The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-05


,he rarity waited for the third (the old bear) TO
make disappearance. After watching 10, "s .on
siderable time In vain, Dutch fIeu ~
Guided to crawl tn after "the Ola eo W. I,,
an he termed her. 1t was risky !op' u"S
Fred was equal to the task. Inc nte ,, M.sa
brushed away, and after the smoke nay =, ti,c
somewhat dissipated, Fred or.Wie III ~ S i
hole after the animal. lis ent'ie IN w.. old
appcared, his feet only Sticking guy, t .o mil
| hunter and Woodward standthg Tau, n y" I,;ren
MIN out when the signal shoulu w g iasso
Fred took a rope with him, inteha t ~
| the bear, and as soon as ne SoI I ~. st
inside proceeded TO carry out ms .;aSscpff1e
this the bear sprngat him, anaa -, " orott;nc the
| rnsued. when Fred succeeded III s .ot; of
| rope round the bear. d! .mI e his COM
Fred's protruding pedal eStreill..,' e,n;na on
| nanions knew that tussie mss e ,o,s ond
md fearing fatal results. seizeo nis Az, 10 ~
n,.eix The hear having severely lacerlted nun
| - ~, e,rrgrla. but he had performed MS Joo
,noi, having securely fastened the rope round
The animal. All now got hold Of the rope,
and nv dint Of Jerking and hard pulling sue
cc e in bringing the old lady out to light,
md they soon disDached her with their axes.
She weighed nearly four hundred pounds. ..
On the following Monday party started
from Chichester's chair factory , on Il pessl
hunt. going mp Slide mountain. !nes W. W.
not long in finding bear tracks, ana lor .,lnte
DAYS they followed this trail up one nloui'.s, 'd
and down another, working hao gu aas, anu
at night sleeping around ruae cahlpsuios,
until at the end Of the third day, the! le'. ~,
themselves within two hundred yalus vi .iio
factory they had started from. ieIG ..,ss
treed a large bear and her two CUBS. HaFii,S
Ind TO subsist on game their ammunition
had given out, so they sent to the factory. lof
helm. The little settlement was soon IN q
great state of excitement over the affair, anu,
SQUADS of men left their work-benches, ana
armin. themselves with guns, axes, ana
clubs, hurried to the scene.
The odds against the now corncrcd AMI
mails were great. Some wanted to take them
alive, while others proposed to dspatcl
them at once. All this time the mother, WITH
the two cubs nesting close TO her, viewed
the scene with evident terror and anguish.
"Cut down the tree" exclaimed one:
Soon the chopping was commenced, anu
each one grasped his weapon tightly and pre-
nared for assault. Blow after blow was
rained upon the root of the tree until 1t
swaved, and then fell with loud crash.
The old bear, with IN angry growl leaped
into the crowd, which hurricdy scattered,
leaving her mistress of tho situation, and she
Quickly made her escape. One of the cubs
endeayored to follow suit, but fell down
ledge of rocks and was soon killed. The
other cub attacked one of the men tero-
ciously. and desperate struggle ensued, the
cub tearing, biting, and scratching him terri
bly,, when another person went to his AID,
and the two finally killed the ferocious little
beast.
Bear meat in Ulster county this winter is
far plentier than beef; and bear steaks, bear
chops, stewed bear, and fricasscd bear, cover
our tables No one is able to account for
this great abundance Of these animals at this
time, and so comparatively suddenly. Deer
are not more numerous than usual, although
there is said be large numbers OF wildcats,
foxes, and such game. u.