Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-24
eoYER Fep THE eeAR.
But Next Time He VIII Not waste Hit
Lunch on Wandering Bruin.

n But Next Time He VIII Not Waste n
Lunch on a Wandering Bruin.
z Solomon Boyer, teamster in tl
4 employ of one of the big tanneries
the Ioyalsock region, bad a laughabl
: yet trying adventure with bear viii
, on his way from the woods with a loa
! Of bark. As he emerged from I'll
! woods with his team he stopped TO Civ
the mules breathing spell and to ca
bis dinner which he carried in n ii
bucket. He had scarcely opened hi
bucket aud begun to eat. when bea
came out Of the woods on one side Q
the road, only two or three rods in tn
rear of the wagon. Bruin sauntere'
along, paying no attention to the team
but Boyer, desirous of seeing what tn
bear would do, threw a bit of salt porl
in his way. The bear stopped. smelleC
at the pork and gulped it down greedily
Then the animal, noting the sourc,
of the morsel came toward the Wagon
and rose on his launches as il to say
that another bit of pork would prove
acceptable.
Boyer laughed and tossed out a second
piece, which Bruin devOured, and then
posed again. But Boyer wanted the
rest of his dinner himself and paid nc
attention to the shaggy black beggar.
The bear, seeing that the teamster was
no longer aware of his presence.
snorted sharply two or three times and
walked back and forth across the road
as if accommodating the situation. Pres
emily he growled, but Boyer, thinking
the beast would go away If he got moth.
ing further, continued his eating.
The bear ventured nearer and finally
climbed up the ranks of bark at the
hind end of the wagon and had his
head and shoulders above the top of
the load before the teamster was aware
OF his presence. Boyer was unpleas-
antly surprised at this movement of
Bruins, as he was wholly unarned.
There" cried the teamster, ''get
out O. that" and he threw a bit of
pork into the road. The bear dropped
down and went and picked it up; but
as soon as it was swallowed and there
was no more Forthcoming, he made
another charge upon the wagon
Boyer started the mules onward, but
knew that he could not hope to escape
with the heavy load of bark. An idea
came to him. He would coax the bear
on by feeding him the lunch until they
should come to friends house a mile
or two along the road Then he would
get gun and shoot the old beggar.
The teamster sat on the bark, facing
rearward, his big dinner bucket at
hand. When the bear came up with
the wagon and threatened to climb up
on the load. Boyer tossed out a piece
Of pork. The supply of this edible was
limited, so he tossed the beast a slice of |
bread, which fell butter side up. Bruin
losed it, then licked the butter off and |
eft it,
The next slice fell butter side down.
md the bear ignored it. Boiled eggs
md cheese pie Jared the same; Bruin
wanted pork. Boyer dealt this out in
mall bits which failed to satisfy, and
he bear was growing ugly and aggres-
i've.
At length Boyer saw his friend Peal
r at work in the field, and called to
i'm to run for his gun. The man
eemed to realize the state of the case,
nd set off on a dead run for his house,
quarter of a mile distant. But the
upply OF pork was out before Pealer
ppeared, and the poor teamster was
n sorry plight.
The bear climbed upon the load;
5oyer tossed him the last piece of pork
nd then jumped from the wagon and
ore down the road. Bruin, probably
linking that the teamster was fleeing
With stock of coveted pork, started
fter him. The terrified teamster had
fair start, but he stumbled over a
tone and fell full length, and the bear
vas close upon him when there came
he loud report of a gun.
Pealer had come at last. Boyer arose
nd looked around There lay his late
ursuer struggling on his back in the
DAD. A second shot ended the bears
truggles, and Boyer was out of the diff
Guilty. He declares that he viii never
ool with another bear.-Youth's Com
anion.