Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08

show bear. You see this was their
first experience. l then told the
boys would climb up and get the
bear down, then we could manage
him alive. You see, knew the bear
would turn loose mighty quick as
soon as could catch him by the tail,
and all they had to do was to turn
bruin on his back as soon as the dogs
got him down, and put q gag in his
mouth. They agreed to ii and we
fixed gag-a big stick six inches
long with string to each end, so as
to chug the gag into his mouth and
tie the strings over the back of his
head. Then / went up the tree and
gave the bears tail little twist, and
he turned loose aud fell caWallOp;
and, bless your soul, man, that was
the prettiest fight | ever did see. /
would have given a hundred doll ars
if you had been there to see the fun.
Brain fell with Il dull thud, which
kinder stunned him for a minute,
giving the boys time to put the gag
on. The dogs all this time were get
ting in their work, but when the
bear came to himself you just ought
TO have seen him slapping the dogs
down as fast as they could come, and
it looked as if he was going TO clean
out the whole crowd, dogs and all.
[ hurried down the tree, and just as
the bear was Strengthening up for a
dog, / snatched him down by the
back of the neck. Alexander got
hold of one fore foot and | the other,
and there we had him; couldt turn
loose and could't hold on to
him very long. Alexander wanted
Jo5lin to cut his throat, but | said
no, we would carry him to camp
alive, or die trying. Then l made
Joslin pour his bottle Of whisky
down the beasts throat, and in fif-
teen minutes that bear was as tame
as Il kitten and the lovingeSt thing
you ever saw except girl in ice
cream season, ard he just followed
us right along into camp and the
boys had more lun than a little; he
was the pet of the whole camp.
Joslin soon had him trained to dance
and give the pole performance, and
you never saw man love a drink
like that bear did; Joslin named
him Buster and the bear liked the
name mightily,and it was just funny
to see Buster begging Joslin for a
drink. He would hold a tin cup be.
tween his paws for Will TO pour the
whisky in, and then he would
drink, smack his mouth, lick out his
tongue and dance all the latest
figures. lie slept in camp with Us
and Joslin soon had him trained 10
wait on the table"
"Well, did eyou bring Buster
home ?'
"Oh no; no, sir"
"Sold him, did you "''
"No, sir Wish we had. We were I
offered 800 for him by an old bear
tanner down there, but the camp
would not agree to take any price
We were all sorry afterwards, for he
turned out to be a very expensive (
bear"
Glow was that ?"
"Well, you see, that bear drank
four gallons aud a quart of old Bour-
bon whisky in four days, which cost
four dollars a gallon, and it looked
just like pouri lg it into a sink.
got uneasy and shut him off for fear
the whisky would give out and we
might have Il snake accident, and
then it was too expensive for bear.
But that wasn't the worst OF II.
During the night Buster was attack.
ed with the delirium tremeus, and
YOU bet he raised Cain in that camp;
turned up everything, slapped men
and dogs sky westward going and
coming, and every man Of Us had TO
take to the woods and stay up a sap
lin until next morning" J