The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-04
A Trojan Rear.

Out hSiEubOIS VI lllc DTOuu CITY vi lTOV
will possibly be surprised to learn that the
precincts OF their famous town, almost with
in the present century, we're not unknown
to Bruin in her predatory explorations.
Homer teaches us, that tho mountains of
old Troas were infested by wild beasts, and
perhaps they may have been denizens of the
modern Ida also, within modern period.
We are permitted to copy the following
singular story, from the journal ola former
resident of this county, which will throw
some light on this subject. 1t has never
before been published, but its authenticity
may be perfectly relied on.
MRS. w--AND THE BEAR.
SIN the month of October 1897 removed
from Albany to the city of New York, and
took house on Broadway, opposite to St.
Pauls church. In the ensuing summer the
yellow, fever broke out in that city. Death
stalking around us, and the APPALLING hearse
hourly passing our door, we found it eXpe-
dent to decamp in the month of August,
and seek retreat in the vicinity of Al
bany.
"We took our lodging for the residue of
the season at an old farm house about
mile south of Troy or Vaner- Heyden, on
the bank of the Hudson. There were four
large elm trees in front, with a spacious
Dutch stoop the whole length of the house,
and a large and well cultivated farm in the
rear. friend had procured us the privi-
lege of becoming inmates of the family of
Mrs. Van Buren,, an aged Dutch widow, of
the real Holland stamp, who resided there
with an old maiden sister and two daughters.
grown up young women
son a warm afternoon, while | was abb
sent at Albany, the men folks at work on
no Cav, o,,l Ia ,f, ba
lily taking their accustomed afternoon nap,
my good wife was sitting by herself in a
room opening upon the back stoop, rocking
her infant babe. She heard stealthy
noise behind her, and supposing it was one
of the girls in a playful mood, designing to
startle her, she turned partly around, to
discover the intruder, but instead of the
young lady, beheld, (Oh! God of mercy
beheld what y large she bear Immediately
behind, and near her chair--sltting erect,
with her broad fore-paws in striking atti-
tude, apparently preparing to seize the
child My wife sprang-screamed, and
with rapid leaps placed herself within the
door of the family room, which she had the
presence ofmind to close. The bear, how
ever, was quietly walking of in another di-
rection. The continued screams of Mrs.
W-soon aroused the sleeping females,
one OF whom Immediately seized the rope to
the alarm bell, used to call in the working
men, and rang it with violence. The vehe-
ment ringing at that unusual hohr caused
them to hurry home pell-mell. One of them
seized a gun and pursued the bear, that was
slowly making her way up a valley in the
direction of the Vermont mountains, where
she probably came from.
at was considered by all who learned the
g., a.. sl,,a th.,a Ixan
cultivation, and the population of the re-
gion, this was an extraordinary expedition
of madam Bluin-thus to visit the back
room of Mrs. Van Buren's house, and 10
make this unceremonIous call on madam
W, in the very vicinity of Troy.
s'The man with the gun soon overlook
the bear, and getting within mdsket shot
killed her, and from her flesh made my
dinner the next day."