St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-14
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He Paints Portland, Or, a
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He Had His Fun First and
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A Chinese Gambling Den
i Cleaned Out in Short
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the Portland OregOnlan, has pet bear
cub about four or five months old, which
he keeps chained in his back yard. In
joke he stole favorite dog from an
other saloOnkeeper on Adler street and
pawned it with third saloon man for
$3.50 worth OF drinks. The owner of
the dog had to pay the bill before he
could get the favOrite back, and to get
even he induced man to steal the bear
and pawn it at his saloon for drinks for
the crowd. amounting to $3.50. The bear
was secured late Thursday even
ing and chained in the back
yard of the Adler street saloon.
Feeling like cat in a strange gar
ret. the young bear began climbing the
walls, smashing the windows, scratch
ing the paint off the doors and raising
Cain generally. till at last, about 2 80
yesterday morning, the saloon man sent
for the person who had stolen the bear
and begged him to take the brute away.
He would wipe the $3.50 for drinks off
the slate and treat the crowd if he could
only get rid of the bear. And so it
happened that as the reporter was
passing the corner of Third and Adler
at 3 o'clock he saw the man with the
bear coming down Adler street. a big
Newfoundland dog, which had been
loafing around the corner, when lie saw
the cub, put his tail between his legs
and started on a trot up Third street,
locking back from time to time in a
scared manner.
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When the bear got near enough he
grabbed the reporter by the leg and en-
deavOred, by the aid OF teeth and claws,
to climb him. but was shaken off. He
then tried to climb telegraph pole
which was cased with galvanized iron.
Tie would leap up as far as he could and
grasp the pole, but his claws would not
hold on the iron, and down he would
come. His failure seemed to surprise
and irritate him, and he leaped up and
slid down that pole In manner that
would make horse laugh. After he
and coming TO a laundry where about
a dozen Cinnamon we're at work
ironing, the bear made sudden dart
for the door, jerking the chain out of
the hand of his keeper and plunging in
among the bare skinned Cinnamon, rat
Ting his chain around tables and chairs
in his endeavOrs to make himself sOcia-
BILE! The scene which followed may be
imagined, but cannot he described 50 as
to give any idea of its righteousness.
The Cinnamon leaped upon the tables
and ironing boards, shouting with ter
rOr and brandishing their hot tlat-irOns.
their queues few up to the ceiling and
as the bear tried to be neIghborly and
getupon the tables they jumped around
fraEtically and yelled like lost spirits.
The party who were travelling with
the bear rushed in, and, after laughing
till they were tired, captured the ami
NAL and dragged him off, and compare
tive quite was restored, but those Chi
neSe laundrymen viii have a long ac-
count to settle with the paper devil
which is to be burned in few weeks.
The bear and his escorts moved on
down Alder street to Second. where the
bear met two Cinnamon and attempted
to climb up under one fellows blouse.
The other one cleared the width of the
street at two bounds, and the shouts of
the pair brought dozens of jabberng
heads to windows, and the whole
neighborhood was beginning to get in
terested. Then the bear saw door
partially open and heard the rattle of
dice in brass bowl inside and made
break into the room where half dozen
Cinnamon were amusing themselves
gambling. One bound into a chair en-
abled him at the next leap TO land on
the table among the terrified gamblers,
who fled i'm wild dismay, and the bear,
after knocking the bowl, dice and coin
all over the room. followed one of the
fugitiyes out on the sidewalk and up
stairway next door. Down a hall he
followed the flying and terrOr-stricken
gambler and up another staircase into
the third story, his chain rattling against
the corners and ratings in a hilarious
manner.
After the bear rushed his distracted
keeper, and the din and uprOar and
and Squalling which filled that
building threw anything mentioned in
Dante's Inferno into the shade. After
much trouble the bear was secured, and
with proTuse apologies for his mlscOn-
Duct, dragged away. After going
around the corner. and taking much
needed rest, the bear and his party
strolled down to Front street, and find
ing saloon open it was decided that
sent to its owner to fetch him away in
the morning. No sooner had the party
entered the saloon than the bear made
for small tub sitting under the faucet
of beer keg in which there was
almost quart of swipes, which he pro-
ceeded to drink in hurried manner.
All efforts to get him away were futile;
he grabbed the tub with his paws and
teeth and howled like a demon. and
never let go till the last drop of beer
had been swallowed and the inside of
the tub carefully licked. Then he was
tied up to the iron ratings around
stove, and amused himself by opening
the door and draught. paving out the
ashes and breaking off the ornaments.
would stand up on his hind legs and fall
over like drunken man and roll
around on the floor. and the saloon man
wanted him taken away, but his keeper
did not know where to take him any
more. and the party slid out and disap-
npared and never wanted to know what