The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-27
THE BEAR STORY OF THE DAY.
Terrible Encounter In Nova Scotia Re.
tWcen Rrutn and = Father and Son.

Terrible Encounter IN Nova scotia Rt.
tween Hruin ana = Father and Son.
Mr.. Embree, a farmer living near
Wentworth Station, Nova Scotia, noticed
bis sheep running, and on looking toward
the foot of the mountain saw an enorm-
Gus bear, crouching and slowly creeping
toward his horses, which were feedingon
the hillside. He Immediately sent his
son for the gun and an AK. BY the time
he returned the bear was within twenty
feet of one of the horses, and evidently
about to spring upon the unsuspecting
ANIMAL Mr.. Embree was now about
SIXTY yards from the bear, which, on per-
celyIng he was observed, sat up; and, as
soon as Mr.. Embree fired, sprang for
ward, rolled over, and then ran away.
The dog followed him, and the father
and son kept on the trail by the bloody
track left, and the sound of the dog ND
the steep and difficult mountain side. it
being almost impossible to get through
windfalls and underground in some
places. They had, however. only gone
about mile or more when they heard
the dog returning with the bear on his
own track On standing still for few
moments the bear came within forty feet,
apparently raging mad; for moment
the dog checked him, and Mr.. Embree
fred at what he supposed to be the back
of his shoulder, but it proved to be the
brute's enormous head, and he. only
struck him ON the lower jaw, breaking
off part of the jaw and one lower tusk
on the other side, and that no doubt
saved their lives. Mr.. Embree loaded
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 topro-
In the hands of child. At this point in
the conflict the bear pushed hard upon
his foe, when logfrom behind Mr.. En-
bree tripped 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 brute's
mouth and caught thereof of his tongue,
but, unfortunately, his arm coming out
across his mouth, the monster shut it
upon the arm and crushed both bones, in
Mr.. .Embree's own words, g as easily as
you would break q pipe-stem. The son
now come to the rescue by dealing the
brute tremendous blow on the back of
his head with the edge of the AK, 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
first struck the AK, knocking it thirty
feet out of the strong young mans hand,
and Their, seizing him by one knee, shook
7 him, says the father, Us q bullsterrier
would rat, throwing him with oneshake
nearly ten feet Without evenra knife,
the father sprang upon the back of the
bear, and thus diverted the brute from
his son. Twice this dreadful game was
played, turn about, by the father and
son, each In his turn attacking 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 them with
hind heel, but it was too long, and only
tore the ground under them The final
struggle was fearful. The bear and the
young man under him, and in an attempt
to crush his head between, his enormous
jaws, for the want of the lower tusk, he
was only able to tear the flesh from his
forehead down over bis eyes, and holding
the skin of his forehead and eyebrow in
his front teeth, shook the young man
violently. At this moment the old man
caught sight of the ak, and, taking it in
his left hand, began tostrike at the bears
head, the ak often close to his sons face
in the deadly struggle, and after giving
the brute ten blows with the AK 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 of the young man, who, during the
last struggle, held firm grip of the
bears tongue. And now. the father, with
one finger bitten off, and his right arm
broken, had to help his mangled son
son home, he having both knees fearfully
mangled, and head and face bitter. and
torn. rt..''
4 Good Character from His Last Place.
In Galveston, as elsewhere in Texas,
when prisoner has no money to employ
counsel, the Judge appoints young law
yer to defend the doomed man, verymuch
as the pauper patients in a hospital are
turned over tothe young doctor to learn
the profession on. Not long since quite
young lawyer was appointed to defend
a man for burglary. The young lawyer,
after consulting with his unfortunate
client, said: sEeE
May it please your Honor, want
this case continued until / can procure
the attendance of material witesses.
"What do you expect to prove !? "
asked the court 4. 81 II
4 81 expect to proyesthat my unfortu-
nate client is a quiet, sober and indus
trious man"
"By whom do you expect to prove
that %
q By the, oficers of the pepitentiary,
where he has spent the last five years. j."