Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-09-07
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fhS 1ssAshiksd -ef bun asd bear Gehs
at PiptPs OPsra He1ss. n vifxiah City.
New. = evsr. ..aad tie bail and hear Ess
. sejoiss that is d over. Bs So'claek u
the evening Of The 4th instasl the. thea
Ter was crowded. IN ten minutes mare Il
vas eranmed. and twsnsY minutes aftsf
B. VIXEN The sliding door ef the s9ge was
raised and the bear entered tbs arena. Il
Vas janmed- The bear. . large Coast
Range animal Of the cinnamon species.
walked leisurcly into the huge cage. snuff
fed a the bArs Tor = tisne. then went and
took up his stand near the opposite slidiEs
gate BY which the bull vas to be let in.-
The bear was loudly chcersd. He began
smelling about the door Of the bulls stall.
'.fle smells the bull I" vas the cry. .".Oh.
no; be aih't no 6gh.er." '.He smells
the bull and wants to &c. at him I" Such
were the cried heard. and bear stock be-
gan to look up. It was . matter Of some
disculty to get the bear away from the
door long enough to let the bull into the
arena.
At last the bear left the door. it was
raised. and in s.alked the bull. No soon
er had he entered than ho caught sight Of
the bear covering At the opposite side Of
the cage. There was Just time for slight
hum of applause snd approval. when tho
large. irmly-knit and 6erce-looking bull
stepped forth and shook his head. when
hc made dash at the bear and gave him
tremendous dig with his horns, causing
the bear to utter loud roar. The bear
elawed the bull about the head for second
or two, and then got away.
Tho fighting. if such it can be called
did not progress at a very lively rate
Turning. the bull made charge the second i.
wh,ch much resembled the first but soon
| after The bull charged third time upon
the bear when he was in a corner. when
Bruin for short time made lively use Of
both teeth and claws. showing more fght
than at any other time during the even.
ing. The bear went Of aud got in an.
other corner of the cage. when the bull
approached him and stood looking at him
and paving the ground for nearly ten
minutes before he made another dash and
jammed him against the side Of the cage.
The hear clawcd little. uttered roar and
skunk away to another corner. The bear
was evidently afraid Of the bull from the
moment he 6rst caught sight Of him.
From this time forward it was neeessa-
~ to stir the animals up to get them togeth.
cr. when there would be . rush by the
bull and roar or two by the bear. and
the round was ended. Persons got upon
the roof Of the den and poured blood upon
the bull. who stood paving and gazing
upon the bear. A red cloth was fastened
to pole and waved about the bear, but
both animals stubbonly kept the peace
Driven from the rear corner of the cage,
Bruin posted himself in front and laid
down. He was punched with sticks.
whipped With foils and prodded with iron
bars, but all this only caused him to roar
and strike at those who were tormepting
him. Some one now got upon the roof cf
the den. in obedieuce TO tho clamorous
cries Of hundred to ''stir Up the bull -
and with pole stirred him up. ID,
Upon being "stirred up" instead Of
darting upon the bear. the bull made q
dash upon the bars forming the front Of
the cage. causing the whole fabric to shake.
and bending one Of the large bars until
quite gap was made. Instantly there
was grand stampede among those seated
in the parquette even in the dress circle
many rose to their feet, and some prepar-
ed to leave. As the bull drew back his
head the man standing on that side of the
cage fred at him with Henry rife. The
shot produced no visible effect so far as
the bull was concerned. but added great
ly to the terror Of those in the lower par,
Of the house. It seems that the ball struck
one of the iron bars in front Of the cage
and split it. a piece Of it striking Mr.. J.
p. Smith. who was stationed on the op-
posite side of the den with Henry rife.
but not hurting him.
After this the bull was left alone, and
the business Of stirring up confined 70 the
bear. who stood it well. 1t seemed i'm.
possible to get the bear upon his feet. and
Charley Palmer, chief engineer of the
show. came forward aud said tha. tho bull
had whipped that the bear was abou.
dead and could fight no more. An i'm
mense hooting followed
All was q confused uproar Of voices,
some crying one thing and some another
About all that could be understood wa.
that the "many-headed monster" wa.
fearfully angry and awfully dissatisfied, and
that the fight must 60 on. Tho gas wa.
now turned of, and many left the house
but the majority remained. there being :
dim light, just sufficient 10 render the are.
na and the forms Of the animals visible.
Chairs were thrown from the parquetts
and orchestra against the bars of the cage
aud soon rush was made for the stage
BY men carrying chairs and whatever els.
they could get hold of, which they though
might be used to good advantage 10 stir.
ring up the animals. Soon over hun
drcd men we're upon the stage. crovdins
against and beating upon the bars. regard
less Of either bull or hear.
The lights we're soon sarned eompletely
out. bat matches were lighted IN I'll paEti
Of the house By those who had then. Ant
the crowd yelled 6erccly for tks hosse !,
be lighted. The gss vas turned on. asi
Charley Palmer came upon the Stage. Al
6rst be was hissei and booted. bat b,
stood his ground. and v.s fsally aIlc~es
10 speak. He said he hsd dese an b,
could 10 make the animals Sight, and !
the asdience thought they could do Bet