The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-03
nv a Bcar-A story OF shs ASe
,,cnec wilderness.

TIIURSDAY.........'.'Ao"'
r..s nv a Bear-A STORY oil s'''
,,cbcc wilderness. .,
ohout TO relate heard irGn'
wa. ar fbc hero Of the affair IN iar y, old
. .iir r. 1901. seventy wears ago; loves TO
'"a "a I row am. Of 81, natuta"' vouugrr |
n ,i..n, won the legends oil Ms ID ruth |
1a,s especiallv such nc are IT.
u'sS ,,,etiTncs stranger than fc1a"", carly set
Ma;or Dennis Getchelt wa 'Vnssalboro'.
tier in Sidney, then . p Side Of the Kenne-
He settled on l no yassalboro, corner.
bee, nearly oo,ttr,,icd TO, Major detcnei. "as
At the tlti,e he home By cancer, ana SEM
connnc1p bennington. II stout young iello" VI
i,'tnsn to the West fonu se.slenos 'ea
rector Williams, VINO haPpeneu " "
Doet"' ,here. The distance was about nye
Nisillt tSramah the woods. he went through.
,n,gS with him well.trained dog, did his
'',ns.age. and alter resting and taking some
n"trcshments, was about to set out on MS
tourney home.
When he entered the woods the sun was.
about an hour-high. He had not proceed
cd far when he saw his dog plirsullis .uo
IJe Thought at first he would help him cap
ture the cub and carry him home WIN
him: but he Immediately thougnt OF lhe
old bear, and expecting she Would DC uPol,
him in u minute, he sprang 10 tne nearest
tree, which was slim Norway pine, I'VE ih
ming up between forty and NIFTY iect "ith-
out limb, but the lean, sparingiy-ied boys
If that day could climb trees better IMAM
the fulfilled lads of the present. When nc
had got about eight or ten feet he ga" tiie
bear coming after him. lie cailea OUT "
his dog, which had made furious attack
ipon the bear behind. she, tearing LOT hel
cub, Immediately turned back ana cnastu
fi,e dog Off and around Tor cohs!uei-
,IIe limo Remington, i'm The mean time,
excrtcd himself to the utmost. She cahie
lack t0 the tree again, but the faithful doe
was Mt her heels. She then turned anu
chased him off as before. 49,. ,
This was again repeated, which gave
Remington time to reach the 1lrst ll1lio. i.e
rot hold of it, and drew himself on 10 II,
much exhausted, and stood upon II WIFI
his arms around the tree. ,.,
After while the bear, either disregard,
;,n the dog. or. perhaps. having disabled
nr kijIcd it in the fight, began to ascend. III
was now that Remington began to give
himself I'D tor lost. The poor fellow hod
nm means of defending himself, and c0u!d
urc no 'prospect but that OF being dragged
down from that fearful height and torn IN
pieces by the in,uriated beast.
Ip came The tend steadily advancing
intent upon her trembling victim, " like !!
staunch murderer steady to his purpose"
She soon reached him, and reached i"r-
ward. with opcn laws and gIaring cycbailH,
to seize him by the foot. He drew 1t Dack,
aud with Il convulsion-a Supc!htlnan ci-
fnrt-hc dealt il heavy and rapid blows
upon the neck and head. This was re-
ceptiOn she was not prepared Tor, anu sAe
was obliged to take it quietly, mol iia''n.
the Use OF her 1ore-paws. A bear Without
the use of these weapons is quite Dallniess'
unless she can get hold with her teeIh.
Her hold was Immediately broken, ana she
lost her balance and tell. This could barely
have been caused by the force OF Tue
blows, considering the strength ofthc bears
grasp.
II IS the fiji st impulse Of IL bear, when
attacked or resisted, TO strike with his fore
DAVIS. Prompted by this instinct, she had
probably let 90 her hold upon the tree to
Strike at Gctchell, still retaining feeble
hold by her hind legs. Here instinct proved
a failure, for being directly underneath
hun, she naturally Swaycd herself back TO
bring her DAVIS TO Dear, ana the blow COM
ng III the same instant, she let go, the re-
coil quckenin@ her movement, and she lost
Ii r equilibrium.
Turning !. SOmcrsal!lt, head down, tail
up, her hcar,hip. i'll accordance with the
law OF gr9tyitalIon. soon landed Oh terra
"A a.
perpendicular line from where she started.
She sat upon her launches for some time,
looking up The tree, rs though considering
what TO do next. She WAS not probably
hi .hly pleased with her rrial excursion,
and upon mature reflection thought she
would mol climb that unlucky tree again,
but finally assembled another near by and
sat upon Il tree looking ut Getchell, gnash-
in@ her teeth aud growing.
IL OF N
Ind been CRYING an hour for help, but no
help cnln". He had heard men chopping
half mile of, but the wind being contrary
they could not hear him. AS bbe sound of
the axes ceased his hopes left him but rs
q Kind Providence had ordered it., a woman
Wa, out near the edge Of the woods looking
ioT hcrcow. her husband being absent, AMI
heard Rcmington's cries. Her husband re-
turned home after dark, and she told him
what she had heard, and earnestly Dcsought
him To 20 and get help and ascertain what
the trouble was. He declined going, say
ing that the noise she heard was that OF
schreech owl. But she insisted that 1t was
human voice, aud begged him to go.
AT length, yielding TO her entreaties, he
mounted horse and rode into the woods
in the direction she pointed out, and soon
heard ncmington's voice. Pursuing in the
direction of tho sound, he soon got within
speaking distance, calling to him to inquire
what was the matter. On being informed,
the man replied that he rather thought he
was only frightened, and advised him to
come down. Al that moment The bear,
hearing the mans voice, commenced to
.rowl furiously, which SO frightened the
horse that he'reared and pranced around,
throwing the man TO the ground. F0rtu-
nateiy, however. he held on to the bride
rrin>, and remounting started off for help,
calling TO Remington to be OF good cour-
age, and he would return rs early as posi-
bic with help. ..
Remington had given up all hopes of II
rescue and sunk into despair. He now
felt his hopes revive but it was 4 !orlorn
hope. He doubted not that help would
come. but his strength was so nearly en-
hausted and his nerves so dlsortlered that
it would not come i'll season to help him.
He thought he would not keep his hold
upon the tree but Il short time longer. Il
III about threc.quarters of an hour after
the man lett him, he heard the distant
sound of voices, and soon saw the CLEAN OF
light through the trees. A large party had
been raised, who, with guns, ammunition,
and torches, FASTENED TO the rescue. They
were accompanied by large number of
men, women, boys, and grls, all With
torChligEts.
The remainder of the story is soon told.
They built upa large fire, by the light Of
wnlch they could take good and certain |
aim at the bear. who was still OH her perch |
in the tree. ami now remained there TO |
keep out of harms way; but she had not
been initiated into the science Of sunpow-
der and bah. They soon brought her down,
but not until they had tired ten or twelve |
shots. Remington came safely down, |
though NJ great hazard Of falling. He WAS |
carried home next morning to his anxious |
friends. |
The fright and oyer-eXertion he had en-