Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-12-19
BRUIN IN A TRAP.
A HUNTER CATCHES TWO
BEARS IN AN ODD WAY,

the ARA Ludicrous Scene and
It's Ending.
Absalom Quick, who has cabin on
Big Kettle Creek, saw lively illustra-
ton OF the fun-loving propensity of the
Pennsylvania bear few days ago, which
eliminated in an exciting manifestation
also OF the disposition Of Bruin to tear
things. Quick was deer hunting, in
company with three other hunters, and
occupying his cabin. On returning to
the cabin one night the hunters discov-
cred that a bear had been proving
around it, and had actually been making
an attempt to burglarize it. He had
given up the job for some reason OF
other, but Quick, knowing thing or
two about bears, declared this bear
would be back again next day to COM
plete the job.
"I'm gointer git that bar" said
Quick, "an' I'm gointer git him pecu-
LIAR"
Next morning Quick proceeded to lay
his plans to intercept Bruin. Among
the trees that were growing about the
cabin was whiteoak saping, five inches
through at the butt. It tapered gla lual-
ly to the top, which was twenty-five feet
above the ground. The sapline was
straight from butt to tip. Quick climbed
it and trimmed it of it's limbs. Among
his traps in the cabin wss several feet Of
small s. but strong rope. Quick deftly
tied smooth-slipping moose in one end
OF the rope. By the combined efforts Of
the four men the oak sapling was bent
over until its tip was within three feet
OF the ground. While the tree was held
IN that position Quick tied the rope Sc
ourely to the tip, and, by an ingenious
arrangement of pegs and notched sticks
he had prepared for the occasion, he
soon had the moose end of the rope fast
ened on the ground. By this the bent
saplng was held in place, it being neces-
cary to but slightly touch the delicately
arranged sticks on the ground to release
the rope and permit the sapling to slip
back to its place. The trap was set
close to the cabin door.
II never ketched no bar this way."
said Quick; "but if it don't work, then
I don't know bars"
The hunters then went out on the
ridge after deer, leaving the cabin door
open. with a tempting piece of pork
Just inside the sill. A mile from the
cabin the men separated to 20 to differ
ent runways. Soon afterward, while
quick was making his way down a steep
pitch on the side of the ridge, he caught
his foot In root and fell heavily to the
ground. Quick is a genuine woodsman.
and It he had received any physical in
jury in the fall it must have been seri-
GUS 70 cause him any great concern; but
IN falling he broke bottle he had in
MS pocket, and the contents were lost.
There was nothing left of them but the
aggravatlng aroma that ladened the air.
1t was cold day, and there were to be
possible long hours Of weary waiting al
Q runway for the coming of a deer.
There was at the cabin more Of what the
bottle had contained. Quick stood his
gun against tree and hurried hack to
headquarters. He stepped cautiously
over the bear trap at the cabin door.
and was filling new bottle from
demlJohn when noise outside caused
MIN to turn his head and look out of
tne door. He sow & medium-sized bear
making Decline toward the trap.
quick was only few feet back from
the door, but the bear evidently saw
nothing but the piece of pork, The
bear never stopped, but slouched right
up to the snare that had been laid for
him, and got both forefeet inside the
loop. The sapling few up with noise
like gust of wind in chimney. The
bear disappeared from Quick's view at
the same time. But the next second
he appeared on the line OF vision again
dancing and lettering around in the
open space in front Of the cabin like q
ball on an elastic string. The rome
had caught the bear around the bodv
Just back OF the forelegs. With every
EFFORT he made to free himself the sap
ping raised him foot or two from the |
ground, and kept him dancing like
baby in baby jumper. The bear snap |
ped and snarled and snorted. He struck |
and spared at the rope. Now and |
then, by some particularly vicious
iurch, he bent the sapling so that he |
could throw himself Hat on his back.
but Instantly the stiff and sprincy OAK I
would get its work in again and vank |
the bear back in the air until everv-
Thing snapped. The involuntary antics
OF the bear struck Quick rs being SO ex- |
treInely comical that he at last had to
yell with laughter. 1t was not until
then that the bear discovered Quick.
and ne seemed to look upon the hunter
As being responsible for his extnordi-
nary situation, for he at once made
desperate attempts to get in the cabin
md have it out with Quick. He would
manage to dance and swing to the yery
and then his frantic STRUGGLES
would give the sapling new chance at
him, and it would lift him up and
snatch him away, his legs spreading
put to all points Of the compass. like 3
pig spider swinging at the end Of its
web. = -
When this had been repeated three ar
our times Quick began to fear That b.
would burst with laughter and the bear
nth fury unless something was done to
'ut stop to the circus. Quick's run
vas 2 mile away. He was about to Look
Iound and see what he could And to
Ill the bear with when he saw another
Year, good deal bigger than the one in j
ne snare, come ambling out Of the
PUSHES. This one stopped within . few ]
Get OF where the first bear was bobbing
no sparring around in front Of the
anan, gazed at the performsnce q
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