The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-26
MINIS "MISCHIEF.v
A Russian Sobiemnn's Pet Bear Kills and
Eats Whole Family,

4 Russian Sobiemnn's Fet Bear Kills and
Eats Whole Family,
a st. Petersburg paper reports the fol-
lowing bear story. which is characteristic
in all its details: About two years ago
Russian noble in the neighborhood of Wilma
was fortunate enough to kill she bear and
to capture one of her cubs. He took the
baby bear home and tried TO tame it. He
succeeded to his satisfaction, and Mimi be-
came his pet. Whatever Mimi did was cum
ming and gave him pleasure. He destroyed
several barrels Of honey. the crop of whole
season on his masters estate. and the mas
ter regarded it as huge joke. he became
fond of fowls, and as he could net easily
capture them he devised a really clever
trick TO attain his object lie wonld climb
up into tree with his mouth full of gravel
and throw the gravel like seed to
the ground. The foolish fowls thought
it was real seed, and ran together
from all parts to pick it. Then Mimi
would suddenly alight upon them and kill
them literally by the score. His master en-
joyed the trick, and let the perpetrator go
unpublished until there was hardly a chicken
left on the whole estate. Mimi once en-
tered his masters parl0r, and, noticing his
own figure in a large French mirror, con-
Ceived dislike for it. He tried to fight il
fun without interfering. The next time he
damaged the expensive frame of the mirror
in his effort to get at his imag-
nary enemy behind the glass, and
his master observed his capers with
delight. When finally he came to the
place with stone, and, throwing at his
alter-ego, broke the mirror in splinters, his
master did nothing but order his domestic
to clear up the room, remarking that the
pleasure Of seeing Mimi act so funny was
worth to him the price of the mirror" Once
Mimi got punished. but his offense was of
very serious nature. His masters car
riage came before the door, The driver
alighted to fix something on the harness.
In moment Mimi climbed up to the drivers
seat and took the reins in his paw. The
horses got frightened and ran away. The
driver got badly hurt, the carriage was
dashed 10 pieces and one Of the horses was
killed. For this caper the master admins
tered to his pet severe chastisement and
Mimi behaved for some time.
Finally Minis master took notion to
get his pet used to brandy. Mimi was in
deed funny when drunk, but he became the
terror of the whols neighborhood. A few
weeks ago one of the domestics of the man
sion took Mimi to the village inn kent by a
Jew named Rabinowitch and treated him to
n glass of brandy. Twice afterward the
bear came to the inn OF his own accord and
got drinks from the inn-keeper. On the
third time, August 21st, he came, and not
finding the host behind the counter Mimi
unceremoniously rolled out the barrel of
brandy on the floor and tried to break it.
Rabnowitch came in and noticing what
tine bear was about made an effort to take
the barrel away from him. A severe strug-
gle ensued. TIE peasants who were sitting
around the inn at the time watched with
delight the tight between the jew and the
bear.
A son IS years old and then the wife and
young daughter of the unfortunate inn
keeper came to his assistance. but the en-
ragged beast overp0wered them ALL When
the peasants saw that the inn keeper fell
with lacerated throat they ran away to
alarm the village. When assistance came
the whole Jewish family was dead and the
bear. Keeling drunk, Toasted on their bodies.
Yet no peasant dared to lay hand on the pet
of their nobleman until the latter came him
self and shot his darling Mimi.-London