News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

kill region of Pennsylvania to stay a
month. He brought with him his collie
dog, Bruce. The doctor went home on
Friday. The dog is somewhere in the
neighborhood yet, but his whereabouts
is not known with any degree of GER
tainty. The Doctor came up for rest.
On Wednesday he was chased across a
ffty-acre lot by a bull who objected to
his trespassing in the pasture, and got
over the rail fence just in time to save
the bull the trouble of helping him over.
On Wednesday he and Bruce dug a
ground hog out of side hill. When
they reached the bottom of the hole the
ground hoo tr'rsaod ard cot h5S ts@th
through the feshy part of the Doctors
leg.
On Thursday he thought he would
like to go huckleberrying. He took a
ten-quart TIN pail and Bruce, and went
out on the ridge a mile or so away. He
came back toward the middle of the
afternoon, bareheaded and without the
pail. His dog did not return with him.
The following story of the buckle
berry expedition is related by the
natives, who, on account of its high
literary qualities, took pains to have it
reduced to writing as soon as the Doctor
got away:
''Along about noon" said the Doctor,
81 had my pail nearly full of the biggest
huckleberries l ever saw. / was think
ing of starting back home, when I heard
Bruce barking and snarling in singular
way off in the brush, and l went to see
what he had run up against. 1 carried
my pail with me. The sight that met
my eyes would, doubtless, have carried
JOY to the heart of one of your bear
hunters, but it froze my blood, and my
blood was at fever heat at that A bear
that seemed to me to tower up at least
eight feet stood on its launches. and
kept dashing at my dog as the dog
kept circling around him. When Bruce
saw me he ran to me and got right be-
tween my legs, from which vantage
ground he barked and snarled with re-
newed vehemence. This display of cow
ardice on the part of the dog apparently
emboldened the bear, for it came slash
ing right toward me like locomotive.
Its mouth was wide open, and l thought
my time had come. l couldn't move to
save my life, but when the bear got al
most close enough to grab me, l up with
my pail of berries and brought it down
over the beasts head with all nv might.
1t had no effect on the bear, but it made
very sick-looking vessel out of the
pail. The bear kept on, and in my des-
peration l jammed the battered pail
down over its head. The pail fell down
and caught in under the animals chin.
This took the bear by surprise, and it
dropped on all fours and tried to scrape
the pail off. Bruce took courage from
my apparent acceptance of the big
brute's challenge, and attacked in the
rear. The bear abandoned its effort to
get the pail off its head and turned on
the dog, which Immediately ran to his
old place between my legs. The bear
advanced toward us, the pail still on its
head, and cooked to ore side in way
that gave the animal a most comical
appearance-something like helmeted
soldier might look if drunk.
Il was so awfully scared that hadn't
moved a foot out of my tracks, but
now saw that something must be done.
L gave Bruce kick and shouted:
9 Sick himl Sick himr
''Bruce started to rum ] picked I'D
stone and threw at the bear. The stone
struck bruin alongside the head, and
made the animal howl like a mad bull.
Then Bruce came back and pitched in
again, but ran for my legs as soon as
the bear turned on him / got club,
and as the bear came within reach of
me again | gave it whack, and then
turned and ran. Bruce followed me,
and, looking back, | saw that the bear
was not only following Bruce on tight
jump, but that two other bears were fol-
lowing In the procession. The two new
arrivals were half-grown cubs. If I was
making good time before, 1 simply flew
when l discovered the arrival of these
e-enforcements. I hadn't gone hun
dred feet when tripped in a vine. and
tumbled heels ever head. / rolled over
and over and came up on my feet with
out making any stop in my course, but
my fall rather confused my dog, and he
stopped In an undecided way, which al
lowed the bears to come up with him.
In the wrangle that ensued, in which
the three bears and the dog were mixed
up IN very promiscuous manner,
made tarcks for tree, and, although
never climbed tree in my life before, I
wasn't ten seconds in reaching the
branches of that one, and l settled N.Y.
self there to await results.
Bruce managed in some way to get
out of the tangle with the bears and fol- |
lowed me to the tree. The bears came |
forward few steps, and then, apparent
1y satisfied that they had routed their |
enemy, they turned and shuffied DELHI !
erately off toward the woods. As far as
l was concerned, | was not inclined to |
lay single obstacle in the way of their
retreat, but the old boy seemed to sud
denly take possession of that blame fool
dog of mine, and what does he do but
brlstle up and start after those bears as
fiercely as if he hadn't had experience
enough with them to satisfy any dog
That ever lived. The retreating bear |
family paid no attention to the dog until
ne caught the old bear by the heels.
Then she turned on him, and Bruce
started in retreat. The old bear stood a
second looked after him, and then
seemed to say to herself:
Amt got enough, hey2 Well, then,
I'll just settle this fool of dog, once
and for all.
with that she dashed after Bruce,
and the two young bears followed close
1t her heels. Bruce took position in
under the tree, and when the bear came
up he ran. The bear followed and he
led them a chase in circle around the
tree for at least five minutes. The old
bear couldn't get any closer than about
one good jump of the dog, and the two
young bears followed at about the same
distance behind her. She finally tired