Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-10-11
q NOVEL eEAR HUNT.

. ftor the Nimrods Pound Their Gasas
They Employed Others TO XIII II.
Ex-City Auditor Vernon White@ides
tells one Of the most interesting Of
hunting experiences. Walden's Ridge,
about twelve miles from Chattanooga,
Tenn. is yet in state of nature, and
here can be found almost impenetrable
forests and the widest Of glens and
gorges. Ii Is favorite place for hunt
ers. the woods being full of the larger
deer catamonnts, etc.
The city auditor thus relates his expe-
rience ON one of his hunts
Il started out with Bob Hagen and
two or three others for bear hunt.
We had told good many of our friends
that we were going after n bear, and
that we wouldn't come home without
bear. We all climbed into a farm
wagon and started. Il is rough road
up the ridge. and we did not get TO the
pIace where we expected to find the
bear until night. Here we saw an
empty cabin, and concluded 10 take
possession. So we stretched ourselves
out on the puncheon floor, and were
Just falling to sleep when Bob Hagen
jumped mp, crying;
Boys, Joe's caught something.
"Ie took of his boot TO see what he
had caught, and found that it was n
house snake which had crawled up his
trousers to keep warm. We all ad
Journed 90 the wagon for the night,
and the next morning. bright and early,
we started To look for n bear Meet
ing a native. we asked him IL he knew
where we would be apt to find such an
animal.
"'Why. | saw bar tracks spell ago
up on the shelvin' rock bout live mile
down yer, he observed
$50 we went to the shelving rock,
meanwhile beating the bush in every
direction. go that it was II o'clock by
, the time we reached the rock. At first
we could see no way to get upon the
rock, but finally we noticed that 4
. small tree stood close enough 'or us Il
climb mp that way. so we were soon OF
the rocks.
81 don't see any bear said Bob.
a 81 don't believe there IL any bear,
: replied. Let's eat.
g I'VE agreed 10 that proposition
I spread ouF lunch placed our gun
, against tree and started to suppl
; the inner man.
o 81 wish we could at least SEQ
J. bear said Bob
/ Hello. look therer said one Of th
l. party We All looked and saw n bea
o that looked as big as n horse bctwee
q us mud the guns. ! was nearest 20 III
Y tree, and consequently first 70 I'll
q ground but the others were not far b.
i hind me When we reached terra firm
u va began IL discuss tile matter We ha
IT come afterthe hoar, we Ind found "A bea
I. and now ii was clearly our duty 10 I
ii back and kin the brute felt as thong
/. hadn't lost any bear, and havir
u nothing against brtiin didn't want
pt kin IL; 50 We drew straws as to whic
70 should 80 back first. got The unlnck
1t straw and started, but when the top
n niy head was even with the rock grc
q, faint hearted and slid back. Bob tri,
IL then. and carefully looking over Il
4 rock lac made break and got the gun
as Then we all went back and beat arouI
ia the bushes for while, but we did n
find any bear Then we started (
honle. and on the way We met d
native.
ne Ibid you find the bearf
II. ".No, We answered in ehorus.
"'Wen. he war thar. replied q
u. aforesaid native.
al Il offered him $40 to go and get {
U bear and he started. Inside Of half
H. hour he came back dragging bruin
ey one Of its hind legs He got the 5
90 and we got our bear. - st. Louis Glol
II Democrat.