The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-20
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
CRANDMA,s BEAR STORY.


Grandma liked old fashioned ways and
things, GnauaTer would consent y hAYs
nSgEfYGSaf htoys in ISL ioegss hn ~ - ],
sibtoSlioR HESeping liet A6ld tFfankiin"
there, with ltS big folding do1rs ready for
tlro thside 81 them, summer ~ well as
wiuter, tCr, ASShe Rall, +Thgn II, elteq a
cool evening ii SUMMER Hhen8 lltu6 FIRE
is pleasant sheAlWRys had plenty ol
cofnp6nysueh evenings, for WhentEiight
cams Tho littlp 6pes locked In there Ilon
lhoir ont door play, delighted 10 euddle
down btddrethU pleasant open fro aud
listen 10 ptkndmRS stories Of old times.
When thGs'tF fahklI hn OddofG WERE vide
open the lEe-llghi glanced ~ every cor
ner OF the room, 80 that gtandmA'a fingers
aided bys-the pFactice Of "tn1ny years,
could easily ~ tlHheF k1itilg needles
around the illle gtosxIr that was always
her evening work >
Wiz j2t iSss SIsSlaf
Tnmp. "Grandma, tell Us Rbbdt the time
when yori veto alIttlG gill and Used to
20 alter the, cows through the woods, and
chased the bear" A
"Oh," >Eiil1 gralanlA4i e@lu, You never
TIC Cu~hUAIl4H AHht ulu WY Auu
must known II en- by heart vi this time;
you had betIsrAell iS 70 mel :.
"Oh, no, no. Efandma, neese do tell
us that one, cred the Other children,
knowing thai POO Tag would bring grand.
ma IN terms. Sa i,
And grandma commenced: Wlenl
VIVA a lille girl it was all woods around
here, there were no houses except tue log
house we lived In, and there was not an
other unp nOaHeF IhNr tho OooP9E sd'tle-
mont. which was three mi les away, II
remember the day We came here l was
ten wears old then, about uAs, old Ms some
Of YOU are now; my brother Alex was two
wears Younger than L. My father had
CONG on n low weeks before the family,
10 build a house Tor US TO live 10. Heand
Uncle John had cut down trees and built
"A house OF the logs, and had made a chin
ncy of wooden Stats The side next
th1 fro was plGstered with clay. The
hearth, OF large, fiat stones, waslnot laid
vet. hut father built roaring tire 0nthe
ground at,thO bottom OlIthc chimney and
soon there was ready d nice bed Of Goals
Tor mother 10 put the supper over. Unole
John had caught q nice tsp0ttcd'trOut In
tue cFaek'to have ready Tor our suppers,
when, all tircdi and hungry, We reached
our now home. MAth0r put the tlSh IN
the trying. pan on. tho hottest Goals. and
some POTATOES 10 roast In the ashes, and
shnrt.cake In tho ,bake;ke Oh, noth;
ing will over taste 30 good to me Hgatn;
said grAudma, Oh "thG7 supper did that
night we wero all so hungry, and 80
hanny,- and SO glad 70 b. all togetllef
agsin. / bati fdmember Just how tho tish
sIncllod Us | sat on the board floor, with
INV feet hanging down TO the bArc ground
where tho sLnno hearth was to be, watch
inp mother az she moved the ttying.plu
irSm one place 70 another, Onthe Goals
so that il would get the best heat
"Tfcmemhef ;, too, looking up through
the roof that still lacked several boards Of
one end, and seeing the grcat branches Of
the forest trees waving against the blut
Sky lar above our house. They seemed
so high, so far away, that l thought
Heaven would be very near II one could
but climb TO their tops"
Grandma here lapsel into q .rcYgrit
which lasted 80 long that tic boys be
came impatiert, and were greatly rclieSet
when she rOpsed herself with q sigh, ant
COEQ1peN ltlb tleIy ttHlo bot ~" h Sn
here then; they had mostly gone farther
west; those that still fingered along ouI
creek lived by hunting and fishing They
would not work, Apdi they toOnEd steal, y
we were all glad when they wandered oil
in search oil their trib0 l think they wef'
CAyugas The deer and bears wer'
mostly gone, too; they retreated, as did th'
Indian, before the white man. Fathei
and Uncle John shot two deer and beal
the first year we liVed here, but they neve
saw any after that first year. lneyer saw
bear in tho woods but once, and Ill tel
you about that now.
"My brother Alex and had to go To-
the cows every night. They were pas
IurCd 10 the woods, and sometimes
strAyed u mile or two from the house. ON
Of them had u bell on her neck, so thai
hearing It, We might know IN what dtrec
tionlo look for th6ni, as they always KEEP
togCthGr-two cows and u little blScl
heller
play that we forgot all about tho COW
until We wcro startled by fathers voic
asking us where they were. Great wa
our c0nstcrnalion 10 1nd that It was pa
shutdown, and getting darker every mo
ment We begged Of father 10 goaEltl
MS; we were afraid. Bot he said, M
this will teach you lesson you will nc
forget, you must SO alone. There wi
nothing hurt YOU
awe hurried OF through tue wood
s,artipg at every shadow We saw, ~
eyeny sound We heard. Ry.t the timo "
found Inc COVE II was SO dark that "
could not have told old 'whlteiace, froI
the other, only that she had the bell. II
black heller was missing We hunte
awhile, aud, not finding her, concluded
20 back without her as Il was getIing
dark we were afraid We could not IN
our way home. We started inc COW
along, aud had gone but q few roas WEE
black object started out from clum
OF under brush aud followed on benin
the cows.