New-York tribune., 1880-02-08
QUAINT ST0RILS or BEARS.
tro,a Land ant Ba,er.

Prom Land and Water.
DuriuC one of the hittrrCOd days W. nave lafrly
had, there arrived very interesting aIdh@n 10 tlle
Gardens namely little bear, sent by 3r. Cross OF
Liverpool. on sale Or Tcturr" Knowing my great
liking for bears, Mr.. Bartlett kindly brought this
Young gentleman down to pay ne 2 vish lie, was
n funny little fellow about the sze of a large
rOurh puppy and very kuowiu- customer. When
/ t0oK him ont of bis box and put him before the
fire lie sat down on his launches, turned ms head
and inspected the Monkeys n thcir cage
The monkeys did not know what 70
make of him lhe{ . ga pC'' ,yseT Sio%
a snake Is brought IN, but they paid Mr. Bear very
,reat respect. not even making face ~ hlm. " hen
NJ out Of thc'r cage they took good care not 70
come on tie ground bat invariably got on the
chairs cage ur mantcplccc. alwny5 krep'ng one csc
ON the utrGder. he bear wa very lnqul,liiVc ana
walked about the room on his short handy legs and
pryed INTO everything. Nbai amused him IA"st was
to scratch UP the nnttug forming Tie hcatihfu1
and 10 hunt for something. Ihis H. MS natural hAn
10 turp over stones. etc. to catch beet ties worms
ate His GREAT delight was 10 get cO'dl lngef
irto ms mouth: be would then immcdiaiely hegn
s,rlito ,no.t vchcucutly, making n peculiar NOISE
ali the time. ~ II much Riatihed.
II was necessary, however. to keen ones hnger III
fle middlr 81 his mouth. rs Otherwise there was a
chance OF b.. ripped sInariy Toy his canine ie"th,
,,L,rh were nu tc large etough 10 burt. tie was
vcry INTO cIaHt of co!d. and would II he could get
.nulftImcs even getting hIs tnr s'nR0d.
tined to teach him trchs ard began by WaklnH
him stand upright ~ thc corner Of the sofa. me
httle rascal. however. would not learn anything
D
fIsh at I've and uy boxing hl, ears.
10 the servants q brdr was "a BEAR ana ~ Nas
very amusing io hear ,he siihuy 'hty Aioh'a 9p
! when IN thc course oi his prttcrnaloh7 ABOUT me
lou.. Nh Boar met flcm ou ttc STAINS ur wen mo
| tLe Kitchen 10 warm himself. lie had N,1y pcCo-
/ liar ewes, very Wg-iikc and GINNING ana ne was
fond OF coInng up 10 visitor. staring hlm sIead-
lastly m he face, as much hs 20 saw lirtsc give
/ me somct ng ] thuk son hau heiicr' lie E"dld
d eat almost anything Dut lois ilfn1te uci WI.
| Lr.,d milk and SUGAR. / ava snIl" - ,av ! was
oogel 90 send Linn back to the Gaidgts ca ~, uid
hke to ave made companion oi man, ana 'in
! reltail as hc wrs tame, lie would soon nave bc-
Ipropos of bears, do not think that have ever
| nut ON record the story about iie bear VINO uah-
aged to got loose al the Gardens Al daN hieak one
| fine Summers morning the watc!iraL Icp"- tcd 10
Mr. Bartlett that there was something awe uuuci,
| meath the cEair~, when, aS usual lad D'Th pitt
| I'D after the visitors had lei " men MT. baitiett
! came TO look at fhc cLaiT- " was quite apparent
! that there was somebody or something ailNe ih the
| middle OF the pyramid. Watching carefully among
the legs of the chairs at last two black eyes were
! seen these wero apparently bears eyes, so theY
counted tire bears the bear mt. and one o tbem
was found 10 BE- missing Iie dluichl,N now was 10
get the bear back utO the pit. The chairs were re-
! moved one by one till the bear renamed uncon-
| ceaied. NV gentleman then got up on lls hind
| legs and showed symptoms of beconIlng nasty.
| The bear was then surrounded 10y the keepers IN Il
hslf-circe. Tho best thing IN the world to night a
wild animal is the stump end OF broom lhe Dear;
| knowing his way back home, went up the steps ana
ran along the parape, over the cages m which the
lions at that time lived When be got home to ms
bear-pit he evidently did not Ike the Jump uOwh'
so he reared himself up his hind-legs, ana SWING
| ing himself backward aud forward began TO swear
ip a bcnr-like manner. While the stupid oid Desl
was making fool of himself IN this way, Mr. Bart
lett took "A run at him and knocked him clean over
into tbe beaf-pit with the stump end OF tho Dfoon
He laid there a long time with all the wind KNOCKED
out Of him. At last be got up, shook hlnSrIli anu
! sneaked off into his den, where he lay muholne
for several days, but ultimately came ON none tic
| worse for his expedition among the chairs or MS
| tumble backward into the bcar-pit
Though bears very good climbers, yet At y
| mercy that they cannot jnmp. or otherwise Uhey
would have long ago jumped ont OF inc peaI-Pl. 1
from the top OF their pole. Some years Dacka Suns
man, on a sixpenny day, had an adventure WIN w a
bear. suppose tile beat OF the weather oi o,hc.
disturbing causes) made HIM drop his best houay n'.
right into the bear-pit The stupid icilow Az onDe
got down into the bearpt, aghthB OH the .oP ~ ~
big bear who coiled up sleeping III lhe st , le
bear got up, and taking the man py tne . @ .
! began waltZng round with hun. Luchhl eio @ al,'a,
kept his feet, and nothing happened, Ms tne heepSl
drove off the bear and let the man ot ~ t.,e sui
| door. He forgot, however, 10 lahe Ils s"e ~ VIZ
him, hut left II in the cage; the bears oI coulso
tore 1t up. The cool impertmence Oi tnis man a. a.
greatly to be wondered nj, as next u'S nc "0uu""S
sent in a bill TO tho Society for new hai; -,
There is a very curious bear az the Aoologlch
| Gardens now. He sits up when Jie sees Wy pouD
coming and begs for what he can get a. no no :. y
shown anything and does not get IT. ne pretenus =
| commit suicide turning round and bitlhg hlmseI
all over most iuri0usy. This II an alhusihs oea0'
He cannot bear being laughed ~. p.-.,,,...,