The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-18
SAVAGE SEA ELEPHANTS.
MARINE MONSTERS THAT BITE OFF
AND THROW ROCKS.
A Panther StOry-Tale of n RattIer-
A cute COllie-Mice SWALLOWED
by an oyster.


by an oyster.
"Did you ever meet with sea ele-
phant, captain?'
"Oh, yes. Up round Behring's straits
I've often seen them, and they are tough
fellows, too, " replied Captain Gilderdae
to the reporter of the New Haven Neos.
care they hard to kill2'
''No; it's easy enough killing 'em, but
when they are dying they kick up
great fuss. With their little short teeth
I've seen 'em bite off a piece of rock as
big as a spittoon and throw it at man
with fearful force. found one on a reef
one day, and as we needed some more oil
/ ordered the boat steerer to make for
the gully way in the rocks where he was.
! We came right up to him, put an iron
into him and hauled him after us into
clear water.
"Then got into the bow right under
his nose, when he grabbed the bow of the
! boat in his teeth and tore away a streak
fore and aft. He bit off the ends of
three lances, and another he snapped out
OF my hands and tried to throw it at us.
Once he made snap at me with his head,
throwing me right into the boat on nv
back. picked up hatchet, and with
my two hands buried it in his head up
to the handle. 1t killed him outright.
He was twenty-five feet long, and
gave two dozen barrels of oil. We made
blanket sheets of his blubber, cutting it
into pieces three feet square. Then pierc-
ing hole in the centre of each block and
running through spun.rope we made
raft of them and towed it TO the chip.
ha tuau fn Ill
to be to run right up to him, hit him un-
der the jaw with an oar, which would
make him raise up his head when we
would fire right up through his mouth
into the brain"
A San Francisco Chronicle correspond
ent from Upper Soda Springs, at the
headwaters of the Sacramento river, tells
of an adventure of a gentleman who
went out to camp at the Lick. AS he
was upon his hands and knees pcering
througha low breastwork of brush and
rails, to his surprise and horror he saw
within three feet of him large panther
which was creeping stealthily toward an
opening in the small triangular shaped
inclosure which partly concealed his
body. The hunters first impulse was to
draw himself up on his hands and knees
and grasp his rife. He thought that
though probably having scented him the
panther had not seen him until this
movement attracted the beasts attention
for she sprang back few yards and be-
gan grinning and snarling in most
familiar though exceedingly diagreeablo
manner.
To draw his rife to his shoulder, take
aim and fire was but moments work,
and the deed was done. One shot,
thanks to steady nerves and sure aim,
was all that was required. The creature
measured seven feet, and the vicious
looking claws and head, with its glaz.
ing eyes and carniverous teeth, were not
at all pleasant to contemplate.
81 was riding along the road when my
horse stopped and showed signs OF
fright" said a Chambers county (Ga.)
man. 81 looked and saw what supposed
was log between twenty and thirty
feet in length. Knowing my horse was
very much afraid of snakes, l examined
to see if there could be one of these rep.
tiles near the supposed log, when the |
fact dawned upon me that the object was
a huge snake. alighted and threw
stone at what l then knew to be snake. !
striking it near the head, when it jumped !
his full length, twenty five or thirty feet. |
AS soon as he got still counted eighty. |
nine rattles and several buttons on his |
tail. | met gentleman afterward who |
told me his snakeship had been seen near
the same place for fifteen or twenty years,
and he had counted as many as 1872 rat.
ties on his tail, and that when he opened
his mouth he exhibited his fangs, about
six inches long"
A friend of mine owns a beautiful
Scotch collie that looks after a herd of
fifty Jersey and Holstein cattle daily,
says a writer in Western paper The
cattle are on large farm near Elgin, and
every morning after milking hour the
cows are turned loose on the public road.
AS they wander along towards the
river, stragglers are kept in line
by the collie, and during the day he
watches their movements so closely
that COW cannot get away from the
herd. If they wade out into the stream
be makes no attempt to follow unless one
should show a desire TO cross TO the op
posite side. Then the collie swims out
and convinces the erriug bovine that
she'd better return where she belongs
On sunny or cloudy days that herd is
seen returning homeward by five o'clock
with no other guardian than the collie.
Two little mice have achieved immor. :
ality, so to speak, at Whitestaple Eng.
and. One evening since two or three
oysters were put away in an earthen pen. !
During the night couple of young ro-
lents found out the dainty dish and in {
erted their hungry mouths within the {
'pen shells of one Of the bivalyes. In q
he morning they were found fast, held
~ the closed shells of the oysters and '
If course quite dead. The oyster con. I
inuel its firm hold on the intruders,
md the trio were at once immersed in {
pirits, and will in due course be PLACED I