The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-10-31

ed by small game and one rattlesnake. !
A pretty doe crossed the road in front of |
the ministerial Nimrod, but was allowed |
to 60 in peace first. because 1t lisa viola |
ton of the game law to kill female deer
and second, he feared he would miss in |
case he attempted to shoot. So discretion
was considered the better part of valor,
and an excuse made that his gun being |
light one, was unfit for shooting deer.
deer or two and maybe bear" Our stay |
was therefore prolonged few days. that |
this lord of the birch might kill deer
and at least get sight of bear. On July
the 23d, he started for the woods accom-
panied by Mr.. Brown, who could ma
nipulate Winchester rifle, as IL it had
been one of his playthings in childhood,
and could carry dead deer up noun
tain size SO steep that the rest of us could
barely climb on hands and feet. The
sick were left at the cabin to wash the
breakfast dishes, as the mercury was
creeping up into the nineties, and they
did not desire to chase or be chased by
bear on such day. After the cabin had
been set to rights, aud the dishes received
such securing that the owner did not
know them on his return, the cook adj
journed to spreading oak and gossiped
srl,k an s.plsf 4,
Colonel, had called to pay his respects
to the owner of the cabin. About IL
A. M..we vera joined by the Professor,
who came putting and blowing, and told
us of the game he did not Kill. He said
he went with Brown till he could see
down where the bear aud dee. stayed, but
it was too steep and hot to go down. 1t
is quite probable, however, that the Pro-
fessor feared it would get hotter il he saw
bear. In about two hours Mr.. Brown
came In pale and excited. He said he had
come near being killed by bear, but had
left his victim dead on the ground. This
raised furore in camp. After hasty
dinner, we hunted up knives, hatchets,
breech- leaders, muzzle- leaders, fowling
pieces, &C., and armed with these and the
dog, Colonel we went off to kill the
dead bear, and any living one from which
We could not escape. Two miles brought
us painting, to the scene of conflict, and
there, such enough, lay the bear, great
brown animal, nearly six feet long, and If
fat, would have weighed five or six hun.
dred pounds. Mr.. Brown said he saw
cub seventy five yards above him on the
mountain side and fired. 1t uttered
piercing cry and Immediately the huge
head of the old male was raised to see
the cruel source of his offsprng's wound. |
The next instant he was crushing through |
the bushes in the direction of Mr.. B., who
could not shoot on account of the thick
brush, aud as no tree was near that was
small enough to climb, he stood his
ground to await developments. He stood
in an open space just eight yards from
the brush where the bear would emerge.
He had only few seconds to wait, when
the huge body of this furious beast crash
ed through the brush. twenty-five feet
from him. But the Winchester was ready
and sent ball crushing through the
brain and with bound the animal lay
dead at the hunters feet.
Having skinned the bear and seen sew
eral deer, which we were unable to shoot,
we went back to the cabin, taking with
us some of the meat. This was soon
cooked and all hands ready to regale
them selves on .'bar meat The miners |
being accustomed to eating bear, seemed
to enjoy it, but alas for the Professor.
He tackled piece, "bdt IL would not |
down. The dispenser of theology man.
aged to get away with a small piece, but
admitted, that while 1t might be very
good he had no "haDkering after it,"
The next morning we all shouldered our
guns and started out for our last days
hunt, Mr.. Brown, as usual, acting asguidc.
After few miles tramp, the sun became
entirely too hot for man who had just
recovered from the chills, and as he had
''lost no BEAR" he told the rest of the
party he was going to the cabin. MIR.
Brown, however, was not willing to re-
turn. He told the Professor to take q
certain course, while he took another and
meet each other a mile ahead. The
theoogian, in the mean time, climbed up
the mountain side, some distance and sat |
down TO rest at a point from which he
could see the Professor. In few mo-
ments, two successive reports from |
Browns Winchester told that he had
sighted game. The Professor, however,
travelled for some time and did not seem
to get far away. It afterwards leaked
out, that he feared to go through GER
tain patch Of brush, which lay in his
course, but he disturb the siesta of an old
bear and her family. We remembered
the old adage, that an honest confession
is good for the soul and SO did not tease
the Professor as much as we might have
done. 1t was not long, however, till
Browns voice rang out from an adjoin-
ing point, calling for reinforcement. He
had shot at an old bear with cub and rs
they ran away deer started up, which
he also shot. They all ran into the brush
together, as be feared to attack or fol-
low them alone. The Professor being
nearest, went to his aid. The bears es-
capped, but the deer was found dead, which
was secured and taken to the cabin where
we RECALLED ourselves on venison.
This ended the hunt of the Professor
MINISTERIAL TRAMP.
Wadsworth, Nevada, Oct. 20, '83.
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