New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-30
a Good Haar storY.

tan# d ice, alf ii atteaks Neff tIie scha5neY WIN
Iaysn as anchof aad aIi the hands psas
mali boats looksn fer asald tie ean5En
Tslic said he want very veil that day VeIE heWas
Ken np aud down on decd, snoIgan and thnkAy
expect mostly, when all on sudden lie reekoned be
zee one q them big white solar hears
be see eneon efn seluTupen along Ill 1css cake 81
ice. they lay on the eeWsr side6e NE N.Y. up again
on the bank. The Old cap Wansed N oneo Them
eles nSs wgnae5a H. e ST.
for him to walk into one dn 'snr 1ass, and h1 his
mutton for him right So be ran foFTad and lay EeId
onto.a small akif, that was layen near
and run her out and launched her. Then he fodlsa
dfirl, and-heres uck-and put in d stiff IoasI s1g
away for the ice. e. 9sr
a narrer piece water more than haif d
Wide-and then be got out On to The ice. Ig u
smart and large cake and the bear sa way esaIs
to the tother end ont b. the edge Abe water
close he walked round cateeagned hes
was driven for q plain plovsr taat Stla
wouldn't think he was comm arssr bin. ahd he
dragged himself along on his hands and knees I5w
down mostly Well, the bear didn't ssela to mind
him none, and he got up within bout City Faras Cd
hina and then he looked 50 savage and bear
/ aid--tfaf the captain stopped, and Fesad sns sha
knees and put ap his gun, and lie was agon tosfoot.
Bat 5ast then the beaT turned around snd snufied
/ up the eapsaln5lgs az one ofs fs hounds sna6s
| up an % baek, aE.g 4and begun to walk
tain said carnp very slow and made tfs ice
| bend and crack again urder him III tisat fhe water
caIas up and pursT rufIeh Id als oysr.
81 Well, there The WI sine Easlsf Sg
| his knees; gnu gsF fte
/ to come up, and s Knees alsa 4sloss r1ssts
cold BY means Of hesr 1fz cs tha
ice as vas iIleflt1rasi lass sseniaa so
make up his mind to see how eapf,
| and 50 he left Off :vaIken slow and started oa 0n d
smart and swift trots the Old nEai with
his mouth wide and his fail stiekan out
Hs11Aa apxyfT
pntty sharp, SHOULD the beast got within
about ten yards him, and then he let him have It.
He aimed right at the hIs heart, bus tie
bear lodged at The fash ard rsred the t.az
each and broke the thigh bones smack ofl that be
4 went right down aft the iee thuflap Oh his
quarters, Will notaen standen elees aid
i head riz up, gro#len at the en tie eEd
man Zee him Gown and ia slide aldtig te
4 geths reYsnge, likely fhinEs lie oinise thinks ey
might as Weli get and 60 and cut chat sre creterE
threat; ss ils tuk aat hs knife and opened Get
Il when be started 70 get ups he found
Il nleft that be was fast to- the fee DonE
faet there anf no doubt. see.
