Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-14

the science of medicine. His success l.
well deserved and he has many warn
friends {" offer him congratulations.
PIKE COUNTY FOLKS.
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IKE county Is tale "t an imaginary
. American settltms ut, and the settlers tel
queer stories one Ia anotnor. The sheriff i,
a capital hand AT what irreyerent person,
not having the fear Of the law ia their souls
might mildly designate drawing the long
bow. All the stories are very entertaining
but the quaint and queer dialect used in
many is. perhaps 10 some extent a draw
back. The little volume however, i hriml-
ful of strange stories. we'll calculated Ia
amuSe and tickle the fanceS Of the gencr-
ality of readers. Here is one of the sheriff :
anecdotes. concerning A tough bear:
( My uncle and | We're numbering owe. a
/ tract of land that belonged Ia some fellow
over in Monroe county. We'd seen signs of
bear and an old bark peeler told us there
was a big one that kept in a swamp down
the creek a ways. Every hunter that had
been in the woods for six months. he said.
had put a ball in the bear, and the old cusS
had carried of half dozen traps and got
rid of them in some way. One SATURDAY,
Uncle Joe and made up our minds to take
a day off and try and capture this tough old
animal. We came on to the bear in less
than All hour after We started out. He
came tearing out of the swamp As il some
one was urging him with a threctine
pitchfork. and made for the top of
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tnc!r J"c let him h"~" Ia" lilo barrel ana
then his buck>h"t But the bear kept right
on. got both my barrels III on INN, but
the old fellow never pald any attention Ia
us till he got I" the top %! the ridge The
ridge wasn't more than twenty feet high.
and II run up t" quite narrow top. When
the bear got up there he stopped, fdrned
with his face toward US, raised up on his
launches ana opened his mouth blamed
near loot vide lie was III pam. open
sight. ohiy hundred leet away ana We
Just Thought We llih nm louL Dld You
shoot him. asked me p"nriila>ter. a. the
shtrlH pau>td I" get MS sii'ir' OF III" re-
fre>hhellts the county cIerk ihi ordered.
Sh"oi MN: said iiie snefih' >h"t MN!
We'll, tiihk IL might DE called shooting.
unless my memory Is yer! snort "hN' tiiat
btai never stItcu from his ua'h> ana
mel" Joe ana PtPp"led away Al MN l"r
more tiiai puai'ei ~ a,i ioul' an" we MI
MN every uhe. All ne d" was Ia give
hiihsell Mh'' WIN 1r>' one paw ana
theii the "'het whenever pan OF chafse "l
bucksh"t got III on nm. hat was all our
nfhhg seemed !" disturb MN ana hlaliN
ncIe joe sald l" me see mere. DO you
Know wlia' tiIa' "ih cnSN Is gong I" DO
wen h'> Ju>' waiting uiitii "ui alhih'liil-
'i"h sheS "u'' anu men ht ii give Us the
eiaiiu o'u,''e "u' 'he>' """">.
'hcie Joe ia" peeIi Ill 'le army you
hh""' anu ne ~" li'a' 'ill> Nl"uil"ii". h"le
"aS Just p"ilH '"'ii'e !" Ing mine Oh
our I'VE "iu tais''. 90 ne ''ht' a'l lle
F""uei ,''e p''h vi Us iaa a"'ui tiiee
PouhuS' suss anu ioufed III ieaihef
P"ocii ne ha',' anu 'na''' 10, d. snug o"iilo as
we c"uil WIS" i"i' men "'iilr k"pt me
We" "'eii'i'i' -! pi''r','iis M :" W. ''d" ihs
up t't si'T "' t,'e h'ii' a. II meant L"
etsh" n'il' h'i' 1'e fi'p' up on t'ie oihef
sac anu i"'''ii''" uie ie"'hei carnhge lllt"
the h".e anu '"up'" ne soma. lie iald a
tiaiii "i p""uei u""h 'iie hi'I ways. hoi-
lefeh !" me 70 i"i' anu Hiei hef. III ab"nt
TWO SECONDS .ie '"P vi 'hat MI and the bear
WEE SAILING t""aiu 'iie CLOUDS Inc bear
went up Fn ies' "o">e 'ie Top "i hig
che''iiu' uee 'i.sfe was on me rinse. turned
over c"uPie vi times ana 'uihhIei hack
ln'o 'he uee; NoW' "t c"ui'e. all bears
am a. '"ueh d. 'iiis pear was. bUt When
t''e s'oie> All" o'i' anu saPIiiisH s"t thr"igh
raining u'eie We >aW "iu nfuill ltfched on
pig pfaicii "i ''e 'hesthut looking little
SUI pii'en' '" pe SURF put gazing down al us
Win ac'uaiIS sitiie on MS race. aS II he
raIhel ehJ"Hed 'ile h"NeitH "l The lltte tN-
PfiFhce NV ii'iu just la>>tu through NAT
was all .he 'nailee there seemed 10 DE III the
"ia Su>> aPl"la aii'e'
lnert WAS "eaNS shower coming. but
tncie Joe Haid Ne WASH gong t" quit un-
III he Sot 'ld' peaI. =" BACK ne started for
camp after an AK. | stayed 10 watch the