Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-26
HE LAssoED A BEAR.
California Cowboys Give an Enslishman
Points in Handling Game.

Points in Handling Game.
As the hot sun began to pour down, writes
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle, we wended our way back to the
ranch, and whiled the time away listening
to the yarns reeled of by the Colonel,
whose experience had been rich and racy.
talking about sport" he said, " re-
minds me of a little experience 1 had with
an Englishman some years ago up in the
main range. He came down from Frisco
with letter of introduction to me, and
wanted to get into the heart of the big
game country. 1t so happened that 1 had
four or five hundred head of cattle up
valley, and camp there; so took him up
and introduced him to half a dozen cow
boys-regular old-timers- and they guaran-
teed to show him all the bear he wanted.
They got it into his head that it was unsports-
manhke to shoot bear, and that it should
be taken with larlat; so he practlced with
rope at steers, dogs, stumps and men un-
Til he was fair hand at it, and, finally, one
day they went off on regular bear hunt.
at so happened that the boys knew
where there was large patch of wilA
grapes that black bears are fond of, and
they made for it, fairly sure to find one or
more, and sure enough they did. Coming
down a little side canyon they came out into
level spot, with patch of trees covered
with vines in the center. Some of the dogs
were put in, and in a few minutes out came
an old brown bear, snarling and showing her
teeth in a terrible fashion. Now's your
chance, yelled the boys, and they all stood
back to give my new friend a chance. l
tell you he was no slouch; he put his horse
up as near the critter as he would go, and,
riding around, dropped his rope over the
bears shoulders the minute she reared up.
When she felt the rope she grabbed at it,
but the pony settled back; then down she
went, and began just what the boys expect
ed, the rolling business. Over and over
she went, winding the rope about her, get
ting snarled up, but coming nearer and near
er the pony all the time. The pony was the
first one to tumble to it, as the boys saw,
and began to snort and buck; but it was no
use, the old bear kept coming, getting more
and more entangled every moment, and
finally the pony turned tail and began to
drag her, she yelling and whimpering and
scratching gravel, the horse crazed; and in
this shape they came to the side of the hill.
Over the horse went, bucking, the English
man cussing things until they were blue.
When half way down the rope broke, and,
fearing the bear would get away, some of
the boys, who were laughing themselves
s9cS, put her out of her misery. The boys
got rather left trying TO fool the fellow as
he showed so much pluck in trying to stop
the bear that they never tried any games
on him again. After while they asked
him what he proposed to do with the bear
after he got the rope around him-and then
he saw the joke, and rather thought the
bear was catching him.
Singular Gifts Customary I'm Some of tho
Rites of Catholicism.
Archbishop Corrigan has in his possession
four small barrels, says the New York Sw'..
| Two of them were given to the late Cardinal
| by Bishop O'Farrell, of Trenton, when he
was made Bishop, and the other two came
from Bishop McNierney, of Albany, ON a
! like occasion. The latter two are made of
| glass with appropriate inscriptions, and
| have hoops of silver. The others are also
handsome, and bear the date of the pre-
sentation. All when presented were filed
! with wine.
1t has for centuries been the custom upon
the installation of Bishop in the Roman
| Catholic Church for him to present two bar
| rels of wine to the officiating prelate When
the custom began it was a substantial Offer
| ing, for then the barrels were of goodly
size and filed with choice vintage; but, as
! the social conditions became changed and
barrels of wine were no longer considered
| gifts appropriate to the occasion, the barrels
were made mere ornaments, and the original
reason for the custom was forgotten by all
|
enough to investigate.
| The church has many customs associated
with its ceremonies which are retained
merely out of respect for their founders
and not because of their own sanctity. AS
| the Bishop gives two barrels of wine so tho
| priest gives wax candle to the prelate OF.
] iciating at his ordination. At the recent
canonization of new saints in Rome many OF
these customs were made prominent in tho
ceremonies. After the Pope's speech the
Cardinals presented him with these gifts
in the names of the new saints: A thick
wax candle; two loaves of bread, one COW
cred with silver and one with gilt; three
cages, one containing doves, one pigeons,
and the third canaries and greenfnches:
and two small barrels of wine.
When reporter asked Archbishop Corri.
gan what the meaning of these gifts was
he said that the original meaning had beck
lost sight of. He referred the reporter to
an ecclesiastical work, in which appears the
following:
AT the ofertory, or Immediately after the
canonization, If the Pope does not celebrate,
onerings are made which consist OF wax tapers
two loaves and two small barrels of wine. bv
the Cardinal Procurator and the Cardinals OF
the congregation OF Rites, three in each case q
Cardinal Bishop, Cardinal Priest and q
Cardinal Deacon. In the canonization OF st.
birds OF different kinds were added.
Father Kelly, one of the cathedral priests,
said that the birds were used in a peculiar
manner. AT the offertories of mass,n he
said, =" the master of ceremonies cuts the
strings which keeps the doors of the cages
closed, and the birds fly out In this part of
the ceremony the birds are supposed tor
resent the souls of the saints which have
| left their bodies and have taken their fight
to Heaven"
Father LavellS said that some of the 9TH
er customs had probably originated in the
early history Of the church. Much of the
income of the church then came in the
shape OF products OF the soil, for nearly
every body was then engaged in agricult-
ural pursuits, or derived his income from
the efforts of those so engaged. The
presents given to the officiating prelate
were therefore such as the donor would him.
self receive and appreciate. The custom of
giving loaveS OF bread originated he
thought, from the custom of the faithful in
those early days of bringing all the products
Of the soil to the priests to be blessed.
When number of Catholics conclude
that departed member of the church has
been sufficiently good to cntitle him to the
honor OF ranking with the saints they peti-
tion the Holy See to canonize hin Some
IInes the petitioners are relatives of the
departed. Whoever they are from them,
Oh course, come the gifts that are presented
to the Pope.
Snake-Proof Footwear.
In the lumber districts Of Northern and
western Minnesota loggers and woodchop-
pers are often bitten by copperheads and
rattlesnakes, and whenever the person Bit
Ten IS unable to get whisky to drink it goes