had been round him. smart and long While whilst
hewas #aiten for tie hear and ts wonderful cold in
them regions. As was sayen, and you'll freeze III a
mint il yon don keep nnven about snartt ttiy.. Sss
So the eaptin he strained first one leg and then he
strained tother, but he couIdn move ,er none TheY
was both fruz fast the ice, about an inch and
half deep, from knee to toe tight as JarseF eyster
!, perTyauger on mud fiat at low water. So BE laid
= GOWN MS ana 1DOEeu az TnS Bear. and doubted
. his fists. Come you bloody yarmint, says the old
man, as the bear swalloped along hs hinder eend
cornen at him. He kept gettin sVeaker though and
eonlen slower and sleWera that. at last,
ne didn't seem to move none, and directly when he'd
got SO that the capn could lust give iiir sig
in the nose by reaehen forrar putty smart and
tile captin see that the beast sas too nofhs
couldn:t move step further forfagd Then
the captin bnfstoat atghen, and eIa9ped his hands
J. downto and rDared hsar seemed to
u be most at the old mans fun, and set
r up such groTlan that what pass, but
8 the ice cracks, and breaks al around ths captin and
the bear, down the waters edge and list
, then shitten and comen off shore away they float
II ed on cake Of ice about ten SIX ofT It'd se with
3 out the darned biscuit oE quart X alor e stand
em on the cruisei There they sot tile Bear md tie
captin jest SO near that when they both reached fur
! rards, they could Jest about touch nases neither
one not able to move any part on him, only
VI his upper part and fore paws. y n
1 BY golly that was rather aerticai pEedieamens
Venus, cried Ned, bnttoning On his cost T should
y have thought that the captain and ers
3. hands would have been frozen too. II s55s
/ quite naytr to suppose I'LL Isst ytltl see
q the bear kept him warm the parts hesA
Y SO cloast to him. and brethren bard and hot M the
s old man whenever he groHled at him. Thefs
& bears is wonderful hardy animals aliil fagss
"a ltstrous deal o. heat in em, BIZ means of their bea
10 able to stand such cold climates IeSpeGs g
the captin knowed this, and whenever lie eIt chilly
u he jest TUX his ramrod and stirred up the old rascal
ID made him and squeaI, and then the hot bfeatl
n would come pouren out all the captin and mad
. . the are al quite modernt and pleasant
q " Well, so on Venus lake another horn fiist'' W
p ss" Well, there amt much more OF they wen
e. to sea, and sometimes the wind druy len noshe an
4 then agn it druy em southe, but they went south
T. mostly; and 50 went on, until they were out ahou
three weeks So at last one aftefnoo
ot But Venus stop; tell in the name of oe
d did the captain contrve to support life all this tne
ar why, sir, to be sure it was hard Kind q life
10 support, but hardy man will getused to almost.
No, no; what didhe eat? what did lie feed on
4 T. "O-0-Id liked to'ye skipped that ere. Why
sir, I've heerd different accounts as to that Unel
obe Verify told me he reekened the captain cut d
asleep, day, with his aekknife and sucked tia
forfodder and they say there's smart deal b nom
isment in white bears foot. Bat ii may be ALLOW
he'd to spend my pinion i should say myold man
ty account is the rightest and that III fellows
se You after they been ont three days aboas the
ed begun to grow kind O hungry and then they q
to friendly for misery loves company al
ar very sorrowful, as much as to say Captain, Wha
ad the devil shall do Well one day they vas q
ar ten tooken at each other, the tears ready
rs burst out o. their eyes, when all ahnrry souaethi
JUS fioppen up out the water Oh I'd theiee II
ny captin looked and see is was seal The bears ey
Of kinded up he looked at it, and then tie can't
said he give him wink to keep still 50 there THE
of sot still as starch, till the SEAL not thinking mother
of them nor if they were dead, walked right
wv between em. Then slump vent down old Whitley
m, nails into the hshs flesh, and the captln run i
me lack knife into the tender ion. sa som mt i
nd bitters and the eaptau cut big hunk OF the Ii
ne; end, and put it benin out q the bears rec
his and then he felt smart and comfortable forhe Ii.
ior stores enough for a long cruise though the be
couldn't say so much for himself
it Wel, the bear, of course, soon ran out os pf,
ted sions and had to put himself short aaWnc,
,dy and then he began to show naytuTal temper
age first stretched himself out as lie coiid a
ich tried to hook the captns piece d seal, but when
rict found he couldn't reach that he begun to How
of yell Then he'd up and and to get
ge. self clear from the ice But mostly he reared up
his roared and pounded bis payTs and head upon
oon ice, till by and by est the said hs expe
ers ed) the ieel cracked in two agn and spliG ris
ted through between the bear and the and III
they was on two different pieces % ice the eaptiR
of the bear The old man said he Eaaiy felt sorry
,ck parten company, and when the cake split and se
uld rated he cut of about half o. pound o. seal I'D
owe chueked tito the bear. But either because 'tva
uld enough for him, else account o. his feel BAT
IRIS the captins goen the beast wouldn't touch it to
son. it, and he laid it down, and growled and moane
and it quite ptifu Well, of they went one one n
ded and tother mother way, botnfeeln pretty had
not peet 4 After awhile the captn got smart and G.
the and felt mighty lonesome and he said he "a
be thought he'd gin in and died. if they haiI pic
most him up that arternoon.h s5s tFtst
such si.Who picked him up, Fenns ~
e in Whof q Goldfish Graft of o Newfoundland Iexr
They didn t know what to make o: him when Il