The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-08-05
Our Young People
MADE UP FROM the BEST cLIrrINas
FIGHTING a Bear.


son Walter are living together on
the old gentleman's farm about
four and half miles from the
Wentworth station on the New An
nan road. A fortnight ago, while
the father aud son were standing In
the field, Mr.. Embree noticed the
sheep running, and on looking to
ward the foot of the mountain saw
an enormous bear, crouching and
slowly creeping toward his horses,
which were feeding on the hill side.
He Immediately sent his son fer a
gun and an ak. By the time he
had returned the bear was within
twenty feet of one of the horses,
and evidently about TO spring upon
the unsuspecting animal MIR. En-
bIee was now about sixty yards
from the bear, which, on perceivlng
he was observed, sa up; and, as
soon as Mr. Embree fired, sprang
forward, rolled over, and then ran
away. The dog followed him, the
father and son keeping on the trail
by the bloody track left, and the
sound of the dog up the steep and
difficult mountain-side, it being al
most impossible TO get through the
windfalls and underground i'll some
places. They had however only
gone about a mile or more when
they heard the dog returning with
the bear on his own track. On
standing still Tor a few moments
the bear came within forty feet, APP
parentiy raging mad; for a mo-
ment the dog checked him, anu Mr..
ENFORCE fired at what he supposed
to be the back of his shoulder, but
it proved to be the brute's enor-
nous head, and he only struck him
on the lower jaw, breaking off
part of the jaw and one lower tusk
and a part of the tusk. on the other
side, and that no doubt saved their
lives. Mr.. Embree instantly load
Ell again, but when the. monster
sprang upon him the cap failed TO
explode. He then used the gun
over the brute's head, the second
blow leaving only the barrel in his
hand, and that appeared to produce
no more effect than riding-whip
in the hands of child. At this
point in the conflict the bear
pressed hard upon his foe, when a
log from behind Mr.. Enbree trip
ped him, and he fell backward with
the monster upon him. The bear
was about taking Mr.. Embree's
head or face in his mouth, when
Mr.. Embree thrust his right hand
into the BEARS mouth and caught
the root of his tongue, but unfortu
nately, his arm coming out across
his mouth, the monster shut it up
on the arm and broke both bones,
in Mr.. Embree's own words, "as
easily as you would break a pipe
stem. The son now came to the
rescue by dealing the brute ire
mendous blow on the back of his
head with the edge OF the axe, but
so thick was the monsters skin
and fur that it only made a small
cut. Leaving the father with his
mangled and helpless arm the
beast turned upon the son. He
fret struck the ak, knocking it
thirty feet out of the strong young
mans hand, and then Selling him
by one knee shook him, says the
father, as bull terrier would IA rat
5hrowing him with one shake near
ly ten feet. Without even knife
the father sprang upon the back of
the bear thus diverting the brute
from his son. Twice this dreadful
game was played turn about by the
father and son, each in turn attack
ing the brute to save the others
life. While they were under the
bear he held them down with his
front feet and tried to tear th5m
with his hind heel, but it was too
long and only tore the ground un
der them. The final struggle was
fearful. The bear had the young |
man under him, and in an attempt |
to crush his head between his enor-
nous jaws, for the want of his low
er tusks was only able to tear the
flesh from his forehead down over
his eyes, and holding the skin of
his forehead and eyebrow in his
front teeth shook the young man
At this moment the old
man caught sight of the ak, and
taking it in. his left hand began at
the BEARS head, the AK often com
ing close to his sons face in the
deadly struggle, and after giving
the brute ten blows with the axe
from his one hand the bear relaxed
his hold of the sons face, and fell
from cut between his eye and ear
dead upon the bleeding BODY on the
young man, who, during the last
struggle, held a firm grip Of the
bears tongue. And now the IA
Their, with one finger bitten off and
his right arm broken, had to help
his mangled son home, he having
both knees fearfully mangled, and
head and face bitten and torn The
writer visited the sufferers on Sun
lay evening, and found them I'M
Ter the judicious treatment of DIR.
McDougald, doing very well indeed,
though they will not he able to
work this spring on their farm.
The father is an old bear hunter
but he never saw so large a bear ,
before. From his hind feet to the
top of his head was eight feet, so
hat when he stood up he was quite
out of their reach. His skin
City pounds, and his foo,
vas FIVE inches across the heel and
eight inches long. Never did ia
her and son show more pluck in
each other from dread
ul death. The first shot the bali
lad passed through the bears liver,
ungs, and within two inches of his
leart, carrying away part of the
shoulder blade on its way. The
indians say the bear must have
,een about twelve years old. To
onto Globe.