Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-28
from California to our home in the East
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| we determined to try it.
The park is about sixty miles square,
oyered with dark forests and open parks.
ever which roam elk, deer, cinnamon aud
| olack bear, butiaioeS, mountain lion~, lynx.
wolves, foxes, wild geese, ducks, >wa *,
cranes and eagles. In places it is filled
with geysers, which throw water from
% to 80 feet in the air.
Yesterday we saw the Excelsior Gey-er,
which throws up great stresn If ua,.r
between 20 and so fee, in danei.. -G0
feet high
in this volume water We're many
stones and rocks, soiu, = Il weighing
fifty pounds We ". ives.
1t was a sight we can D>asr forget. 1t
has not erupled before for six years | am
not surprised that people come from all
over the world to see the sights in this
wonderland
am told the Government of the United
States has shent 100000 in making roads
and taking care Of the park. But / did
not take my pen TO give you description
OF the park; you can find that IN other
places; but | want to tell you Il
BEAR STORY.
At each of the four hotels in the parl,
during the winter, man remains for eight
months to take care of them. At the
Norris Geyser Basin House we found Mr..
Lapham, who has been in this hotel alone
seven months. We thought he must have
been very lonely; he had not even a dog
to keep him company. He met us with a
smiling face and was the very picture Of
contentmeut.
We found one of the secrets was that he
loved the Bible. He was once a Sunday
school superintendent. Until my wife
came into the hotel he had not seen a lady
for seven months. When he had taken a
walk it has been on snow-shoes twelve feet
long.
Could you, my friend, be happy shut up
IN building on the top of the Rocky Noun
talns eight months in the year? Fifteen
feet OF snow have fallen here during the
winter, and it is showing TODAY, on the
10th of May.
Mr. Lapham has been telling us about
bear that seemed ready to devour him.
Before he came to this hotel he was one
night alone in tent, ten miles from here.
when lac heard Us he awoke bear eating
bones outside the tent. He sprang
ont of his bunk and Selling an AK Jumped
upon 4 table in the center OF the tent. ex-
pecting every moment the bear would
come plunging through, but bruin did not
seem inclined to do this.
He then got down and built fire, in
tending to heat water with which to scald
him If he attempted to come in. Finally,
he thought the safest way would be to
make his way to tall tree hanging over
the tent. He climbed quickly to the top
Of the pole, and then with his knife cut
his way through and seized hold Of limb.
intending to swing himself into the tree.
but the limb broke, and he rolled down
the outside of the tent and fell across the
stOvepipe, which came down at the same
time he did with q crash upon the bear.
This was too much for hruin, and he was
more frightened than Lapham. He ran
Oft as if big geyser had erupted him.
Mr.. Lapham then brought all his wood
from the tent and built rs big fire as
possible, knowing that all wild animals are
afraid of fire.
Here is lesson for You, my young
reader. If you keep the fire OF truth burn
ing in your hearts you Will find il the best
way to keep Satan from tempting you into
sins that will destroy you. To do this you
must read Gods word and pray every day.
Mr.. LaPham saw no mere of the bear
that night The next night he piled lum
Der around his tent and put up before the
door rubber blanket but the bear came
back and thrust in his paw and tore it off.
He threw dish-pan that he had in his
hand at him, sprang up the tent-pole as
quickly as possible, and then out into the
tree, where he remained until morning.
He had placed the ak there during the
day, las he had no firearms, hoping the bear
would come up there after him, but rs he
found enough to eat below he did not ven
ture. The same thing was repeated the
third night. At last Mr.. Lapham man
aged to send for rifle, and the fourth
night the bear was shot
You see the bear was determined to kill
this young man, but by vigilance and
boldness he saved his life, and killed the
bear
We are told in Gods word that Satan
as roaring lion walketh about seeking
whom he may devour, and we are com
manded to resist him. We must not
yield.
When our Lord was upon earth Satan
was not afraid to tempt him, as you will
see by reading the fourth chapter of Mat
thew from the first to the twelfth verse.
Each time when he was tempted he de
Tended Himself with text Of scripture.
You must initiate His example and obey
the words in Ephe~ians: " Put on the
whole armor of God. that We may be able
TO staEd against thu wiles Of the devil. and
put on the breastplate of Righteousness.