Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

made things tremble or not The men,
however, kept cOurageOusly at work,
and before noon had given Mr..
Grizzly another course of logs to eat through.
This seemed to discourage him, and he gave
up gnawing altogether and settled down to
the course of events in sullen discomfort.
We were suspicious of this kind of a mood,
and all were OF the opinion that a su1ta bic
place for his permanent confinement must
be at once provided. How to do this proved
to be a pulling question. We could not
afford the outlay Of money for another cage,
and what should We dor Various schemes
we're suggested, but only one seemed prac-
ticable. This was to have a large leather
collar made for the smaller bear, whom we
would take out of the cage and chain to a
tree, thus leaving the cage to be occupied
by the larger bear.
accordingly our freighter was again dis
patched to Sonora to procure the desired
/ article. He returned next day, bringing
with him a strong leather collar, and very
/ heavy chain, sixteen feet long. Thus far
/ we had found but little difficulty in over
coming whatever obstacles presented them
| selves, but how we were to buckle the collar
/ on to the smaller bear, which we had come
to call Cub by way Of distinction from the
| larger bear, was question which well nigh
brought our operatiOnsto a standstill. But
| the quick wit of one of our number solved
the perplexing question in twinkling. The
solution was both simple and ingenious. A
rnining-pan, holding about eight quarts, was
| filed with sugar, on which was poured as
1
/ soak up.
&There was hardly man in camp but was
on hand to witness this experiment. We
| showed the pan into the cage and awaited
| the results. At first the cub would only
| take few cautious sniffs of the contents OF
| the pan, and then walk away with
satisfied air. This was repeated several
| times, with telling effect upon his appetite,
| for the smell of the sugar was too much for
him, and he at length yielded and began to
lap the sugar around the edge OF the pan,
and finally to eat it heartily. Signs OF in
| toXtcation began to appear, and he would
| dance or caper in hip-pi-ty-hop gait from
one side OF the cage to another, in perfect
representation of a man in that stage Of in
| tOXicatton commonly known as silly drunk
"A pard, who was given to frequent
sprees, stood near me as we watched these
ludicrOus and pitiful antics of the drunken
| beast and took occasion to say, good
naturally, Hank, there's your counter
part
GAs the influence of the liquor increased,
these maudlin frolics gave place to the
sheavy-sea period and Cub would reel
| and stagger about in every direction, until
/ he settled down upon his launches in a
corner of the cage.
EThe boys were determined to get all the
fun possible out of the performance, so, to
arouse him. a long stick was poked between
the bars. He would attempt to ward OF the
thrusts with his paw, but, not being able to
control his motions, the impetus OF the blow
would carry him SpraWl1ng onto the bottom
OF the cage. Shouts. cheers and rOarS of
laughter greeted each ignominious umble.
This exhibition of ponderous awkwardneSs
was too exciting an entertainment to the
majority OF the specta tors to be willingly
put aside for the business Of attempting to
collar the bear Being too stupid to pick
/ himself up from a sprawl, we managed TO
work a slipping moose upon the fOrepaw
nearest the outside We then pulled the
paw under the bottom bar OF the cage until
it was far enough outside to put more ropes
around; this we did. and tied them firmly to
the axle of the wagon, Notwithstanding the
demonstrations of the half-awakened cap
tive.
GThere was a lun in proceedings just at
| this point; and no one seemed particularly
anxious to enter the cage and put the collar
on-at least they forgot TO mention 1t if
they did. Seeing that We had already de-
| layed too long, took the collar with chain
attached. and entered the cage For a mo-
ment this completely aroused the brute,
and he turned towards me with glazing
eyes and crashing teeth HIS efforts TO free
| himself from the ropes, and his short, in
furiated groWls OF yagh-yagh-yagh,' made
the cage (not to mention myself tremble-