The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-12-02
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Fighting q Bear In a Cattle
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Fighting a Bear In a Cattle
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The men on the mixed train goin,
west yesterday morning had azs pretty
goodssizedr -sehsation just as btbe TRAN
arrived in Boutwell, As1he noise o
the. wheels subsidized unusual aud excited
sounds were beard issuing from. bonded
car which alsalopg the passage from tn,
Suspension Bridge had sremaiDed undei
lock aud key, attracting no especia
notice from any one, gas 20 one on the
train seemed aware Of its trGe contents
Gfadus4fy the noise grew louders sanS
more excited, scnfflfpg was heard &C
compauied BY yeIls aud imprecation:
from a. human voice, and series of low
fierce snarls and grswis as frem aar en-
ragged aud powerful animal; then shut
fling to aud fro, aud more excited bal
perfectly unintelIigible exclamations
The men were at a loss to know what to
make of all this, and maTyeiled exceed
iugly. A crowd collected, and noises of
the same character continued within
There appeared to be a terrible rum
pus-inside the. car which each moment
grew NJ ore desperate. and alarming All
at once violent dumping against the
door and the voice off the man, which
had by this time grown more coherent,
but sounded faiut aud smetberedy broke
out IN explanatory appeals. "Brek doorl
brek door min get kiiils After
which the struggle seemed 10 be renewed
more furiously than ever, ..InJiH giving
vent to short yeils of pain and distress.
No time was lost by the men outside,
who proceeded at oneeito obey the call,
and break the lock No sooner had the
door been partially opened than out
sprsng strapping young Indian in a
terribly excited state of mind, minus his
hst, with his clothing hanging In shreds
about his body, and displaying several
bleeding wounds He was we'll nigh ex
hausted, but did not stop running till he
got behind the station house IN a place
of safety, where be stood painting Tor
breath for some minutes before any one
of those who surrounded him could
elicit any Information from him as to the
nature of the ordeal through which he
had passed That, however, was perfect
~ ineligible to those who witnessed his
escape, for he had no sooner got clear
than large black bear came soufing at
the door wanting to get out too aud pur
sue his enemy like roaring lion to
devour him. On seeing the men, how
ever, and probably not caring to jump
into the presence Of so many persons,
Bruin receiIed- and sseaked into corner.
from which he gl;sred savagely at them
There were several other animals ID
IL, i
securely fastened up with chains and
ropes Among them was young cub
belonging to the old bear, who at once
took refuge behind his ma in the corner,
apparently somewhat bashful by the ap 1
pearance OF So many grown men. There
was also IN antelope. a couple of mon
keys, Il wild kangaroo, some curious
specimens of the feathered creation, aud
a box of snakes, which remsiued com
foriabl coited up in their blankets, either
too tired or eepy to take any par; in
the fuss. The collection, it appears, be
longed to travelling Snowman, who pro
posed to exhibit in western town
The Indian boy, for he was scarcely
out OF his teens. although big and mus
cular, as soon as he' could collected his
ideas, and began 10 area1ize that he was
safe and sound, related that he was EN-
ployed by the proprietor at IS month
to attend the aDimfisin their travels as
keeper; Thar be had been shut up with
them in the car for nearly three days
with nothing to eat but bread aud tur
nips, and with only warter TO drink. and
the old bear had become FESTIVE in the
car while on the Journey. probably from
hunger and thirst, and ended by commit
ting an assault on him. which he repell
ed as long as he was able to hold out
He thought every moment he would have
to give in, and consent to be eaten up for
breakfast By the she bear ADD her inter
esting off spring. Twice she got her
arms fondly around him, and would Ger
tainly have Rugged him to death bat for
the herculean strength which. enabled
him to throw her off, and spurn her ad
vanees. Being somewhat cramped
in her physical energies By he'confne
ment and dull routine OF show life, be
sides being not SO yo1ng as she used to
be, she was the more easily overcome
and failed to make as stout an attack as
the circumstances seemed to demand
from her. The young man from the
country parts, however, was determined
not to be taken 10" any more by the
receptions aud allurements of side show
life, aud then and there resolved to aban-
don a profession in which he discovered
he had neither the talent nor education
TO shine very resplehdently. oGT
He tiuk me big fool I" said he; ''IDgin
only get SO a mouth, and chance to get
ate up into the bargain No, no, my
friends, that muchly too thinl Ugh I!
Not for Josepb-not if he knows it ?"