Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-09
LOST HIS BEARD IN a WILD RIDE.
The Remarkable Experience Of = Drum
mer ON the Back of . Moose.

The Remarkable Experience Of . Drum
mer the Back of Moose.
Several evenings since a party Of con
vivial spirits had assembled, as was their
wont, in certain place-which shall be
nameless-withn the limits of this city's
business district. There was one Of the
number who usually reserved his story un-
til the latter part OF the evening, and on
such occasions those constituting the party
rose and departed slowly homeward after
the story was finished, agreeing to man
that for stories told in good faith as actual
experiences of the relator they must be
awarded the palm. The tale was told as
follows:
ut was while was in the northern part
of Maine on hunting trip with party OF
men from Boston. They had good luck
with small game, but they wanted a moose.
/ / told them that | would show them one
| before long, and | did. One or two days
after they began asking me where that
moose was and kinder got me riled. took
my gun and told them that I'd get moose
pretty quick If they wouldn't come racing
round like a pack of steers. OF went,
and had gone about a mile when l heard a
noise / got up a tree as soon as possible,
and had Just got fairly seated when two oil
the finest moose | ever set eyes on came
right under the tree. Here was luck, and
/ took aim at the largest and pulled the
trigger"
At this point the narrator looked rather
, sheepish as if he had no particular desire
to proceed, but after considerable urging
, he continued.
I "The truth OF it was, boys, in my hurry
0 from the camp forgot to bring my car
I tridges, and didn't even have one in my
5 gun. Well, knocked my head against
limb and tried to think how was going u
!, get one of those moose, who all this tint
4 were eying each other like cats and dogs
!. All of a sudden they started for each othe
g and came kerplunk together. They thel
d backed off and tried it over. They kept a
D this for quite time. and seemed to be get
{ ting kind o. tuckered out and were walk
ing round and round till they got thei
wind. The largest one was right unde
me and could almost touch his antlers.
y, never knew how it happened, but down
b went head over heels and lit right on tina
ID critters back. He didA't seem to like tn
d. sort of surprise party, and just threw bac
sh his head and went, the other one followin
ne after
'e, Lucky for me the trees in that pla'
by were rather high, and there wasn't muc
d. danger of being knocked off the limb
n, Well, the time that 1t takes me to tell tn
eI was time enough for that moose to go ha
60 a mile and the smaller one right benin
ry all the time was clinging to the sides
es that moose like a cockroach to a biscuit;
1t was all | could do to breathe, and hs
"A lost my hat long before. l noticed that v
ht were going toward the camp and we soc
om hove in sight of it, gave a shout, and
mi | did so felt something slip down n
throat The boys heard the shout, al
looking up, saw us coming. Down wei
the board they were playing cards on, al
off they scudded like so many jack "a
&c bits We were now right in the campil
NJ place and wanted to stop there, but ju
er about hundred yards from the camp t
,en moose stopped suddenly and l went oS
M his head into a brook. WASN'T much hu
er' and scrambled out like a grasshopper c
'er of knothole, and right in front of me
those two moose, dead as herring. / r
on as straight face as | could and walk
urn up to the camp as unconcerned as possit
80 Here's the moose promised you, boy
=, / said, and we all went out to cut them
e. The boys never said word until after 81
per, when one of them handed me a sm
the mirror | really did not know myself. j
,an as sure as l am telling this, my beard ,
inc gone, worn oil by the rapid progress
ths made through the air, and two OF my FIR
, e. teeth had been knocked out from the 81
On, cause
/, - Both moose had run themselves
-. death "-BangOr News.