Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-10-02
A BROKEN HEARTED BAR.
TRUE STORY OF THE DENISE OF
JASPER GRlNDLEY'S PETS.


talIatIon with a Dutch oven and Led TO
Premeditated Suicide By DrowniHg-The !
Account. Difer Slightly.
According To the story current among
the laymen Of this pleasant region,
year-old bear belonging to Jasper Grind
lev, bear killer, had fight with an
other ycar-old bear. also the property OF
Jasrnr. the result Of which fight was the
death Of the last mentioned bear. The
victor made break for the woods, and,
in taking a short cut. attempted to cross
Gravclys null pond on the ice. The ice
was too thin To support the weight OF the
fleeing bear and broke beneath him. lie
disappeared beneath the ice. aud was not
seen again until his dead body was car
ricd down by the water to the tail race,
and so ON To the water wheel OF the saw
mill. There II became damned in the
paddles and stopped the mill. When the I
body of the unfortunate bear was re-
moved from the water wheel it was in 1
bad shape
Such WIS the story that was current
about the death Of Jasper Grindley two
I bears: aud II was tragic enough until
\ Jasper came in with his account Of the
affair
DUcKED his NATE.
Them two Young bars" said Jasper,
beat all creation for smartness. an ii
was Jest that smartness Of their'n that
done EN- both up They was always
playin tricks on one another, an one
day one of EN- was takin a lcetle tramp
l.s.sHF
that stood at one corner o the house.
half full o rain water lie didn't know
what was in the bari. o course, but
thiukin' that mebbe there was sumpin' in
, il that mowt pan out a heap o fun fer
him, lie riz up on his hind feet, an put
, tin his fOrcpaws on top o the barl
looked over into il. Not bein' anything
Z but water in the sar'l. the chances Is that
the little euss d ha' got down ag'in an
. gone ON lookin' fer sumpin' else TO git fun
out of; but, jlst ~ he riz up on the bar |.
t'othcr bar happened round that way.
a He seen his mate nosin' inter the
4 bari, an all on a student ii struck him
that he see some fun IN the situation. Sc
q what does he do but sneak up ahind
- t'other bar an gEab him by the hind
!. legs. an quicker than ! kin tell We lie
) lifted him up an soused him head fusi
q in the bari While the onfortnit bar in
e the barl was splutterin an kickin' an
!. twistu' an' chokin' in the water. the
.e tricky little sarpint that dumped him II
n just danced an prauced around, an hol
a Tered till you'd ha thort he'd ha' busted
a the thing hit him ez being so consarne,
q funny. The bar in the bar'l would ha
# drowndcd IN short order If | hadn't ber
cus by, an run an turned the barl al
4 an let him out
TERRIBLE REVENGE
n, THAT bar never let on that he wa
put out by the little trick his mate Ina,
81 played on him, an didn't git mad Bit
IA But | could see that he was keepin hi
vi eye skinned for a chance TO git even
Y, An there's where | orter KEEP my ey
~ skinned to prevent anything serious, bu
1T never thort about things ever turin
out the way they did
! THAT big Dutch oven o mine stand
IT in the back o the yard jist ez il did G
my oil pop built it fifty year ago TIL
:, door is allus open except when we'r
II, usii' the oven, which haint more'n wun.
week One day couple Of weeks az
IT. noticed that the door WAS shet, but
lao didn't think anything wrong till s.
m, that there was only one o the hui
IN around. an lac was terrible Uneasy, al
nj KEEP hangin ROUND the oven, whiniu' Al
o. cryin cz if his heart d break Then
went and opened the oven door lnsid
al o the oven lay t'other bar. lie VI
be deader'n macker'i pulled him on
lie had been suffocatei till lac die,
do There was only one way To explain i
The bars had been in the habit o craw
, In in the oven AN layin' there. one ut
I'D time. thinkin' it WAS bang up fun. No
Mt the bar that had been dumped in It
lot bar'l o water watched his chance, "a
Iiy when tsothrr bar clumb in the oven
'ut just sneaked up an clapped the door sh
or on him. | wasn't there To let him out, Il
". the consekences was that he pegged oil
slick an clean.
in, SELF DESTRUCTION.
on From the way the live bar acted
ice know'd that lac know'd Jist what his trit
ht had ended in, an hc took on orful to Sc
lie howled am whined an bcllercd IA
ne somehow couldn't git over it. He to,
,et 90 wanderin' over 10 the ueighbors ~
ne was lDDkll Ter MS uthd mate, an TN
told ms that II didn't keep him hon
he'd git ball in some day. So | put
y" rope around his neck an tied t'other ct
~ of it 10 an old plOwsherr that was knoc
err in round the yard He could drag q
INC plowsheer about, but couldn't drag it IN
&C But lac KEEP up his mournin fer his mat
- AM it was tctchin t. see him | thot,
~ course. that he'd cit over il bimehy.
~ Id la put him outen his misery
zee lone day las week Sol Tilt come
ms my house an says;
o's That bar . your'n. says he. is
o'u coFtion. jist met him walkin oy
to'ards the mill pond. carryin' his plo'
Z! sheer under his arm ~ handy ez
-. carry three pound o pork.
AZ That skeercd me. dug over to'a
ieS the mill pond ~ fast ez | could go.
hu got there quick enough. but couldi
hu see npthin o the bar walked
around the pond, an what should col
az on To but the bar, standin' on the ice a
brcakin' a hole through il with the hea
plowshecr | sec what he was up to
wunst. but afore canld get to him
had tire holc made big enough, an dow
through he plunked like muskrat.
waited, but never see him ag'in. 7
poor little cuss was jist wore out vi
~ -, .t.t Ia. Lad Inna ~ i