Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-05-17
A TERROR IN TALL TIMBER.
The Comic Experience OF q Hunter
With Two Little Baby Bears.
From the Oregon City Enterprise.

From the Oregon City Enterprise.
A. J. Wyland of Clackamas county,
writes as follows: "a short time since,
while hunting in the woods, | came a
cross she bear standing erect on alog.
She locke d savage and bad her ears laid
back on her neck. | put bullet in
ner skull an inch above one eye and she
rolled off like a bundle of chips. AS the
gun cracked mp young ccdcr climbed
q couple Of young cubs. | loadcI the
gun and found the mother stone dead.
| looked at those two young Whelps and
concluded that | wanted 'Cm for pets
So putting down my gun | started for
them and, as tie climbing was easy,
was soon able to reach them. l grab
bed one by the back Of the neck, when
he let 90 all holds and went tu work Il
scratching with vengeance. The
blood flew, and You bet | gave him a
welt that knocked him as timber as a
mOp-lag. | then stuffed him inside the
bosom of my shirt, as it was senselcss,
too, and the other ON my should@ and
commenced o.decend.
Just at this point the ole inside my
shirt crawled around onto my back and
dug his hind claws into my back just
above the belt and pnt his arms around
my body, when both commenced to
fight me. You bet | got to the ground
in hurry, threw the one on my
shoulder to the ground, put my foot on
his neck, choked him Sanseless until |
could tie him the other one all the time
trying to tear all the meat off my back
| grabbed him 10y the fore foot and pull
ed him, but he held on with his hind
feet. / then pulled him by the hind
legs, but he held on by his front claws,
and [ couldn't pull him off either way.
| then opened my collar wide and laid
down alongside the one that was tied.
Presently he came out and made for a
large tree near, but | caught and Sc
curely tied him, too. His long, nice,
silky hair felt nice to my pelt, but hls
claws were about the size OF a raccoon's
but could outstretch seven wildcats.
1t was about two miles from home, and
after while l got tired Of carrying
them, SO L put them down and united
them and they followed me like two lit
tie dogs.
Work on the Washington Monu-
ment.
WAsHIN GTON May 6.-W0rk will be
resumed tomorrow on the Washington
Monument and before the season closes
it is eXpec ted that one hundred feet
will be added to the Shaft, which now
towers about three hundred and twenty
feet in the air. Stone cutters have for
several weeks been engaged in dressing
the marble pTi or to It's being placed in
position and everything is in readiness
for active preparations. After a few
more layers are secured there Will be no
futher use of granite backing, and the
idea will be carried out that the top
shall be as lig ht as possible. The Bal
timore firm which has hitherto furnish
ed the marble for the monument has
been underbid by a Massachusetts cCm-
pany and the latter will. furnish their
first installment of marble to- morrow.
Careful invest igation shows that the
foundation of the monument
has borne out the prediction of the en-
gineer in charge that it would not set
tie preceptibly and nc fears are enter
5ained for the ulti mate success of this
projected highest w ork Of art in the civ
liZed world.