New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21
4 Bogus BEAR STORY.
From The Chicago Mail.

From The Chicago Mall
Nell yes, matters are pretty rough out our way
vet auInited the Old amer iroln hion'and s.!u
Nc We mace tol,raDls RAPID advancement too, d.
things considered A lars part Oi tine state winch.
h,u OIL, Size III the mining district, has Ions been con
sdeed worthless - now devoted 10 irih!he ana srd@
nv Nitn the advent OF scho0lhOuses ana cnurviIDs
ana sucn things, the whole terlnor! VIII assume :
new aspect. Hut Just now every man LOOKS ous
,s, ,u,.r one ,e, that slash across my cheek here
Thai was one Of the terms OF settlement OF dispute
about lot OF nogs owned Dy he'shDgl " M.
couple OF ear, asV What DID II A CHUNK o. ieau
IL was thus way: | planted about nall my iafiu
to corn that year. Corn was little more tnan an ca
permental crop out there and TOOK great usSi %
pain, To .ile miEc fair SHOW. Zche brown, whose
rirm WAS neat mine was also experimenting ntli.,
although IN anO,her me lie WAS ir.ips 70 Him noe
raising nay lie contcnded that old Montana was SOVd
Tor something besides mining and grazing ana addea
mat II raised ne would raise hogs 20 eat IL.
until Browns sloats were about two-thirds grown;
Thcn every blamed hog developed an appetite several
cmfy in nrding nm adequate food supply. lYnaliy
In desperation he turned the whole drove loose 10 fooS
neds 1t took three o. IL near! ,' ~, o "r wes
those hogs bacl. home again. Aehe oi course, w.
proiuse ia mis- apologies for the trouble lhey Mao
caused. But the next week the performance was per,
grew suspicious that Ncghbor Brown had devised =
scheme by which lie hoped TO ave MS hogs at !e,s.
commcndablc but when my corn was invaded tor
Tie tlird tine | sngmised who was expected TO STAND
didn't like to quarrel with zeke but | felt tha'
couldn't afford 10 have my agicultuIal eAp l,d
mined TO study the hog question IA htile on my own
account After good deal OF hard work nay men and
lied him kicking and squealns 10 The house. mo
spring before one OF the boys had shot CUB bea.'
and the hal:tanncd hide was nailed against she1
We tore the bcarskn down and tied IL upon the hog
fastening it securely When the Job was ended that
pOrker made pretty fair Imitation of bear ana when
We turned the animal loose he made Decline f0r
the cornfelds again 10 JOIN his companions. Wen,
Won know the bear T. the mortal enemy of the hog
tribe and there is nothing bTn Hikes better than
fat, lucy pig ,..,.. ,.... ,,,.., ,,., -, naomi
ton that bogus bear received. The whole drove
seemed % scent danger I'm the air before he got near
them. and scurricd out 0t the c)rnieids squeang IN
Terror The cause OF all the disturbance apparently
was more excited than any Of the remainder OF ne
drov,,-a, indeed he had good To be-aud as no
rout II was the quccrest sight ever bcheld and
expect to see H. equal Imagine drove OF he s.
inc a. If all the devils in that biblical story actually
possessed them! And I'm the midst Of II all a lean.
bcdragged. lopsded bear which half the time "as
ahead Of the hogs. a,
" That porcnc regiment swept through Brown's
farm like cyclone ard wcntstcaIing out Of sigh. IN
thc distance II took weeks 10 get the drove together
were neither present accounted for. couple ~
months later tie Government employees In the lv,si
lowstonc Park reported the discovery Of several VIII
p" somehow or other Brown charged his losses 70 nv
account lie sent word by one Of me boys thnt 20 20
shoot 'cm MT sight understood what that meant and
IN the interest OF my health also 'loacei for be,r;;
We met one night inst nj sunset on the Old Nei.
iowstonc trail. | saw him FIRST and sung out 'Goos
evening, Zeke.'
" Good evening Bill
crashing report. and the blood was trucking rom
smartng furrOw across my cheek. lou can sS
the result OF that argument vet. ,,,
now. Ills oldest boy Is running the farm, thonsn.
and he manages hogs great deal better than MS
father before him did