The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-10
N0sAICs OF THE CITY.

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get youf tickstsl don't walt until the ship 70
fun; svssybody = going over; don't dslays
don't st lsfsr BY diligence and attention %
business hs worked into Capt Finch's good
gracss and was won't 70 do q little trading on his
own account In which he turned many IN
honest penny along the foutA It happened at
this time that the whASnngsr ct stsilacoom
had = pet bssrs large nns animal:
about 2 yeafs old and quite tamA On one OF
the trips Jackson made purchase Of this nne
animal with the assurance that hs (the oear1
was perfectly docile and would not harm
child Jackson lifted up small corral forward
Of the windlass. and By the help Of the old
owner the bear Wa safely lodged in his tempo
rary quartsra His bearship seemed cutie tame
steamer had left the dock there Wa . change
came over his bearship that boded no good 70
the spectatofs around him, among whom was
very prominent butcher from Victoria, who was
trying to strike up trade with Jackson for the
beaE He va particularly anxious 70 know II
the bear Was tame and ,docilA Jackson, Of
coufses IVES anxious 70 sell. and. to assure ne
customer that there Vas no nonso about the
bloody hruts.' Immediately jumped into the
corral and commenced 70 fondls the bear, which
objected 70 such familiarity, particularly from
. stranger. The bear gave Jackson plenty Of
warning that his caressing was mot acceptable
but on the othsr hand was repulsive 70 his feel.
ingA Nothing dauntsd, Jackson continued his
carsssing manner until the bears patience was
exhausted. whsrsupon he gently raised one
OF his hind fset catching Jackson
about the waistband OF his pants,
with . downward movement, repeated
several times with lightning rapidity. In the
space Of . few seconds Jackson was minus his
pants. bssides receiving several bad cuts in his
lower limbs. At this time Jackson beat hasty
retreat By jumping over the corral leaving his
pants and parts Of his coat In the bears posses.
sion, which proossdsd 70 vent his spite ON the
remains to his sstisfactton. Jackson, after b.
ing patched up and reclothed, proceeded TO
Close the bargain With his customer The bear
had lost his reputation - . Pct and his value
was reduced somewhat A. the butcher had
bear and his owner, he declared that the bloody
brute was only at for the shambles, provided
the blooming bsggar could b gotten ashore
The deal was made, Jackson not realislng quite
- much - he expected on the Transaction. On
the arrival Of the steamer In Victoria IL was
found that the bear was In NO amiable mood.
and refused 70 60 ashore until couple Of heav.
ing lines were attached to bruins collar, and BY
sheer force was his bsarship induced TO walk
or rather slide, the gang plank from the steamer
to the dock. With two or three good, strong men
on each line Mr.. Bfuin went up Yates street,
the party keeping in the middle Of large
crowd on each side Of the street, the
the procession moved mp the street The
butchsf's place OF business was ON Yates street.
In the rear Of which he had email shack used
for storage In this den the bear was. after
many efforts, safely lodged, the door closed and
bruin left to mediate on his change of quartsrA
In this rather dark room, without . floor, the
bear became quiet and pa1took Of sations In Q
manner becoming good and trusty bear. The
butchers rstions were bountiful, but he had
an eye 70 turning good penny - ttdbit on
Christmas day. But - man proposes, some
times besr disposes. 1t appears that after .
time bruin began to dig in the soft and yielding
soil, and BY chance selected Q spot close to one
OF the silla He had not dug far before hs dis.
covered daylight, and, continuing his work for
short time, he found himself outside his den
In an alley. Being Of sporting turn OF mind,
- are all his race when ct liberty. he com.
mencsd 70 enjoy his liberty By taking q few
turns up and down the alley. Some children
were playing in the alley, but bruin was doing
his best to enjoy his liberty by all kinds Of an.
attention to the children. Not 20 with the
little ones, for they every one set up yell-and
such yelll 1t would have ast0nished and put
to rout even Mosby and his pet gusrrillaa
After few moments one oil the
gamins, gathering his breath. shouted:
Mother, the devil 10 in the alley The
good woman stepped to the door just a. bruiu
not SLOW, particularly when there were Q half.
dosen ours close at his heels. The lady tainted
and fell out OF the door, Just In time to receive
the impact OF Z large mastifY, which came In col.
hsion with the fallen woman. The dog turned
. complete somsrsault. ana ON rising took the
back track. with look as much - to say he
hadn't lost any time BY this time the whole
alley was astiE It was . motley sight, women.
children, dogs, cocknsys, knickerbocke1 with
eyeglas and without work men, butchers and
gamblers. in ocs mad rush TO get good look 1t
his bearship About this time the bear found
himself In . position similar to the one Gen.
sigei found himself In At the battle Of Pea
Ridge. with the enemy before and behind him.
both TANKS shut in By walls OF houses and shedaL
He stopped, rose upon his hind legs and took In
the situation. In an instant he concluded to
beat . retreat 10 his old quarters, and began
hurrying back at the top Of his speed Il was
only . momen: before he was among the iufur.
lated mob AZ there were no side openings
there was mad rush to the street. and a the
procession moved on the court was nlline IN
from the other end By An equally excited
mob. The bear looked over his shoulder
AMI found himself like the Peoples party
in lS9a, right in the middlA A. be
had shown the people he was . eoer
he thought he would give them IN exhibition OF
bis climbing powerA Accordingly he made
dash for low shack and succeeded in gaining
the root He quickly gained another roof. 4
kind OF lean-to OF three-story brick with q
high wall around IL which he quickly mounted
He raised himself and looking over the coping.
winked his eye, - much ~ to say, How 10 this
for hfghr In the meantime, while the mslee
vas going on In the court below, there was a
score or so OF miliiners and mantuamakar
working under the roof upon which bruin hsd
sought safety from the mob They wsre a
happy lot OF young girls eagerly discussing the
isst snnday's sermon on Original SIM .lts
Just lovely, exclaimed one. About thi. tims
Mr. Bruin started on . prospecting tour ON thu
root. Not being an architect, and not knowing
the difference between Q rattsr, king beam O,
muliion. be pranced across Q skyliRht which
was exactly aooye where the giris were work
Ing The light structure failed to hold him nm
and TIE consequence was he came down ri,bt
among the girls. The discussion WA hnouoh,
To An END BY each girl giving her best ysll Ana
starting for the stairway, 6ilipg IL full from ton
TO bottom The jani,or said that eli that ooula
&c seen In the stairway was boot heels. a,o
" hile the bear was quietly resting on q nile Of
clippings, somewhat dazsJ by his fall he va
easily captured and again confined in mis- old
quarters, And on Christmas day wa Killed and
served out to the customers OF the folly
butcher"
The Sunday Sxm, which In not only The bright
est, but usually the best-antormed among tia
London papers on American matters, has fallen
Into 80 Old and gTisvogs error In the following
answer 10 q correspondent:
intending Ernigrant wishes 20 know the fruit