The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-11-26
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PETS.
WILD ANIMALS DoMEsTlcATED BY
MEN or THE Woody WEST.

Lion, I'm Faro Bsnk-Frank Mon
-Soe's Pet Besr--Bob Psares,s7 Timber
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The recent holding y PA faro
bank in Cheyenne by Phil Foote - Inc
point Of a pair Of heavy caliber, SELF
cooking arguments calls to mind the pets
that this man had while dealing faro in
Idaho Springs, Col, in 1887, says a. Den
yer correspondent Of the New York
Press During q trip into Garfield
county, Phil came across pair Of mount
ain lion cubs, and after a tussle with
the mother brought her scalp in for the
bounty and her cubs for pets, Nellie
and Jack, as they were known, grew
strong and sturdy under the care Of
Phil, who petted and fondled the little
things. and fed and nursed them until
they were full grown and extra large
animals. The figure Of Phil, six fest tall,
walking down the main street OF town
with lion on each. side, was one not
readily forgotten; and when he
sat dealing faro, with his pets
IN place, his was the most orderly
layout in the whole house, and
all disputes were speedily and quietly
settled Phil had way, while under
the influence Of his favorite brand Of
z mountain lymph, of declaring that
he, owned the town, and to prove the
assertion would stretch himself on two
chairs across the sidewalk and go to
sleep, Nellie and Jack faithfully guard.
ing their master Policeman Matt Car
roll attempted to arrest Foote ut one
time, but wheas he was told that the
lions had To go. too, he held back and
attempted tp argue the. matter. and
! finally laid his hand on Foote's shoulder.
The pets each lifted lip and showed u
cleaning fang,and Carroll beat hasty
retreat. Foote, after night spent in
SOLDERING mp, walked into court next
morning and gave himself up He was
promptly fined 500 for resisting arrest,
which he as promptly paid. The lions
were afterward sold to a travelling circus.
Then there was J. G. johnson, of
Glenwood, who had magnificent male
lion. which was Of rather surly DISPOSE.
ton and not inclined to allow anybody
hut his master to approach him. John.
son was called to Aspen for few days
on business. and before going chained
the beast up in his back yard and left
water and liberal supply of rations
within reach. He was detained longer
than he expected, and one, afternoon the
attention of some boys was attracted to
the spot by growls. The youngsters i'm
mediately began to enjoy themselves by
pelting the hungry and thirsty brute
with stones. The lion few into q rage
and screamed and tagged at the any
thing but stout chain. The noise at
tracted Marshal Jack Scott, who shot
the animal, delivered the scalp to the
County Clerk and received in return the
bounty When johnson returned he
was hopping mad and began suit against
the county for the value of his pet. The
matter was compromised before the trial
came off
Frank Monroe. a-civil engineer, had
pet bear which he picked up in the
mountains when a cub He had to kill
the mother and a brother cub before he
got possession of Clarisse, and when
he walked into the clerks office with
two bear scalps under one arm and a
cub under the other his clothes were in
shreds and portion of his right cheek
clawed off. But the boys got to teasing
the young bear SO that she finally became
ugly and was ordered to be shot.
The late Bob Pearce had a female tim
Der wolf which he got while a cub at
New Castle. She was a mischievous
brute. and had no sooner attained her
full size and strength than she started in
to kill all the dogs in town, and very
nearly succeeded. Then Bob chained her
to his front fstoop.r but she would occa
sionally snap the. chain and go rummag
ing through neighbors' yards. trampling
down kitchen gardens, killing chickens
and raising Cain generally All the bills
were promptly paid by Bob But there
came time when bill paying became
monotonous, and the wolf was quietly
shipped to Berkeley. But the bills came
in with the old time regularity. and Bob
paid few, and then came down on all
hands and had every cent refunded, with
the considerable addition of mountain
interest.
District Attorney tombstone went out
with bear party and returned with a
cub, which he taught to climb the flag
staff in front of his house, much tosthe
delight of the small boy. The bear is
now in Aspen.
Young George Manly. son Of Dr.
Manly, had half dozen trained skunks,
which performed number Of very in
teresting tricks. Arthur Hull, who
played bali with the Leadvilles and then
joined the Minneapolis nine, also tried to
make a pet Of skunk He finally
reached the dismal conclusion that his
attempt was frank failure
Jim SnellbaKer, who cared for a Sec,
ton house at,Aspen junction, near In
dependence Pass, had a small herd of
chiplnunks, which he taught to sit up
and spar wittls~each other in. fashion
pugilistic They were his only compan-
ions in his lonely cabin. hut he could