Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-21
LOADED FOIf BEAR.

But When the Bear Was Found, q Lively
Stampede Tor Home Ensued
A hunting party was made up in st. Paul
recently, composed of Albert Scheffer, Joseph
Dreis, Julius Zahonyi, Joseph Giesen and
few others whose names have not reached the
reporter. At Alexandria, Secretary of State
Won Baumbach and a few friends joined the
party and they moved on to Bluffton, a station
on the Northern Pacific. where the party
made their headquarters. Under the auspices
of G. D. Baker, an enterprising mer,
chant of that place, the hunt was inau gurated
and successfully prosecuted. Several profess
ional hunters joined the party. acting as
guides, and everything was in shape to en-
sure success.
All went well for several days, and success
full hunt was made for deer, but q wicked
plot was conceived to play practical joke up
on two of the illustrious hunters Of the party.
Evenings were accordingly largely devoted
to telling bear stories, each one of the initl-
ated being able to contribute some perilous
personal adventure with bear. The desperate
character of the animal was portrayed and the
unsafeness Of attacking bear when accom-
panied by it's young was especially dwelt upon
and magnifed. A few days before, one Of the
professional hunters, who had Joined the par
ty, had killed big bear weighing 400 pounds.
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 rope to the
tree, giving the appearance to the victims, Of
huge bear with its young cub, which ac-
cording to the stories told, would render any
attack on the big bear exceedingly dan gerous.
With the plot thus formed the party sailed
Icvv fo, ko h,r~,t ox,I
Zahonyi being in profound igonorance of the
existence of the frozen bear. By little manipu-
lation Of the route taken they were
marched up and down through the
woods until-horror of horror
they discovered the bear accompanied by
cub. This was dangerous dilemma, accord
ing to the 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, firing his gun at the frozen car
cass, hastily retreated. Mr.. Giesen showed
good pluck, and knelt and fired at the sup
posed animal, albeit that he was suffi GENTLY
nervous to prevent his ball from going within
hundred feet of the monster. Having dis
charged his gun he Joined in
the -, running uni S. retreat treat h. hIn.augurats1d
be termed 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 which 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 ex-
citement he opened his mouth so wide that as
he ran he almost created an internal simeon
by gulping in the balmy breeze. Meeting one
of the initiated after running half mile, he
shouted "Save yourself, a bear, BEAR" and
unable to stop for any further expana-
tion, bounded along. The party thus
warned, to carry out the sell, turned and ran
with him short distance, but Zahony was
too thoroughly alarmed to await company and
In few minutes he was long distance in the
lead. Bluffton was six miles away, most Of
the distance being rough travelling, but the
frightened professor never called halt until
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 its
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 di-
vuIged to the exhausted victim. He
waxed quite indignant for time and ex-
acted pledge OF secresy from
each one, which pledge has been SOL
emnly kept only fourteen confidential friends
is not likely that this would ever have reached
the public if Prof Zahonyi had not writtsn 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 publica-
fion.