The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-09-21
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1t will be remembered that a sad and
tatal accident occurred at Madison a
few years ago, by a team being fright
ened at performing Frenchman and a
grizzly bear, and that it cost the CITY a
good deal OF money to settle the costs.
Otner towns resolved that they would
not have any more bear performances
IN the streets. There was no town that
was loaded for bears, after that accident.
any heavier than La Crosse The
Mayor, Joe Clark, was red hot, and he
told the Chief of Police. Hatch. never
TO allow man with performing bear
to come into the town. Hatch didn't
wan anything better than bear fight,
and he said he should smile to see a
canadian Frenchman get up bear
dance IN that town, as longas he walked
the streets. When the new Mayor.
Smiley, took the Office, he had only one
order to give the police, and that was to
Keep an eve out for bears. There was
consternation in La Crosse on Tuesday.
when boy came up to the police Office
and said there was a man down town
with performing bear, and Hatch spit
on his hands and told Pernue Clark to |
follow him. The bear was hjtcbed tn |
the bind axle of a wagon, and the owner
was IN saloon taking a drink. Hatch |
said he wonld go in the saloon and can |
ture the man. and told Pernue to bring |
the bear right up to the stat on. Pernue |
didn't exactly like the way the thing
was divided up, and he suggested that
maybe he had better go in after the man. |
and let Hatch take the bear, as he was
an old bear hunter, but Hatch said the
man was a desperate, and he'd better
surround him. So Hatch went in and
got the unresisting Frenchman, and
started of, telling Pernue to hurry mn
With the bear. Pernue is a man that. If
ne wanted bear, had rather hire man
TO go after it, but the eye of the chief
was on him, and he walked up to the
pear and took hold of the chain and
said, "Come along, Mr.. Bear" The
pear reached up one claw and took hold
OF Pernue's clothes about the small of
the back and closed his claws and
twisted little and there was about a
pound OF coat tail and pantaloons cloth
and shirt that all came off together in a
wad, and with a pale face Pernue
started up towards the lookup to helm
Hatch hold the man. He overlook
them as they arrived at the calaboose.
and Hatch asked him why he didn't
bring the bear, and he said he came mn
to ind out of the Frenchman what the
bears name was. He said he never
could take a bear if he didn't know its
name. He put on a rubber coat 10
cover the place where the bear stepped
on him and by this time Sam Campbell
and Dave Littlejohn, the other police
men, had arrived, and they ali went
down after the bear. The boys made a
good deal of fun of Pernue's clothes. and
Sam said the way to handle bear was
to look him right in the eye and par
alyze him. Pernue said he would let
Sam paralyze the bear, but before he
got him paralyzed on more than one
side the bear would rip all the clothes
on him. Arriving at the wagon, Hatch
Iaid he would stand on the wagon
iongue, and hold it down, and they
'ould surround the bear The bear was
aging IN the sand asleep, and they got
VI around him, and were Just going to
,,ounce on him, when he rose up and
be air seemed full of bears. The air
eemed fairly fixed. With one paw he
rabbed Campbell by the slack of the
and with the other he clawed s
ittleiohn on the shoulder, and he t
pped their clothes scandalous, while L
emue got behind a dry-goods box and
latch held on to the wagon tongue. s
he bear stood up on his hind feet with O
eth forepaws fun Of blue flannel cloth I