The Fremont County record., 1882-01-14
WHO LOST 4 BEAR 2
Caaon City Invaded By Huge
Monstef.

On last Tuesday forenoon this com.
mnaity was thrown into an intense
state Of excitement by the news that
. monster bear was seen marching
doWa the hog back towards the peni-
teatiary. Almost the entire popula-
tion turasd eat and every eye was
turn Cd in the direction indicated in
order to obtain = sight of him, while
all the ''early settlers" and old from
tiers MEN. hastily climbed down
from their locations on dry goods
boxes. saspended whittling, and
went forth 20 battle with their old
time anemy. xsery conceivable kind
Of "weeping'' was pressed into SER
vies. and that hog bsek fairly .sbris-
tled"-with every imaginable kind Of
arms in the hands Of valiant old
timers. 81
The bear was first seen by DIR.
Blake while on his way with Mr..
Skeele, to their psint mine around
soda point. When DIR. Blake first saw
the monster slowly walking down the
bill towards them, he was transfixed
in bis tracks. His knees shook to-
gether and his tongue cleaved to the
roof of his mouth and refused to
wag, while his eye balls protrud ed
from their sockets. Mr.. Skeele who
had not seen tho apparition felt
alarmed for his companion. Finally
the doctor recovered sufficiently to
point in the direction of the bear,
which had in the mean time crawled
under ledge of rock and laid down,
being then hidden from view. BY
this time the doctor had recovered
his speech and hastily telling his
companion what he saw and that its
"body was seven feet long" he made
fast time into town where he spread
the alarm. Mr.. Skeele. who is . cool
customer whom nothing can excite,
slowly returned with sort of sar-
donic, skeptical smile on his face.
This may be owing to the fact that
he had not seen the bear.
The hunt was lively racket while
it lasted aud Afforded considerable
amusement to the boys after it was
over. About thirty old timers and .
large number of s.tender feet" who
kept At . respectful distance in the
rear, Joined in the chase. Roane q
store being ON the lime of tho stam-
pede. was literally gutted of its con-
tents. Every old fusee and flint lock
in his place IS well as Sharp's and
Winchester's latest improved rifle
were eagerly seized by the excited
crowd. When the stock of fire arms
run out they took forks. hoes and
spades. A few cute old timers, in
order to get ahead of their rivals in
the chase and get in their work first.
impressed Mckissick's express wag-
ON into their service and galloped
the horses to the foot oft hog back.
The hill was ranged over in every
direction, very cautiously at first,
but more boldly es NO trace or sign
of the bear could be found. One ex-
cited nimrod came suddenly on .
goat and was almost paralized with
fear. In his excitement his gun went
of which alarmed the whole party,
and created a great commotion un-
til the critters horns proved that it
was not the bear. Another party dis
covered . burro, but from early and
long association with the animal he
''tumbled'' and did not shoot. These
were the only living critters found
ON the hog back, and IS the disap-
pointed hunters returned. feeling
that they were tho Victims Of huge
sell, slowly crcpt over them. For q
time Il would mot have been safe for
DR.. Blake 70 be around. Some said
the bear he claimed to have seen was
the donkey, others said It was the
goat he saw. and others again said
the bear was iigment Of the imagi-
nation, the baseless fabric of vision,
while . few gravely shook their
heads and remarked that 1t was too
bad, but they feared the Doctor 'had
'em,n whatever that means.
The following arc some Of the par
tics who Joined in the bear hunt, and
the arms and i,nplements with which
they rushed to tho attack: Coroner
J. L. Hsds, with shot gun; T. r,
Roane, Dire shovel; Postmaster Coop
or, winchester riflc; w. 7. Reid,
Sharp's -lle; Gam Davis. tho bad
man from he Gunnison. big knife ;
B. Murray, poker; D. g. Peabody
led the attack with = shovel; Mr..
While. . broad-axe; DIR. Craven
wanted the corpse for dissection and
forgot his 9un; ID. r. Cassady had
his borilg tools; Nr. Harding, = fan.
". II. Mnrray made ramps - ths
ularn vas siyea and broke his rev
gun - shs s1oitssnsas n tho ohase.
Bsa aAaGsr va aFohnl hnt said he
Nd mot lost any bsar; Jes coselow y
had pop holsls - =. jooss, . bill
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