The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-01
TIE BEAR wEyT DRYING.
He Got Into . Wagon and Started the
Horse on ON n Gallop.

A few days ago Dayton Desmond, Jr.,
Iumberman of Summit Level Sullivan county.
Pa, tied his horse to n roadside tree nj the
foot of SHUTDOWN Hill and went into swamp
owned by Marcus A. White to look nc SOME
spruce trees that be thought OF puying me
horse was hitched to a rickety pnng ahd'
as II was showing. Mr.. Desmond put
blanket en- It and turned the seat upside
down In the box II took him more tnan an
hour to look over the timber
When, having finished, he hah GOT heaI
the edge of the swamp, about ten rods pae
of the rig. he heard the horse sncrting' ana
he ran out to the road Just in time 10 see
a bear iump into the rear end OF the puhs,
throw the seat out and claw the blanket
from the horse. Mr.. Desmond shouted puI
the bear ar once placed one paw en- the dash-
board, and with the other paw Deghh W
CLAW the horse on the rump and hips, WINE
the horse pitched and screamed. MI. Des-
mond ran toward the rig and yelled az tne,op
OF his voice but the bear continued 10 pe-
labor the horse as though It was deaf, ana
when MFR. Desmond had got within few
paces OF the bold animal the horse iunged
forward. broke the hltching strap and starred
on wild canter. the bear cllnging TO the
dashboard with one paw and beating inc
horse with the other as though 10 wanted
TO ride faster.
Mr.. Desmond grabbed up the seat when
he came along and gave chase. Inc morse
slackened Its pace when lt struck steep
rise In the road. and Mr.. Desmond caugnt
ND and hit the bear on the back with MS
seat. The bear backed from the dashboard
with a gTowl OF rage and as II did SO us
fore feet broke through the floor OF tne
pung: and while 1t was struggling to pun
them up its hind feet went through, ana tne
bear was helpless. Mr.. Desmond kept pound
ing the bear with the seat. and the morse
drew the pung up the hill so fast that the
bears dragging paws soon lett sIe"As Vi
blood In the snow. Mr.. Desmond was so
excited that he didn't think OF stopping Tue
horse. The bear believed and struggled IN
vain. the horse kept In a canter and Mr.
Desmond mauled the bear with the seat I'LL
he broke IL.
BY that time the horse had reached the
ton OF the hill. and Mr.. Desmond was all
out Of breath. James Seward had Just turned
into n log road with n team OF oxen some
distance ahead and he ran cut, caught the
horse by the bit. and turned IL so suddenly
that the puDg slowed around and tipped up
side down on top Of the bear. The bear
0nIckIy Honnced from under the
sleigh. and no sooner had IL done so than
Stewards two dogs tackled il and drove 10
down the road where ii plunged through
brush fence and started across stumpy
field for White Birch Creek. leaving bloody
tracks in the SHOW.
The dogs brought the bear TO bay before
Il had gone far Mr.. Desmond took charge
of his horse and Mr.. Seward got heavy
clevis from his bob sled and went after the
hear. The dogs had made ID so hot for the
hear that il had backed between two fallen
trees. where they couldn't worry It from the
rear. and where II kept them away by strik-
ing at them. Mr.. Seward stole behind the
bear and hit IL on the head with the clevis,
killing It.