The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-25

and thick underbrush Of willows
After wandering around through the
brush for about half an hour, our
smart aleck strikes his own trail and
installing it for huge bear track, he
starts out in double quick, determined
to come up to bruin sufficiently close
to give him repeated charges from his
gun, following his own track from
early morning until late in the even
ing, when he accidentally meets an
old hunter, who seeing trail so fresh
and well beaten, takes it to ascertain
where it was and the cause Of its be-
ing made On meeting he informs
the hunter that he had been all day
running a bear around that track;
that it had foot as large as all out
doors. He prevails on the old hunter
to take q stand in a favorable spot
and watch for Bruin, while he would
take the trail, and would soon in that
way run the bear to the hunter The
hunter informed him that he must be
mistaken about there bning a bear
in the bottom, as all had holed up
The pilgrim declares he he'd him sew
efal times so close that he could hear
the brush crack as he ran through
the thick matted wild rose bushes and
willows, and that he had actually
smelt the "stinking varmint. The
hunter finally consented to take the
stand, and await the pilgrims driving
the game to him. The pilgrim hav-
ing had few moments rest, and now
being encouraged by having had
secured the services of the old hun ter.
he starts once more on the now well
beaten trail, and Ill the course of half
an hour makes the circle, coming up to
the stand and questioning the old
hunter if he did not see the bear pass,
and why he did not shoot. Can you
imagine this would be bear killers
feelings, and his bewidered look when
the old hunter informed him that he
was the tarnelest fool that had ever
found his way TO the mountains.
Pointing to the pilgrims moccasins he
informed him that they were the
bears track, but that they resembled
more the foot of "big niger"
In my last letter to the Post very
courteously asked my old friend HoA-
man to forget his political meanness
for short time, if possible, and dur
ing that interval, when his conscience
is easy, if ever, to put up at the head
of one of his most conspicuous columns
a real, genuine game cock, to flap his
wings and crow over the Democratic
victory in Montana. The Editor in
forms us in his issue of December 7th
that he cannot introduce Democratic
cocks into Radical coop. Now when
old Nor tanians see the objection it pro-
duccs broad open smile, from ear to
ear. He is at ohce reminded Of that
other Radical coop down in Mormon
dom. Let Gentle but make his APP
pearance IN any of their communities,
and instantly score or more of the
Mormon Danites are he veripg around
him, while all the other males are
keeping close watch, double guard
over the female Mormons, to prevent
any one Of them or more from clipping
with the Gentle. Thus I imagine it
is when a Democratic cock is Turned
loose in the suburbs of Il Radical coop
in only Monongalia. Don't blame
them tor wishing to improve the breed.
| have not the least doubt but that the
old hens and the pallets all think that
any change is preferable to the Radic>
al stock that have for these many
years been suffering with that terrible
disease, leprosy, which acts like that
fatal disease in cattle, known as black
leg, which only kills off the oest, hence
the radical coops are left sickly lot of
cocks, not able to flap their wings,
much less to crow. have great doubts
whether my dear old friend Nelson is
able to get ur the roost, much less crow.
Xour tr.,l,r L q d