Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-09-28

the log, ana the panther approached
him from that way. II crouchod along
until IL got within fow feet OF the bear,
when IL made n spring. The bear was
on his guard, and he gave tho panther
cuff that knocked II into the stream
seven or eight feet underneath the tree.
This was repeated three times, and then
the panther changed its tactics by try
ing to get at the bear from the other end
of the tree. But the bear was wido
awake, and he changed ends so ns to
face the panther, and when 1t came
again he gave IL n cuff that sont IL
sprawling into the shallow water. AZ
ter tho bear had knocked his enemy
into the brook seven times, thought
the fun had gone far enough and put
bullet into the bear. He fell of tho
log, and the noise OF the rifle scared the
panther away. II was in the fall of tho
year, and the bears hide was worth all
it cost.
"Along in November, twenty odd
years ago, / got after bear ovor in
TamaraCk swamp. There was tall
growth of grass and bullrushes, and,
rs the bear moved along through the
swamp, could see the grass stir whore
he was, but, for the life of me | couldn't
get sight of his head. My rise had
only one barrel, and wanted TO make
sure of him when | shot. He didn't
know that any one was hunting for him,
and for three hours tried TO get II shot
at him. | kept within close range of
the moving spot in the grass, but al
| ways on the side toward which the
wind was blowing, and at last / saw
him rise up and put his fore feet on n
log. just as l was going to shoot the
log broke, and out OF sight he went in
the tall grass. 1t provoked me n little,
but had lots of patience, and | started
| to get nearer to him. In the course OF
half an hour managed to get within
five rods or so from where he was nos
| ing for food. was behind large log,
and took the chances and banged
away into the grass. The bullet didn't
touch him, but the report of the rifle
frightened him so much that he
thrashed through the swamp directly
toward me, not knowing which way 10
run. He made right for the log in
front OF me, and, us / hadn't had time
to ram down another charge, | raised
the rifle us though | was going TO strike
him and yelled as loud as could. The
bear turned tail at this and never got |
him.
as it fact, Uncle Jacob, that bear
will capture and carry away Il good
sized pig?n
"Ivc seen them do IL time and again, |
and so | know that it is fact. Why, |
bless you, only few years ago bear
carried oil II acknowledgement shoat |
for one of my neighbors right in the
middle of the day. A man at work in
a hay field heard the hog squeal and
saw the bear with it in his paws. The
bear started up steep hill, and the
man, without waiting to get II gun or
some other weapon, ran up the hill as
fast as his legs would carry him to head
the bear Off He yelled us hc ran, and
the owner Of the hog heard it and hur-
ried down to his house and got his rifle.
The man headed the bear off, but he
was all tuckercd out when he got TO the
top of the hill. The bear was, too, and
he dropped the hog and stood painting
and lolling until the owner of the hog
came up and shot him. The hog had
been squeezed to death. saw the bear
afterward. He was more than twenty
years old, should judge, for the base
of his tusks was as large around as the
neck of n quart bottle. Oh, yes, bears
will carry off pigs, and good fat sheep,
too. No one can dispute that AT any
rate, no one can who knows the bears
habits
Have you ever seen wild cats pouncc
upon other animalsp"
Years ago saw very large wild
cat spring from the limbs of n tree and
light on the neck of u buck that was
browsing near Choke creek, in Lchigh
Township. / was on II still hunt for
deer and i was getting ready to shoot
at the buck when the wild eat lit on its
neck. The buck bounded Away like the
wind, and | gave chase knowing that
the wild cat would bring him to his
knees before he had gone half mile.
He was kicking his last when | found
him, and the wild cat, which had clung
to the deer and sucked his blood all the
way, was nowhere to be seen. | searched
around for the wild cat, and at last |
found il in the crotch of an oak | shot
it, of course, and ! found that it was
chock full of the bucks blood. Now
a
hares. They are thicker down on Lo-
Gust Ridge and over in Spring Brook
than they are up this way. ! have
trapped good many more than have
ever shot. They are j terror TO timid
creatures like the deer and hare.
"Whes deer were thick all through
this section, had a queer experience
with couple of bucks not far from
Lake Henry. | had doubc-barreled
musket, and had been hunting all day
with no success at all. The consequence
was that there was n charge in each
barrel of the gun when ! sat down on
rock in an open field to rest along to-
ward sundown. A little TO the left OF
me narrow wood road had been cut
through mass Of laurcls. / hadn't
sat there three minutes before j heard
IA noise Of hoofs in the direction OF the
laurels. My musket was TO my shoul-
der In n second, but not nm instant too
soon, for II noble buck was bounding to-
ward the opening made by the road. /
fired at him, and he leaped out of sight
in the thicket, and in less than half n
minute afterward he sprang back again,
as supposed and fired the other bar
rel.
"Tho buck dropped dead in the clear
ing, and | cut his throat and carried
him out to the rock where / had been
sitting. Then | got to thinking how