The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-09
A DRUNKEN BEAR
Bruin Acquired an Appetite ro- =.
Flowing Bowl -s
1 Grizzly That Got "A Taste Of Ti,,,-
Liked it DeIirium Tremcn. D., ~"d
End 10 His DissIpatad
Career.

WAY back in the SOS | WAS ,...
rily handling the lines for tb. 'a'
mcnto Overland State Compau,. "a
WAS over lots Of land, / tell Won - f','1
route ran through the rough.s, my
Of the Sierra Nevadas. One nigh,
sunset was swinging along the -'
trail at a pretty good pace, a, v,r,,
20 reach Rabbit creek befyr, a..
where sc changed horses aud l,.,
per, says the Kansas City Star r
] had three passengers. all men o.,
for freight carried a barrel ,,
strapped on behind the stage n. '~
was gin for Red Mike. " who r.,, q, T. s
and easy at the mining camp Al Ral5..
Creek. Suddcnlt my attention ~.
.allcd by one Of ,.-e passenger, -
novel race which was going ou 5...'
the side Of the mountain lptyy..,
miner and a grizzly bear, VIII the r1.1
about one hundred feet ahead r4r-..
ike q deer But the bear was fsi,..-
rapidly and il secucd that hr had t-.ss
sure. when suddenly the miner turn
and dartcd off in another direct,
The grizzly vas slow in STOPPING H..
when be did get Strengthened th.. ,,-.
he aunihilated distance was a ra,,..
II catamountS.
Several times the miner PLAYED a.-
trick. and on each occasion gained ,,-
siderable ground in one direction nm, !,
could be seen ne was rapidly tiriug s-5
unless something happened the L.,.
was dead sure 10 get him. w.. w.,.
wondering what we could do o. b.r-
r
leaders smcllcd the grizzly m..-
snortcd and pranced and started oh .,
= dead run. put on the brake. and
was all | could do u stop them and
wouldn't have succeeded only the ,-sH
was up grade.
Wcll. when the horses mad. tb.t-
lump the barrel Of gin broke los.
from its fastenings and went t.ar5u,
down the mountain side toward tf.
man and bear, who were coming alap,
On q dead run. The man SAW the bar.
rel coming and avoided il bui not 10Th.
-rizziy. lie stood up on his hind I.y,
nd. reaching out his fore paws. GRABBED
z. The way that barrel rolled him
..own the mountain would max. q
oyote laugh.
The impromptu journey WIS brough,
. a sudden ending by an immrn>.
Jyvlder. against which the bear and
Yarrel rolled. The shock separated
acm, and. strange u say. the barn.
pod right side up with the head
rD,leu in and only a small portion ,,
&c contents was spilled. To say The
car was surprised would be putting !,
light.
lie thought ne had his quarry and
.vhcn he discovered il was only bar.
rel his face took on al expression Of IN.
tense disgust. However, az is natura.
for a bear. he began 10 lick his shaggy
.oat, which had been sprinkled with
some Of the gin. The taste was up
parcntly agreeable, as he kept on alb
5orbing the liquor with his rough
tongue until the flavor disappeared
Then he went over and smelled II tAy
barrel. The inspection was undJuht-d
~ highly satisfactory, a. he inserted BIZ
snout and took a sup, then he took
good long draught, and in less than hall
an hour that bear was a. drunk d,
lord.
We watched the proceedings with in
tcrest. ana alteT We were AAllhlru Lh
bear had jag on. we went down. tio
him up with ropes, dragged him up th
hill and threw him inside the stage
We drove on TO Rabbit Greek and s3H
the drunken grizzly 10 Red Mike g.
500, and he chained him up in the cor
ner Of his saloon and kept him a. q cur
osity 70 draw trade.
Well, he did draw trade Mix
gave him quart Of whisky a day. 80
after awhile he became 80 docilr thu
] his chain was removed. After that q
may years he would sleep around ta
barroom and when one Of the boz
would come and ask the house % driG
| the grizzly would walk up 20 the bar
stand on his hind legs. and wait % b
served with tincupful Of whisky j
was a source of great income but. ur
| fortunately, being attacked with d
lirium tremens one day, he killed t
bartender and a miner with one b,0'
of his powerful paw, and il requIr1
twenty Winchesters and about one hu'
lrcd pounds of lead 70 cure him Of D.
uncomfortable passion for intoxicant