St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
CATCHING 4 BEAR.
Confusion in Maine Camp
Caused by u French Cook.

Confusion i'm Maine Camp
Caused by French Cook.
At Whipple's lumber camp in the
Name woods. between Long Pond and
MiSereO stream, north of the Canadian
Pacific railroad, writes Youths Com
paniOn correspondent, a Frenchman
was employed as COOK. Behind his
table was the usual long horizontal,
which gives the extra amount of light
needed for the cooks work. Out OF the
window the Frenchman-JOe by name
was in the habit of throwing his waste
victualS, and one day he discovered that
n big bear was coming in the dark even
ingS to refreShen himself on what he
found there.
Joe had never had any experience in
bear-catching, but now he sat down and
thought the matter over seriously. The
result was that he took rope. ana.
making a moose in the end OF it, set the
loop over the bait in such way that
the bear might get entangled III 1T. The
end of the cord he took into the camp
through a crack in the window, where
he could hold it if the bear was caught.
That night he watched and the bear
came. Joe wound the rope around his
arm so as to have a good grip and
waited breathlesSly. Bruin nOsed about
after his usual food and all at once
found himself entangled. With tire
mendouS growl he jumped to escape.
and the next instant Joe was hauled out
of the window, taking the sash with
him in the most uneertmoniOus man
ner. He was glad enough to get the
rope clear of his arm and let the beast
''gae his ain gait"
Not many days passed before the bear
got over his fears and began coming
again after the kitchen scraps. Joe
cogitated once more how to catch and
hold him, and hit upon so fine plan
that it made him laugh at his work to
think of it.
He procured a rope much longer than
the first one-SO long, indeed, that when
the moose was set and the rope was
brought in through the window crack it
reached nearly the whole length of the
camp. This arranged, he told the crew
that he expected the bear that evening.
when you hear me holler," he said,s
''you must jump for the rope and pull
with all your might" 3"
They agreed, and Joe stood at the
window and watched. BY and by the
bear came, and soon he WAS in the moose. b
PULP shouted Joe, and twenty
WOOQSneN gave Tie rope SucH lug
that the big bear at the other end of 1t
was as helpless as baby. In he came
through the window, much quicker than
he had jerked Joe out OF it on the pre-
viOus occasion.
indeed, he entered so suddenly that
he found Joe unprepared for his visit
The cook slipped and fell and the bear
fell on him. 70 make matters worse
the creature carried with him every
thing within reach of his long arms
the window sash, the table, the bread
board, the rolling pin, the bread pan,
and miscellaneous lot of dishes and
cooking utensils.
For moment there was confusion
worse COMPOUNDED" in that end of the
camp. The ludicrouS mixture of
scared Frenehman, scared bear and
rafting tins threw the men into con-
WILSON'S of laughter. Then one big fell
low, rightly thinking that the cook
might get hurt in the melee, seized
handspike and dealt the bear blow
that finished him, and order was re-
stored. Joe set no more bear traps.