Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-11-03

desperate efforts to swallow the
maid or the matron who / aim to
instruct. Don't get scared over
this, girls, because / am not in the
habit Of eating women, and even
if / was, Tde begin at home, The
Magic" did not create more
amazemen.. Or 1a.::,awA larger crowd
than did the 'sBear crowd" which
made its appearance on the streets
of Bunker Hill ct the conclusion
Of your fair. I was very unwill-
ingly lured from the eating room
of the spoor-house' by great
harrangue on the public square,
OF course curiosity prompted me
to surrender my cold corn-dodger
and tin of fve-days-old butter
milk, to attend to the cause of
alarm. Ny first impression was
right, which warned me to ap
proach with caution, but after ex-
ercising all the necessary precau
ton for one of my position and
pluck, 1 was delighted, It was
nothing but a speech making
But for the life of me I could not
tell by looking through that dense
mass Of people whether it was a
bear or a man, the language of the
one being about as Ineligible as
the other to me. / however APP
preached a little nearer to the
savage animals and situated my
self in the branches of a neighbor-
ing tree for self-protection, but
for the more especial purpose OF
interviewing the keeper, but 10 !
to my horror and surprise some
fool, with more curiosity than
sense, proposed an aerial fight of
the pesky bear-straightway to
that tree he came and the aspect
began to assume another phase,
instead of interviewing the keeper,
it seems the bear was about to in
terview me. Fortunately for me,
the rope which the bear had at
tached to the man was too short
to allow him to ascend up to the
top, and / think that the big drops
of sweat which oozed from every
pore of my body caused the bear
to think that there must be hea-
Wy shower up in the top of that
tree and he as-cended downward
again. I asked the man why he
sent the bear up the tree whilst I
was there? he replied 10000 no
so no Xxx owe scrimmag ipe,"
which was very comforting to
me. / asked him if they would
bite or butt. He said "uibutilet-
himputhispawiny which
relieved all my fears and I asked
him how old he was. Said he,
"damifno." Will you sell him!
"Nodamifdo." If / had not been
the reporter for the INDEPENDENT,
and was it not for the interest /
feel in it's thousand of readers, who
get it every Saturday night, !
should not have run any risks IN
obtaining this interview
"More Anon" of Darkesville,
seems to have had a terrible time
at the fair grounds. Well, 1 am
not at all surprised and really
have not the sympathy for him
that / would have under some
other circumstances. He is a
precocious youth and should new
er venture into places like that
without kind protector. The
towering form of Capt J. G. L.
whose strong arm is ever ready to
defend the weak, and point out
the right road to the hayward
youth; Tip FL. who stands by the
wayside to portray the follies of
erring nature, or Col. Jim, whose
chariot stands in splendor,
equipped to relieve the weary and
afflicted, would all be ready to
assist him and administer to his
needs, and would also see that
his rights andiprivleges were full
ly restored besides, dear friend,
l should have missed one of the
happiest periods of my life, had I
been called upon and not have
contributed my aid in that terrible
Dilemma. Should such o thing
ever again occur, scream out at
the top of your juvinile voice II
am agent for the Singer which
embodies protection from all
nations, respect from all men and