Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-25

SCRANTON, Penn, III Arch i4th.--Jona
Hoaghtou, uho lives in little ravine
Ia the northeast psrs Of Covingson
township. started 20 walk from his place
over Into the corner of Monroe county,
QUE day last week. The shortest course
fer him 10 take was through an extern
sive forest, SOME parts of which are
hiliy and rocky. His only companion
was q large black and white dog, half
Newfoundland aud half shepherd. He
had walked three or four miles In the
woods when be sat down near ledge of
rocks 10 rest. The dog Was running
back and forth among the tall trees,
now chasing rabbit that sppened to
eoane In his way. and then barking at a
partridge that he had driven into q tree.
As HonRhton sat on log and puf5ed
~ bis pipe with his back toward the
ledge. q large bear came out Of hole
in the rocks directly behind him. He
had evidently been induced 10 leave his
hiding place By the furious barking of
the dog, and be had got within q few
feet of Houghton before Houghton dis
covered him. he was an angry looking
beast, and Houghton made up his mind
in an instant that he meant miseAief.
Sc Hoaghton jumped from bis seat like
q fash, ran a few yards down the hill,
and hastily climbed iato q stnbby. low
iimsed hemioek tree. The limbs were
20 close together that he could hardly
get in between them, and they were
MT more than eight feet from the
ground.
Before be had fairly goa good foot.
hold among the limbs the bear was at
the foot Of the tree. Houghton bad no
weapons with him, aud, when the bear
climbed up the saort trunk and tried
to get At him. Houghton thumped
him upon the nose with his iron-ciad
boot heel The bear then backed
down, only to repeat the attempt q
minute later.
When Houehton saw that the bear
was determined 70 pail him out Of the
tree or 20 kill him in il, be began TO call
loudly 10 his dog. As the dog came
bounding up snd looking all around 20
see where his master Vas, be spied the
rear hu1ging the tree. with bis hind
feet almost tonching the ground. II
vas not necessary fer Houghton TO tell
the dog 10 tackle the bear. because the
moment the deg saw the bear be set bis
teeth in one OF the bears hind legs,
made him roar with pain aud compelled
him 10 come down at onos. The bear
then undertook 10 reach around and bite
tbs deg, bat she dog LET 20 his hold and
kept out Of the way. The dog was not
brave enough 10 attack the bear when the
chances we're equal on both sides, and
even Houghton's commands failed TO
make him Courageous.
IF bad pistol I'd shoot thai dog
before would the bear" said Houehson
sben he had got out OF patiesce with
the dog
II was impossible for the bear to get
near enough 70 The dog 10 do him any
injury; the latter keeping in the inms
diste n-ighboraood Of the tree IN which
his master vas concealed, bat not iuens
place for mans seconds.
After while the bear hec4me tired of
trying 10 kill the dog. and again tried 10
climb the tree. The limbs vsre 90 thick
that be could not reach Honghtsn. tut
be hung on 10 the trunk until the dog
sgain tackled him. when he bseked down
and drove the dog away By this tirne
the bear hsd become 30 thoroughly In
fnrtsted that be went for the dog with
al bis might, driving him toward tie
ledge. HouRhtsn was about 10 come
down from his uncomfortable plase
when the bear tnrnei and trsmped back
10 the tree, the dog following him as a
safe distances. HoGzhton then cisrnoe d
40 three or four feet further and let the
bear tire hIuassif IN end~svortng 10 get
between the limbs. He had conciodsd.
{. case the bear should sacceed In get
ting the upper part II his BODY among
tie branches, 10 creep ouf on the limbs.
let simse!f drop 20 tbs ground. snd raa
avss bsfors the bear o01id get down
again.
The dog ~as barking like everything
ct the bear. bss be did not offer 90 get
near enough 10 bite him. Just then an
other bear came oat Of the hole in tue
rscks and harmed toward the tree un0t-
served bs the dog. he rashed upon the
dog as he SAT and barksd al tbe bear
hasgisg tie tree. and the next moment
the dsa vas treated 30 roashiy that he
forgot AL sbsut barking. He struggled
bard to get away from the bear. bat the
savage beast had all the advantage OF
hIm Al the sart. and be vas aBabie 10
free himself even for second. In the
fn<sis the dog aud bear had worked
Away frosa the tree for distance of
several yards. the bear beins on top of
/ sAs dog all tse time The bezr that vas
after HeaShton heard The runp1s. ssd
: left the tree 90 take part in u. and not
many inmates slspssd before the Big
black snd white dos lay dad between
The txos Hoagktun at oaee hasteaed
( from the tree and ran Away ~ fsss ~
BE eoaid. leaving the tSo bears ea2rr-l-
I lac over the corpse % tie dog. They
were - deeply interested IN the dead
dog thai they did not 80 him leave the
ire