Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-01
A BEAR CONVERSATIONS.
HOW THE TAME BEARS YEARN
AFTER. THEIR FOREST HOMES.

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Some Family Condolences from Imprisoned
Bears in Central Park-ThOughtfuI Bears
win Bring Up Their Cubs Tnme-Pea-
nuts Better than Mea.
The bear pit in Central park was surround
ed by the usual collection of admiring spec
tators. The brown bear from the Rockies
and the black bear from Pennsylvania were
walking around and looking solemn.
''See the cute and cunning bears P' exclaimed
lady to her little boy "Isn't it too bad to
shut them up sol See how they pine for their
far away forest home Pass in the cakes to
them, Johnnie"
Johnnie passed in the cakes, and other pity
ing admirers handed in lot of peanuts and
handfuls of candy. The bears accepted the
toothsome offerings and retired TO the grotto
in the rocks
"Pining for our far away forest homen
chuckled the black bear, examining cake in
his mouth and poking the brown bear in the
ribs Are you pining much, Brownyp
Not as far as the returns are int" replied
the brown, Tipping a peanut she'll into the
pit and grnning from ear to ear
"This beats doubling up in a holler tree or
hole in the rocks and sucking paws all win
ter, doesn't itP' said the black bear.
"Does it2n replied the brown. "Why, this
is a snapl No more shopping around in the
dim lii woods, roofing for grub and lodging
buckshot for mel How's that cake"
"Better'n "A ton O wild honeyl Here, grab
piece. ] only wish ! could git word up to
some o my folks in Pennsylvania to come
down here and be tame bears. Is the peanuts
goodp
"Beechnuts and acorns can't hold a candle
to one side Of 'em. Shuck few. Pining
for far away forest home eh2 Certainly
Chuck over toothful o. that candy, please.
Say, you never told me yet how you hap
pened to strike luck and git fired in aere,
Blacky."
HOW BLACKY WAS CAPTURED
81 was taking a stroll ia the woods, hesi-
tating between a pig that belonged to
farmer couple of miles away and bee skip
that knew was full o. honey in an orchard
about mile in the other direction, when
got my eyes on man who was limping
along toward where l stood. was in the
scrub oaks and he couldn't see me.
~ didn't hesitate a second l had him by
the neck in less time than it takes to tell it,
and his wife don't know to this day, it haint
likely, why he never got back home. took
him TO my den, but found he was so old and
thin that he was no good, and had to throw
him away. He had n big, fat bottle in his
pocket, and took it out and smelt of it, The
stuff that was in it smelt elegant. / tasted of
1t and it tasted elegant. | swigged at it till |
began to tumble around and yell like
painter. | remember kicking both o my
young ones out o doors, and that's all re-
member till came to and found myself tied
fast with ropes and couple o. men standing
by and looking happy. | was too sick to try
and find out what was up. My head felt as
big as four bears heads ought to feel, and
oh! the thirst / had in me- The upshot of
the whole thing was that wound up here,
and so l amt kicking. Have another pea
nutW
"IIullc!" exclaimed the brown bear.
"There's a woman and baby, and another |
bag OF candy She's going to let the baby /
hand it in. | wish they'd make a mistake |
some time, and pass one o them babies
through Then life would be worth living, |
and no mistake; wouldn't it3 One o them
babies d be almost as good as young pigl"
"Sure" said the black bear, throwing
gumdrop in his mouth. "Did you do much
in pig and mutton where you came from, |
Brownyp
"No, not much, " said tho brown. 1--WE had |
to depend on miners, and on hunters from |
the east. We had to hustle to get miner,
but the hunters came easy. didn't think |
anything of going out and gathering in
hunter or two almost any day But they
weren't much good. Too soft. Pshawl Yon-
der comes one of them chaps in gray coats
they call sparrow chasers We won't get |
ony nannuts or thinQs while he's around |
little boy was passing me some cake the other |
day, and the sparrow chaser came up and |
says to him:
"'Bleak away there That amt fit for
bears to eatl It'll make 'em sckl Give it |
here to me' And he took it and ate it him
selff
81 gobbled up dog one day that happened |
10 belong TO miner, aal the miner started |
out after me. | wasn't feeling very well, and |
went and hid in big hollow log. The miner
didn't make any fuss but just plugged up |
the hole where went. in and shipped me,
log and oil, on east | only wish | could see
him and thank him. He tumbled me right |
into a puddn'."
ar bears only knew it," said the black, re-
nectivey, they'd bring up their cubs to be
tame BEARS aud give 'em future. Hay,
Brownyp
"You bet your toe nailsl" said the brown.
"When do the wild bear act again you can
have my skin for an ulster We're the people
herel"
80 the two bears went out in the pit and |
walked around and whined and looked sol
emn, 81 some more people would feel sorry |
for them, because they were pining for their
far away forest homes. New York Evening |
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