towards don't like the
4 smell of powder, its pyscn to them. Let me take
a look from the back door. Lord a mercy on uS!''
said she, fits monStrous greet big black BEAR a
carrJin' off the old sow in his arms. why, he
stands seven feet high a-most on his hind legs.
| Let's drive him off; follow me-" and she TOOK
| brand of burning wood from the kitchen ire ana
ran after the bear, wavin it round and round
| to keep tue OldZ6 DLIBul1 duu SCICouIlu SuOON
in at the top of her voice, for wild varments are
awfully scared at fire. But the bear warn't so
| easily danuted; he stopt and showed an awtulrow
of harrow teeth, enough to trighten any one But
on she went, came up to him, and fetched him a
blow of the hot, sparkling, ardwood Goals, right
across his eyes and nose. 1t did the business Tor
him. Bruin dropt the pig Chat scampered OF 10
| the sly roarn if clawin' waTn't Just quite as
pleasant as licklin' y and then he made for the
fence, which was built of long rangn' stuff, not
trees nor poles, butbetwxt and between like, such
as the rafters they use for ScaifoldS. Well, the
bear, who was half blinded by the hot brand, tried
to get between the logs and, Just as he put his
head through, miss lifts up the upper one and
springs it on his back, and had him fast in mn
ute. 1t Just made a trap like what the Cuba fell
Iers call garrote, for sranglin of prisoners. The
way ne give lip, until the woods rang again, and
tore up the chips, and grass, and gravel with his
hind feet, and set them flynn IN all directions,
was n caution to sinners. "Sally," said she,
'come here and sit on the end of this spring pole;
keep it down with all your might; he can't get out,
he is properly nooSed.' "Oh! am Altered, miss"
said the gal, "Pm skee.ed 10 DEATH" 'Skeered
are you?" said she. CHOW, do tell. Well, j want
to know. Why? How you talk! Well give me
your hand, then, that may take good jump, and
we'll let him go; but it's pity, too" Well, she
creeped up and creeped up ever SO cautious, keep
in one eye on the beast, and the other on the
young lady, and gave her hand. And what does
miss do but gives her pull that nearly fetched her
on atop of Bruln. 'tNow sails she, Sittin' of her
down on the log, edo you hold fast, till so for the
carvin' knife and do for him." sob! dear, Miss
+ Eldridge,'' sails she, "L can't. Oh! don't leave
me in the jaws of this roarin' lion, that's dear
lady; oh! DON'T" alt amt lion, Saly" said
she; "irs nuthin' but bear. Don't be skeered;
but don't stir for your life, or the crittur will give
you such hug Bill Edwards will be jealous"
"OhI be quick, Miss Mary, then; he's stTugghn
dreadful now" Well, she flew to the house, and
back agin with the knife as quick as wink, and
passn' through the gate, got the other side OF the
villIn, and stood ready for action. CHOW, Sally
sails she, "hold on for dear life. When he feels
The knife he IL make desperate Splurge, and kir-
wollop like anything. Are you ready?" eyes"
'"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 to light up the
fence amoSt, and he fairly reared agiE with pain.
He bTaced up against the fence with his hind feet,
and managed to geta small purchase FOR his paws,
and made desperate pull backward with all his
might. The more he pulled the more he opened
the wound, and she got another clear sweep oil the
knife across the cash, and cut it through In his
I last struggles he threw his hind parts on Sally,
S and she screamed, "Let go!' 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 lell,
and then he rose and fell again, and then he got
up and staggered about with his head hangn', and
fell heavily and bled to death. He was the largest
4 bear ever seen on the Nennebec river. Well some
r of the neghbors skinned it for her; and what do
! you think she did with the fur?" "Niade muh'
i of it." said Collngwood. enc" "Made coun-
j terpane?" "No.'' ga mat for the bedside?"
r .'No" "Whi, what on earth did she do with it,
, tnen2" 'tWhy, she had the skin shaved close.
and took the fur and spun it into yarn, and vowed
e if married an officer in the kings service she
would knit battle shirt for him, that ne might be
reminded OF the courage OF his vile; and II she
married civilian, and ever had soHS, the first
shirt they should ever put on should be one made
with the hair OF that bear, that they might be brave
and victoriousp' "Well, did she ever mnHy?'
r said the captain eyes, she did, one OF the mild
est and meekest Of men, clergyman of the Church
of England, that settled Afterwards in NOVA
} Scotia good and as peaceabe missionary as tie
society ever employed. Now, thatt human natur
: agin." "Well, it amt my idea of what's material"
said Colingwood, "for like seeks like, the brave
: thu brave; birds of feather flock together. You
] know who people are by their associates" eek
cuse me,' sails |, you've got it wrong. The ma
tur' of matrimony is one thing, and the natur' OF
friendship is another. tall man likes short
wife; great talker likes silent woman, for both
can't talk at once. A gay man likes domestic
gal, for he leave her to home to nuSs children
and make pap, while he is enjoyn' himself to par
. ties. A man that haint any music in him likes 1t
in his spouse, and so on. 1t chimes beautifully
for they Amt in each others way. Now friendship
is the other way--you must like the same things
!, to like each other and be friends similarity Of
tastes, studies, pursuits and recreatlonS, (what
they call congenial souls,) topper for topper,
smoker for smoker, horSe-racer fer horse
racer, prze-fghter for prize fighter, and SO
on. MGtTimOny likes contrasts friendship seeks
lis oton cOunterparts. 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 oil three men of undoubted courage
One was killed in battle in Canada captain
liz the British army. The other two were CT
villian-men that nobody would think of takin'
a liberty with. The hair shirt is in existence still.
l seed It myself, and have small bit of the yarn
to home now.''
SCENES ABOUT THE New YoRK CRYSTAL PAL
AcE.-A letter from New York, speaking of the
'sghts' in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace,
says:
GAS if it were not bad enough TO have scores of
deformed animals on exhibition-wooly horses, and
horses without any wool-monkeys, dancing bears,