The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-25
AFRAID 10 JU"'
when m Ok Cart Ran Awav n Bear o'""k
Too Long to tho Seat.

Elias c. Baker. of Willow Greek, ouiii-
van county. Pennsylvania. drove HIS OK
cart ND steep hill recently to Il piece Oh
new land three-quarters. OF q miie iron.
his house. He had burned the ioe pnei
few days before, anu ne ,oyA ~ ". ho
hoys of rye To sow on the land. After ne
bnd urloaded the grain and the harro"
he hlocked the wheels of the cart ut the
Leod az the dtlgway, unhitched the oxen
and let Them browse in the bushes WINE
he was sowing the rye. There X "a dehse
n;ace nf hemlock woods along the upper
lilo of the field. and while Baker was
burning the faIOw he had seen Il pear Ill
tbr edge of the woods three or four times:
Thinking that the bear might show itself
again. Baker put double-barreied rlhe
i'm the cart at the house
When he had finished sowing the rye
he placed the empty bags on top of his
dinner basket in the front end of the cart
and pulled some hay over them. Then he
cooked both barrels of the rife, and placed
II hack of the near wheel, where he could
grab it quickly in case he got glimpse
of the bear. Then he hitched the oxen
TO the harrow, and went to dragging the
grain.
A little before noon Baker spied a
bear smelling around the cart while he
was at the further end of the field. lie
Immediately turned the oxen toward the
woods for fear they would run away II
they saw the bear and then he ran
down to n brush fence and stole along
II toward the cart, thinking to grab the
rifle before the bear could get to the
woods. He hadn't gone five rods along
the fence when lie saw the bear climb
into the front end of the cart and begin
to paw the hay and bags Off of his din
ner basket Baker stopped, and the
bear seized the basket in his paws, sat
up on his headquarters, and tore it
open.
The bears weight and movements I'M
loOsened the block behind the wheels.
and just as the greedy brute had started
TO gobble down Bakers dinner the cart
began to run backward down the dug
way. with the end of the tongue drag
ging on the ground. The bear flung
the basket into the air the moment he
saw the cart was in motion, ald under
took 10 back out Of the cart. He changed
his mind when he saw how fast lie was
riding, and Baker CIT across the field
toward the dugway just in time 10 see
the bear get back In the box and cling
10 the sides OF il. lie was gnashinG his
teeth and snar'ng. but H. was afraid 10
lump. and when Baker yelled - him he
turned square dToullu unlu Ills SuOue
was over the tongue Of the cart.
Baker chased the runaway. and 4
few Yards further down the of wheel
Of ID, cart struck stump. The rife
cracked and the bear went end over end
out of the standing cart and into the
bushes at the lower side OF the duGWay.
Baker found blood in the cart, and when
he took up the rife ne discovered that
both barrels had gone of He could
hear the bear thrashng in the bushes
several rods below the road and when he
had righted the cart he got n club and
went in search of him. He found the
bear lying dead near the creek twenty
rods from the dugway. Just back Of
his left foreleg there was hole rs big
as a mans fist, and Baker cut him open
and found that both bullets had lodged in
his throat