Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-11
BY no means done BY one animal, frequent
cbanges heinz made.

changes being made.
The trap being ready for service, the
efforts Of the party we're then devoted te
the iuveigling Of the shaggy monster
There was but one way to accomplish this
-he was to be fed or bsited 10 the vicini
" of the trap, until he became ascustom.
ed to frequent the spot in search Of food,
when be might eventually be enticed into
the lurking snare. The party would oc-
cssionally discover the track Of their bear,
aud would then lead bullock about in
various directions, crossing and recrossing
the track, and thoroughly beating up the
ground near where his bearship was lying.
The bullock would then be turned loose
near the trap, the hunters retire, and in a
short time the bear, having caught the
scent of the. bait, would come forth and
make short work of the ill-fated bull.
Many time the party could easily have
shot him, had that been their object
But although old Grizzly, in the course of
seven mouths, devoured nearly thirty bull
locks, be had still kept out of the trap
He made but single neal from each an.
imal, always refusing to touch carcass he
had once left He had now become so
accustomed to frequent the spot, that the
hopes of his pursuers grew daily more
bright.
At last, one hungry day in September,
1854, the old Grizzly walked straight into
the fatal pen, paid his particular respects
to the unhappy animal therein confined,
and in an instant the spring door closed,
and be was prisoner for life. The good
news of the capture was soon told, and in
few days party of about twenty persons
assembled, strong iron cage was brought
to the spot, and the task Of caging the
beas. begun. The top Of the trap was ta-
ken of, and from above Mr.. Grizzly was
lassoed with mulfitudinous ropes of raw
hides, which were thrown around his neck
aud each of bis legs, and be was ''s'retch-
ed"-that is, his limbs we're rendered un.
serViceable by being violently dragged in
different directions. Five or six ropes be.
ing attached to each leg, he was held fast
until bis strength was exhausted, muz.
zle put on bis jaws, and he was half drag
gea, half driven. from the log trap into
the iron cage. This operation took twen-
ty men, three days, to accomplish. Du.
ring the operation, be broke more than
seventy Of the strong raw-bide lsssos that
were thrown about him, aud when the
At last was ended, he was COM
pletely drenched in blood from the slaugh-
tered bullock and from himself. His re.
sistance was Of the 6ercest, aud in the
course of the fight be knocked Adams sky
high, and an Indian sky higher, and q
luckless Dutchmau sky highest of all,
however, seriously iDjuring any
one of them.
Being safely housed, "Old Grizzly
now rechristened "Samson," began bis in-
travels. A hundred and Fifty
miles through the woods to Stockton,
thence by steamboat to San Francisco,
where be remained Eve years, thence by
he John L. Stevens to Panama, and by
he Baltic from Aspinwall to New York.
Samson stands four and half feet high,
8 ten feet in length when fully extended,
s eight feet round the body, and weighs
!, ,034 pounds. Larger bears have been
killed, but none SO large have ever been |
AIKEN alive.
Fremont, vs.. Adams.
On Monday afternoon, "Old Adams"
'ad lively little encounter with one of
lis grizzly bears, named "Col. Fremont"
These animals have been SO long Gagged up
uriug their passage around the Horn,
hat some of them rather object to the
unter's old-time familiarities. While
xercising ten or fifteen of them in the
ing, at his menagerie in Thirteenth St.,
dams fourished his whip uuplessantly
lose to the ears Of Fremont. Thereupon
is bearship spraug upon, and caught bis
rm in his teeth, mangliDg it considerably.
here was much excitement among the
,dience, but the mighty couqueror Of.h
rsine species gently demonstrated with {
lie "Col.," using some moral suasion and
muscle. The bear found
dams an ugly customer, and was glad to ,
linquish bis hold of that individual. A 6
cerated arm is but triAe to a man &
hose scalp aud skull were taken of in a d
nilar encounter, and whose brain is now :.
posed to view as q result of the contest. =
KEEPING UP "STYLE."-Pbiladelp phia o
pers make complaint that the tone of .
ing in that city is altogether too high. -
is SO, here, and everywhere. People
E too apt to live up to their incomes, if Il
t beyond them; thus affecting degree .
"style" which is most unhealthy in its 90
ec,s upon society at large. There is an q
,h;,;on In hrino m boya a 0entlemen. u