Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-25
A BEAR WHICH sNORED.
And Which subsequently Foum d
Shcaths for Iis claws ia q Man /.
Flesh.
From the Boston Glope.

From the Boston Glope.
John H. Kelly, Of Brighton, gives the follow
Ing story Of recent adventure: II have q farm
of open and wood land In the township Of Dit
ton. County county, Canada, and go there &C.
casionally to look after my interests. During
the early part Of last week I was there and went
out alone on snow-shoes prospecting, with the
intention Of buying some lumber. Iheard some
thing rustling through the bushes and saw q
man with dog following large deer. Seeing
that the three were pretty well used up Ijoined
in the chase, until both man, dog and myself got
tired and gave up I'm disgust. My newly formed
acquaintance was French Canadian, o wood
chopper, and, like myself, had nothing but an
axe.
The snow was deep. so we hunted around for
resting place and soon discovered log some
twenty feet long and about four feet through.
At about the middle of the log We observed a
dry spot, and on going there saw there was q
large knothole. We sat down, but had been
there but few minutes when we heard a snor-
ing, which alarmed u.s. We then went to the
large end OF the log and saw bear tracks and
concluded that there was bear inside. Said |,
MY friend. just so to the knothole and raise
III with your axe and | will wait here till he
comes out, when | will slug him In the head
Ihis the Canadian did. and the bear came out.
made clip at him with the axe and missed
him. He got on his feet and sprang at me,
knocking me down (see the marks of his claws
on my legs and feet. My Canadian friend at
this moment came to my rescue and split the
brute's skull In two. We then lit some wood
couple of infantile cubs). kept them and gave
my friend the mother whose skin was OF more
value to him than the cubs"
These young ones Mr.. Kelly is raising, or try
Ing to raise as mother would child the
nursery bottle being used for their sustenance
Acts Of Courage.
small flag had been seen at the side OF q
rock standing near the flank OF one OF the
French trenches before Sebastopol No one
knew how the flag had come there. It was re-
marked that cannon balls and shells had
fallen into tlfe trench with fatal effect, as II
there had been an enfilading fire. A sudden
light broke upon the officer in command. The
flag was point to aim at from the rampant.
and the rock sent the shot 10y rcochet into the
trench. He called for volunteer to take away
the flag. There was no reply. In the French
army 1t is not enough to give word Of
command, which has to be explained before 1t
is obeyed. The officer went to private soldier
Of the name of Victor Picault and asked him to
go. The man answered that he would IL he
knew why. The case was made clear to him.
He sprang out OF the trench and ran to the flag
under shower of rifle bullets. He pulled ii
down. At the moment when 1t fell a whole
battery discharged grape-shot at him. He
threw himself on the ground Both the
French and the Russians thought he was killed
He suddenly jumped up, unhurt, and ran to the
trench with the flag In his hand. He received
nOn-commissioned rank and cross OF the Legion
OF Homer. An incident displaying the coolest
courage was next related. | am sorry not to
nave noted down the name OF the young
lieutenant alluded to. small detachment of
Infantry under his command had been sent out
OF one OF the French trenches to attack
Russian rife-pt with the bayonet as soon as
the fire, directed upon 1t from the trench,
should have ceased Shot and shell were
meanwhile discharged at the detachment from
the ramparts. Some of the men remarked
to their young officer that by staying there they
would soon all be hit. while they might reach
the cover of the trench i'm time to return at the
cessation of firing from it. The officer answered
that they had been ordered to stay, and that
being under fire was no reason for their running
away. AT that moment a shell fell at his feet,
and he thanked the Russians, touching his cap
to them, for sending him a light for his cigar.
winch ne pulled from his pocket. He bit of the
end of 1t, lighted 1t at the fuse OF the SHE'LL and
held out his cigar case to the soldiers, asking If
any of them would like to smoke. The shell
burst and, strange to say, neither the brave
youth nor any one Of the detachment was hurt
by 1T. The soldiers were thus shamed into
standing by SO self-possessed and gallant an off,
and strength. During an attack on one Of the
French batteries he had remained alone to
defend it. all his comrades having been either
Killed or wounded. He brandished one of
the levers Of his cannon. like quarter-staff
striking down five Russians with it. He re-
ceived two bayOnet thrusts in his shoulders, but
still had vigor enough to wrest a rife from one
OF those who had wounded him. He shot the
one with it, and knocked the other over with a
blow on the head from its stock. Some zouayes
came to his assistance and saved him by charg-
ing the Russian line of attack. They carried
him In triumph to the commander-in-chief who
was at breakfast On hearing the report given
OF the affair the great general made the gunner
sit down to share his meal. When he was with
drawing cross Of the Legion Of Honor was
pinned on his breast by the general himself
The gunner offered his humble thanks and
asked if he might now go to have his wounds
seen to. Intense was the establishment of the
0Hcers present. Among them was staff sur
geOn, who was ordered to examine the man at
once. The two wounds were pronounced by
him to be very serious. but not mortal and the
happy gunner was sent to the ambulance
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