The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-11-09

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not III all nneumninn fnr peasant
returning from his labor iii the field
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iu rn<se rsion VI hi- hut, anl ransarkin.
IL. fum Tie mral-chrst iutie corn,rcnp.
boarl. In quest ~ provision. II tracked
with hounds. which IL cnsv nj this sen.
SON, because his Footsteps in the snow
betray him. the bear retreats. Int Ivy no
means In disorder. or with any special
celebrity. For the chase, tin villagers %
out In parties III three or four together,
snd armed with small TX. made after
the manner ~ nh American tolnahawk:
and the first work II IL bca. the places
where the bear is likely IL he found, or
Ia lay bait for him. consisting III dead
sheep. near which they whit until he liz
attracted by the smell. When bruin M.
pears. the hunter who il 10 make the III.
tack having grappling.lnpks fitted to
Ills knees in order to climb more easily
advances boldly to within ilfty or sixty
yards. Mll commences tIlc quarrel by
throwing stone. This done, lic makes
for u tree which he has selected; aud
then, according 10 agreement with his
companions, the affair becomes Il trag.
etly. ur liz To terminate M Il farce.
As soon ~ the bear finds himself
struck, liz starts ri II smart trot Ia pnr-
suit vi llls molcstcr, seldom Offering "a
NEEDLE with amy one else unless his ycngc-
nnce In interiefea with anil, when he
reaches the tree, he straiglitway begins
10 arccnd with Ms much expedition ~ his
habitual gravity Or movement will permit.
This IL the moment. IL the game il 10 die,
NJ which the forester hrgins Id bcstir
himself. Seated among the leaves and
strongest branches of the tree, he rap
idly cuts AWAY with his ax any small
twigs which might impede the full sweep
and play OF his arm, and awaits the APP
proach Of the enemy. The bear, by the
help Of his strong claws, climbs slowly
mp the trunk of the tree Int these dig
10 deep sometimes into the hark that Ii.
tlnls II difficult % draw them ont again.
This gives the man full time, who waits
steadily till the fore.paw comes within
his rcaell, when, with one vigorous blow
Of the ax, he strikes il of, or else NJ mutt.
lates n. to stopall chance Of further prog.
ress. Tie position here ior striking il
10 favorable, and habit mikes the hun.
ters ~ expert, that many of them In
twenty blows would not mins once sliyi,l-
ing the paw, bone nnl NIL hut whether
tins il done or not, the stroke Is usually
fntal to thu animal, who fnlls 10 the
ground. and IL dispatched while still
stunned with the force of his descent.
liz remains clinging with his
second paw ~ THE tree but, In that
casr, the second paw II Immediately cnt
otf likewise, when, of necessity, he rolls
backward, and remains MT the mercy of
the hunters. Such In the usual course
of events IN affairs III this sort hat, un.
happily for myself nnd my companions.
the hear, whose Rrowllgs caused No
much alarm, pursued IN exceptional
colrs.--s0 Va niterWar.l learned for
some reason or other, liz did not choose
81 ascend the tree, In. bent hasty -
trent, with host III villagers Ill his
heels. II. succeeded ia getting clear
oil. His lurking. plare was ut length
discovered, anl y party Of gentlemen,
mounted on their chargers, AMI
armed with spears, sailed forth to hunt
and RIM him down. Let me now
continue tho thread III my narrative.
Mr., Nettletold's speech caused In the
greatest alarm the sisters scrcame
simultaneously; Marcus clsspcd his
knotted stick. and our Enylsl, friend
stood irresolute, evidently nj II loss how
~ act IN tho sudden nnl unlocked for
emergency. Il was moment of peril.
] succeeded, however, in recovering my
presence u mind, and seized upon the
only mean. IN our unprotected nnl
blockadcd rtate to Civ. lin u few mo-
menis respite. took Agat's straw hat
ont Of her hand, and Immediately SIT lire
u II, aud threw il blazing into the hole.
The shaggy brute was hardly Il dozen
pnceH from tho opening, and bounded
back, frightened. into tlle passage. with
loud growing. You iaay imagine our