The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-29

the hunt Was inaugurated and sue
cessfully prosecuted. Several pro-
fessional hunters joined tho party,
acting IS guides, and everything was
in shape to ensure success.
All went well for several days, and
a successful hunt WAS made for deer,
but a wicked plot was conceived to
play practical joke upon two Of the
illustrious hunters of the party.
Evenings were accordingly largely
devoted to telling bear stories, each
one of the initiated being able to con-
tribute some perilous personal ad-
venture with bear. Tho desperate
character Of the animal was por-
trayed and the unssfeaess of attack
ing bear when accompanied by its
young was especially dwelt upon and
magnified. A few days before, ono
of the professional hunters, who had
joined the party, had killed big
bear weighing 400 pounds. The fro-
zen carcass of the bear had never
been skinned, and the wicked wags
arranged with the hunter to carry it
to \ thicket and plant it in the atti-
tude of climbing tree. A tame pet
cub was taken to the woods and tied
with a rope to the tree, giving the
appearance to the victims, of a huge
bear and it's young cub, which accord
ing to the stories told, would render
any attack on the big bear exceed
ingly dangerous. With the plot thus
formed the party sailed out one day
for the hunt, Messrs. Glesen aud
Zahonyi being in profound ignorance
of the existence of the frozen bear.
y; little manipulation. of the route
taken they were marched up and down
through the woods until-horror of
horror-they discovered the bear ac-
companied by a cub. This was a
dangerous dilemma, according to tho
stories which had been told, and they
were face to face with the great
peril. The man who originally shot
the bear gave note of alarm, and FIR
ing his gun at the frozen carcass,
hastily retreated. Mr.. Glesen showed
good pluck, and knelt and fred At the
supposed animal, albeit that he was
sufficiently nervous to prevent his
ball from going within hundred
feet of the monster. Having dis
charged his gun he joined in the run
ming retreat, inaugurated by the old
hunter, who might properly be termed
a decoy. Upon Prof. Zahonyi the
sell was complete. He stood not on
the order of his going, but went at
once. Upon the first glimpse of the
bear he gave yell that would have
done credit to Comanche Indian
and throwing his gun away, he
stripped off his overcoat and began
his supposed race for life. His jumps
were tremendous. His eyeballs fairly
hung out upon his cheeks and in his
excitement he opened his mouth so
wide that as he ran he almost created
an internal simeon by gulping in tho
balmy breeze. Meeting one of the
initiated after running half a mile,
he shouted: ''Save yourself, a bear,
BEAR" and unable to stop for any
further explanation, bounded along.
The party thus warned, to carry out
tho sell, turned and ran with him q
short distance, but Zahonyi was too
thoroughly alarmed to await company,
and in few minutes was long dis
tance in tho lead. Bluffton was six
miles away, most of the distance be.
ing rough travelling, but the fright
ened professor never called a halt un-
til he had planted himself inside OF
Bakers store, and as soon as he
could get breath he urged the clerk
to put up the outside shutters and
bolt the door on the inside, as he was
sure that bear would eat some one up
to protect it's cub.
A few hours later when the days
hunt was over. the rest of the party
came into camp and the joke being
too good to keep it was divulged to
the exhausted victim. He waxed
quite indignant for a time and ex-
acte d a pledge of secresy from each
one, which pledge has been solemnly
kept only fourteen confidential friends
having been told the affair with
bated breath. 1t is not likely that
this would ever have reached the
public if Prof. Zahonyi had not writ
ten it up for his diary, which he
keeps as religiously as he says his
prayers, and the narrative is given
from the advance sheets of that
publication.-St.P Paul Globe.
We understand that Sec. Van
, Baumbach and Mr.. Scheffer, are try
ing to mako it appear that Prof
Zahonyi was the only scared iadividu
al in the crowd, which is hardly the
case, although it is fact that the
professor was very badly frightened
and cried out to them that 1.-The bear
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