St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-07
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adyen-
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.

~ DESPERATE battle took place ne
Iurnwood, n. j., between famishe
female bear and the wife of Amos Core
a Woodsman on the upper Beaver Xii
For several days bear tracks had bee
seen in the ncighborhood and once.
few days ago, good sized bear had bee
seen crossing the road near Corcys cabin
Saturday morning Corey started wit
rifle and dogs to hunt down the "animaI
and had been gone about an Lour, whe
his wife heard great commotion in til
dooryard. Just then little dog ran int
the house yeping with terror and GOV
cred with blood. Mrs. Corey, thinkin
of the bear, seized a keen -bladed d
from the rack and shutting her baby an
little boy in bedroom, ran into the yard
There she saw huge bear rolling an,
tumbllng among the sawdust and chip
OF the wood pile, while over it hoveret
a swarm of honey bees. The bear hat
upset half dozen hives of bees and tn
little creatures were having their revenge
Mrs. Corey watched the battle for awhile
and then made stroke at bruin with tn,
ak, ln1lctlng severe wound in the ami
mails side. With a howl the bear rushed
upon her, unmindful of the bees Rising
upon its hind feet it advanced upon the
| woman and tried to hug her. Mrs.
Corey piled the ak with energy, and
after several blows brought it down with
tremendous force on the bears head.
splitting it in twain with the shar D. dged
weapon. During the battle she received
one blow from one of the bears paws
which badly lacerated one of her arms.
After the bear had been killed the bees
swarmed about Mrs. Corey, singing her
severely. They finally rested on the
bushes near by where she succeeded in
hivlng them. Afterwards she was sur
prlsed to find that two little cubs had
come out Of the brush and were smelling
about their dead mother. She captured
them, and after feeding them with W arm
milk they became quite tame She will
keep the cubs and raise them.
"THE japanese Students" says an
American teaching in that country, care
very fond of using long, high sounding
words. One day l told the story Of
Jack and the Beanstalk' to one of nv
classes of young men, and asked them to
reproduce it in writing I used the sim
plest possible English in order to make
1t easy for them to understand, and what
was my surprise when came to correct
the papers, to find the first one | took I'D
began as follows: "Once upon time
there lived poor widow, who, for GER
tain pecuniary considerations, was obliged
to sell her cow Another one wrote:
Jack said to the fairy, please tell me the
way to the nearest hotel;' and still an
other wrote: The giant said to the hen
that laid the golden egg, "Borned an egg.
Borned another same way."' A student
asked one of the teachers in our theologi-
cal school to please teach him 'idiotic'
English. A student in some other school
was asked to make a translation out of
the proverb, Out of sight out of mind.
This was the result The blind are in
sane.'"
MORTIMER MENDEs, the artist, travel
ing in the East looking for subjects, has
come upon curious form of courtship.
Sketching one day in Burmah, he no.
iced man little distance off glaring
iercely straight ahead of him at some
9bject he could not see from his position.
The man sat with the same fixed glare
he whole afternoon, and was at it again
lext morning. Mr.. Mendes had the
to ask an English visitor what
re meant. The reply was, ooh, he is
n love-" and it was explained that this {
vas the method of courtship. The {
bJect of the mans attentive gaze was {
,lrl in nelghboring bazaar. When a
Dung man falls in love, he has to seat
imself at a certain distance from his !
dored one, and wait for her to do the {
est. If she looks in his direction once
r twice on the first or second day he is
idly encouraged, and if On the third
ay she mods and smiles, it is time to 60
the parents with reference to the T
larriage settlements.
The SPORTING REVIEW is authority
n the statement that Connecticut pos
sses sportsman who cannot see, but :,
no nevertheless can bring down bird :,
l the wing with neatness and dispatch. "
is name is William Hill, and there are "
any men with perfect vision who can =
vt do as good work with the shotgun as q
J. Hill has been blind for many years, i"
1t he has always been such an enthusiast II
, sportsman that he would not allow his II Il
trinity to keep him out Of the woods. " "
is first shooting was at random when ~
er he heard partridge rise from the ',
shes with whir and fly away, but his u
ute ears soon became able to locate =,
e direction of the birds flight, and OF OF
would fire ahead of the point at 81 81
lich he believed the bird to be- 70
ter considerable practice he became W
expert that nearly every shot told, ~
1 now when he goes hunting Ca Ca
always takes home large string IL
birds if they are plentiful in the "a "a
DDS. Tn
1 YOUNG woodchooper named George Vi
is started out recently in the foothills 50
the Coast range in California in quest oa III;
wild hogs which he proposed to con- wi WI
t into fresh pork. He Travelled all day a a.
ough mud, slop and rain, looking with III
ious eyes for the rowing swine, and fel
as the shades of night began to settle WI
r the lonesome canyons Ellis espied a an
Did sow eating pine roots. She loomed >
before the young hunter like an
ska elephant. Ellis brought his rife l ,na
lis shoulder in the trepidation of the p .:,
nent and fired. But. alasl being ex- sun
d, he missed. The cow made a dash nlo
the hunter, and the hunter sped for o.
, reaching it moment in advance of a io
porcine adversary. Ellis remained in we
tree all night and was thoroughly Ia
led in drenching rain that came up son
ing his stay there. He has concluded cul
uuc mo
ch, residents of Marlborough, Mass. :;