Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-29
LIVELY FIGHT wIrM A BEAR.


New York sun.
MLsToN, PA, NV, l8,--In this wild
region OF Lyooming county, game is album
dant, and as the season has fairly opened
many thrilling adventures in the forest
are already reported by hunters. Chef
Myers, proprietor Of popular sumner
hotel at this place, has the reputation Of
being one OF the most successful deer and
bear hunters in this part Of the state. He
says he has already killed thirty bear and
about sixty deer, aud he Is not an old
man yet. He has u large room In his
hotel, the walls OF which are lined with
the dressed skins OF bear and the antlers
of dear, where he entertains his sporting
friends IL Is an Interesting place, aud
besides the trophies of the chase dis
played on the wallis II contains half a
dozen rifles and all the paraphernalla for
hunting. Chef has iust had lively adj
venture In the woods with bear, and,
meeting him last evening, he gave me the
particulars.
al tell you we had a pretty exciting
time--r mean Tom 1ones aud myseli--ln
the great forest up Rock run, Tom and
started out last Thursday TO look for bear
When we arrived on the ground we en-.
camped for the hight In au old log hut
that had been used by lumoermen. The
door OF the hut was not very strong, but
we fastened II the best way we could, and
laid down to sleep, wrapped In buffalo
rones. About | O'Clock In the morning /
was awakened by Il crashing noise, and
almost ms antly a big bear stood over me.
II had broken down the door and was In
search OF forage. Tom was awfully
skeered, AVID tried to play 'possum. But |
knew that wouldn't do, SO | just rlz up,
seized my rifle and banged away at the
bear. only wounded II In the neck, and
with howl OF pain IL dashed out OF the
shanty and disappeared in hemlock
thicket, But we got 1t at last, and a red
hot time we hadn
GLOW was it2"
"Why, the next morning, after partak-
ing of a hasty broadcast, we stated In
pursuit, We tracked 1t by the blood for
fully a mile, when IL disappeared In a
thicket OF brlars and undurbrush near the
creek. knew II WAS not safe TO follow
too closely, for wounded bear, II cor
nered, will nght hercely. Finding q high
stump stationed Tom on Il with orders
10 watch closely while went around on
the other side OF the thiokes, about half a
mile, 10 drive the bear back so that Tom
could shoot 1t. In less than an hour !
heard cracking Of the underbrush, an
| knew the bear had scented me an was
movin'. l kept quiet for ten minutes,
when suddenly Jones fired his gun, an
knew he had got into bizuess. went "a
his assistance Just as fast as my legs
could carry me, an didn't git thar q
minute too soon. The bear caught him
an was iossin' him about Ike loot bali
When he fired he was so excited that he
missed his mark, an the bear rushed on
him. knocked his gun out OF his hand
with one paw and seized him with the
other.
al succeeded In killing IL, but II took
some desperate work The bear was
dreadtully tiled, an 1 couldn't shoot for
fear Of klllip' Jones. took q survey OF the
fight, an seeln' the danger Jones was In,
l list dropped my gun, drew my big hunt
ing knife, an attacked the bear. Seeing
me, II dropped Jones an came for me,
displaylE' rs lle q set OK teeth as yeu