Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
Good for Bear Bites.

whisky is excellent for snake bites, "
observed the man with the red nose as,
as he looked around with the air OF q
person who was exhaling a piece OF
fresh news.
$50 tits fer bar bites" added friz-
lilly old fellow, who had apparently seen
service.
"How bear bites?" inquired the first
man.
s.Jis' like any other kinder bites" ex-
planned the old man. BARS bite an
they bite mighty hard, but whisky is
good fer EN-"
TELL us about itP" asked young
man OF inquiring turn.
COURSE / will, il you wants ter
know" consented the old fellow smil-
ingIy. bout seven years ago l war
dom some huntin' an trappin' out 10
the Rockies, an had camp In Wlio
place on the bank Nv crick. liz per-
venter NV accidents, had also ten
gallon keg Of liquor, an one day the
keg sprung leak and l had to pour the
whisky into washtub SOS to tighten
ND the key. Mebbe l tuck drink too
much er sumpin; anyhow, the hrst
thing I knoWed l waZ asleep, an
when woke up a couple nv hours
later, I war layin' fat on my PACK
about thirty foot away from the
washtub Nv whisky my gun was
laGln' by the tub an bar, mighty nign
e3big ez a butler, was snlffin' at 'em. L
knowed l did't hev flghtin show with
the bar, with no weepins. an couldn' !
run, so | Jus laid thar, innardIy prayin'
that the dern brute I'D go way without
gittin' over to me. Thar wasn'tn no other
meat or eatables in the camp though Ter
a bar. but me, an ! knowd that bar
wuzn't thar to read the newspapers err
TO drink tea, an begun TO get little
skeerder than ever war in all my lie.
The bar seemed to hav' kinder han
KERN fer the smell Nv that tub though,
an didn't git fer away from It,.
Finally he stuck his nose In the
ticker an got ter sneezln', an
I thought my turn he'd come, but he
seemed to like it better after sneezln'
an he come up ter the trough agin.
This time he Tapped up little NV It,,
an then he stuck his nose In an then
stuck his paws In. 1t war ruinin' the
best thing l he'd In camp, but it wuz
saylp' me, an never said boo ter that
bar. I'm telIin' you. Bimby the bar
tried to git outen the tub, an by gravy
his feet seemed ter weigh ton, an he
couldn't lift 'em over the rim,
but he rolled over purity soon,
and then he couldn't get up at
all. BY this time seed what
the matter wuz, an l got purity dam
sassy, an gittin holt Nv MY gun, went
over an kicked Mr.. Bar four er five
times In the ribs, purity much ez ef l
war q policeman arrestin' boozer, but
the bar only grunted an tried ter roll
over. 1t looked ter me ter be.dlrt mean
ter kill him, while he war drunk, so l
got some chain off q couple Nv traps an
tied him ter tree ter sober up. tell
you he war ugly when he come TO HIM
self ag'in, but give him drink er two
an it made him good-natered an / con-
cluded I'd make pet Nv him"
"You could never make a pet OF an
old bear" interposed the young fellow.
Don't know ez ter that, young fell
ler," said the old one; 81 war Citing
along with this one / he'd mighty
smooth, but he he'd formed the llcker
habit, and before he'd him tame enough
ter turn him loose In my yard I'll be
dod blamed eff the poor cuss didn't git
a case NV iim-jams an die, because ne
had drinked up all the Ticker In camp
an couldn't git none in time to save
him. That's why l say whisky is good
fer bar bites" concluded the old fellow;
"fer eff It hedn't been fer ther whisky
that bar nd tuck about one bite out
Nv me, an l wouldn't be here to tell
this story"