The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-02-08

ing right up towards US. when ne got
up pretty near pokcd my club at him.
and no showed HE teeth and growled.i
Says |, "Ncd, seaabblc up q little higher"
and the old bear followed close after. When
no got up 30 ho could almost touch my
feot, thought It was time 10 fight. SO L
up with my club and tried 10 fetch hini 4
pelt over the nose. And the vcty FIRST
blow he Knocked the club right but Of NY
hand. with his niggor paw, as easy as I
could knock IL out of the hand Of a baby
year old. begun 70 think then Il waH
gone goose with us. However, I took
Ned's club and thought I'D try once more;
hnt he knocked it out OF my hand like a
feather, aud made another hitch aud grap-
pied a. my fect. We sCrabblel mp tile
tree, and he after us, ill we got almost
to the top of the tree. At last had IN
stop little for Ncd,- aud the old bear
cliuccd my feet. First he struck his claw
iuto 'em, and thon he struck his teeth into
en-, and began To nav. felt as if twas n
gone case, but kicked ani 6t, and told
Ned 10 get up higNHr; and he did get up
n little higher, and got mp a little higher
too, and the old bear mado another hitch
aud come up higher. aud began 10 nav
my heels again. Aud then tho top of tho
tree began 10 bond, FOR We had got up 80
high we was all on single limb as twas.
and II bent a little more, and cracked and
broke, and down wo weat, bear and ALL
about thirty feet, to the ground. At frat
| didn't know whether was dead or
or alive. guess We all lay still as
much as minute before We cQnld mako a
out TO breathe. When come to my feel!
ing alittlo, | found tho bear had fell on MY
lame leg and gjvo il another most awful
crushing. Ned wasn't hurt much. lIo
fell on top of the bear, and the bear fell
partly on me. Ned sprung of and got
ont of the way Of tho boar; and in about
u minute more the bear crawled up slow- 3
ly on to his feet, AMI begun to walk of,
without taking any notice Of us. And
wus glad cnough to see that he went rather
lame. When | como to try my legs
found one of 'em was terribly smashed.
and couldn't walk u stop on H. So |
told Ned to hand mo my gun, and to 20
home as fast as ho could 80, and get the
horse and father and como and carry mo
home. nal.l.l.n.iIs o. F5 % v
Ned went off upon q quick trot, as if no
was after tho doctor. But tho laundering
crttcr-Ncd always was great blundor-
er-lost his way and wandered about In
tho woods all night, and didn't get home
till sunrise next morning. Tho way
spent tho night wasn't very comfortable,
can tell We. Jest before dark it begun to
rain, anil luolled round to try to 6url soihe
kind of q shelter. At last l see a great
tree lying on the ground little ways of
! that seemed to be holer. | crawled along
to It, and found there was holler in ohe'
end large enough for me to creep into. So
in went, and in ordcrto get entirely ont
of tho way of the spattering Of the rain, and
keep myself dry crept in as much as ten
feet. Ilaid there and rested myself as well
rs could, though my Log pained me too
much to sleep. Some time in the night
all at once, hecrd q sort of rustling noise
at the end Of the log where come IN. My
| hair stood right on cenl 1t was dark Al
Egypt: | couldn't see the least thing, but
I could here tho rustling noise again, and
| it sounded rs il it was coming into the log.
| | held my breath, but could hear some-
thing breathing heavily, and there seemed
to be a sort ofscratching against the sides
of the log, and it kept working along in
towards nc. I cinchcd my fowling piece
and held it. 'rwas well loaded with u
brace of balls and some shot besides. But
whether to fire or what to do, | couldn'ss
tell. was sure thero was sOmo terrible
critter in the log, and tho rustling noiso
! kept coming nearer and nearer to n1c. At
|
thoughtil was only dead and decently
buried somewhere should be glad; for TO
be eat up alive there by bears, or wolves,
or catamounts, couldn't boar the idea of
! it, IN a minute moro something made q.
horrible grab at me feet, and begun to nav
Gnu. AT first crawled little further into
I the trce. But the crittcr was hold Of my
| feet again in minute, and found il was
no use for mo to go in any farther, didn't
| hardly dare to fire; for thought if didn't
kill the critter, it would only be likely TO-
mako him fight the harder. And then
again thought if should kill him, and he
should be as large as fancied him to be.
| should never be able TO shove him out of
the log, nor to get out by him. While !
was having these thoughts tho old fellet
was nawing ond tearing my feet so BAD I
found lie would soon kill me il laid eth,
So took my gun and pointed down toward
my feet as near the centre Of the hOler log
as could, and let drive. The report al
most stunned me. But when | Como to IDy
hearing again, | laid still and listened. Ev-
erything round me was still as death; (
couldn't hear the least sound. ! crawled
back few inches towards the mouth OF
| the log, and was stopt by something
against my feet. pushed it. TwOuld
give a little, but | couldn't move il. Z
| got my hand down far enough to reach, and
felt ihe fur and fEir and ears ot some tet-
rible animal
THAT was an awful long night. And
when the morning did come. the crittAt
| filled the holler up SO much there was but
very little light come in where was. I
! tried 20 shove tho animal towards tho
mouth of the log, but found twas no
use--I couldn't move him, At last the
| light come in SO much that | felt pretty
sure it was monstrons great bear that
! had killed. But begun TO feel now es II
! / was buried alive; for | was sf.zif o6f
folks wouldn't find me, and was sure I
never could get out Rlyself. Bpt about
! two hours after sunrise, all at once thought
! | heerd somebody huiler Jack" iiistened.
and heerd it again, and I know'd 't@ag
fathers voice. | answered as loud ae
could hoIler. They kept hollering and
kept holering. Sometimes they woulI
go further off and sometimes como neakes!
Ny voice sounded so queer they could1$
! tell where il come from, nor what 10 make
Of it. At last, by going ronnd eonsiderar
BILE, they found my voice seemed 10 be
somewhere round the hoiler tree, and
bims by father come along and put bis
head iiio tho holIer at tho tree. and callad .
out, Jack, are you herei" Yes b." sAyB
|, 'and wish you would pull this bear
out. so can get out myself" When they
sot us outI was sbont as much dead a.
t.,,.. I,,t tlox, rot ma on IN flak hN4aaa SlIf