The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

AN NtAHcN AEf DsftfNt satU Ats tuS0 0AtAs
green ones ana 81. To sAy that ! Was
sstonished n fux asrfht marx. I sudden
~ discovered ,BAgI aidnq want 10 see =
bear, Ahsr ALL At AbOat the same mo-
menl The bear saw me, stnpped eating
berries. aud regarded me with glad sur
prise. 1t is an YegY well to imagine
what you would do under such eircam.
stances, Probably you wouldnt do 81
| didn't. The bear dropped down on his
forc-fse,, and came sl0wly toward me.
Climbing a tree wss Of no use With 90
good climber In The rear; III started to
ron, ! hsd 90 doubt The bear would giEe
chase, Apd aIlhepgh bear cAnaot run
dowa bin As fast rs be cau up hill yet
felt tbst be could yet over this rough,
bruth-iangled ground faster than could.
The bear was approaching. II sudden.
ly occurred 10 me how eoald divert hsa
mind until ] could fsll back upon my
military base. Ny pNlwAs nsAtly full of
exoellept berries-niuch better tean lhe
bear could pick himself. put the pail
on the ground and slowly backed away
from il, keeping my eye, as beast ianers
do, on the bear, The ruse succeeded.
The bear came up TO the berries and
stopped; not accustomed TO eat out Of .
pail, be tipped Il over and nosed about
in the fruit, CORNING, III there be such q
word) il down, mixed with leaves and
dirt, like pig. The bear Is worse
feeder then the pig Whenever be dis.
turbs maple-sugar camp in The spring,
be always upsets The buckets OF syrup
aud Jamples ronnd in the sticky sweets,
wasting more than he eats. The bears
manners are thoroughly disagreeabIe.
AS soon as my enemy's bead was down
| started and ran. Somewhat out Of
breath and shaky, reached my faithful
rife. II was not moment too soon. |
heard the bear crashing through the brush
after me. Enraged at my dnplicity, he
was now coming on with blood in bis
eye. | felt that the time OF one OF US
was probably short. The rapidity of
thought at such moments Of peril Ia well
known. | thought an octave volume,
had II illustrated and published, sold 50..
900 copies and went TO Europe on the
proceeds, while that bear was Looping
across the clearing. AS was cooking
my gun, ! made basty and unsstisfac.
tory review ofmy whole life. / noted
that, even in such compulsory review,
II is almost impossible to think of any
good thing you have done. The sins
come out uncommonly strong. recol-
lect a newspaper subscription ] had de-
layed paying, years aud years ago, until
both editor and newspaper were dead,
and which now never could be paid to all
eternity.
The bear was coming on.
| tried 10 remember what | had read
about encounters with bears, couldn't
recall an instance in which a man had
run away from bear in the woods and
although recalled plenty where
the bear had run from the man and got
off, ] tried to think what is the best
way to kill bear with gun, when you
are not near enough TO club him with the
stock. Ny first thought was TO fire at
bis head, to plant the ball between his
eyes, but this 10 dangerous experiment.
The bears brain Is very small, asd nm
less you bit that the bear does not mind
9 bullet 10 bis head--that 10, not at the
time. I remembered that the instant
death ofthe bear would follow bullet
planted just back of bis fore-leg and sent
into tiis heart. This spot is also difficult
to reach, unless the bear stands or one
side toward you, like a target. | fuaIly
determined to fre at him generally.
The bear was coming on.
The contest seemed to me very differ.
eut from anything at Creedmoor. ! bad
carefully read the reports Of the shooting
there, bnt 1t was not easy to apply the
experience had thus acquired. 1 hesI-
tated whether i had better fire lying on
my stomach, or lying on my back and
resting the gun on my toes. But In nei.
ther position, reflected, could see the
bear until be was hpon me. The range
was too short, and The bear wouldn't
wait for me to examine the thermometer
and note the direction of the wind. Trial
Of the CreedDoor method, there fore, had
TO be abandoned aud bitterly regretted
that | had not read more accounts Of of
hand shooting. aIaa
For the bear was coming on.
Itried 10 6x my last thoughts upon my
family. AS my family il small, this was
not difficult. Dread OF tlispleasing my
wife or hurting ber feelings was upper.
most in my mind What would be her
anxiety IS hour after hour passed on and
did not retuful What would the rest
Of the household think IS the afternoon
passed and noibiaekberries camel What
would be her notification when the
news was brought that her husband had
beeH eaten UP BY a beaf9 | cannot
imagine anything more ignominIoHs than
10 have ) husband bsten BY beatI And
this WAS not ny only anxiety. The mind
Al such times a not under contFol. With
The grayest fears The most whimsical ideas
will occur. Ileoked beyond the mourn
Ing friends and thOneht shat kind Of IN
epitaph they wsuld be eompelied TO pus
upon the stone. Something like thIs:
HEAE LIZ THH HTakIEs
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