Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-10-06
RAM AND BEAR ON IHE VARPA7H
AND TIIEY CAUSE TROUBLE DOWN
ON VANCE STREET.

The Ram Il as Much of II Butter as II
William Goat. While the Bear Likes
to Chew Little Dogs-A Thrilling
Tale Given the Aldermen.
The north end OF Vance street was for
a couple Of days this week in state OF
tremendous suppressed excitement, and
the denizsns of the usually quiet neigh
borhood could be seen going about with
anxious looks on their faces and one
hand on pocket. Children of the pre-
cinct, too, caught the infection and
played shy of certain spot that would
be pointed out by these who were most
familiar with the case that invested
every body with so much mysteriousness.
Diigent inquiry revealed most pecul.
lar state of affairs. On Vance street JUS
tice !. B. Worsley lives. The Justice, it
will becalIed to mind, once ran museum
in Tentvlle, where he finally got to
keeping so many snakes $50 it was said)
that the Aldermen could not pass with
out seeing them, and the Board declared
the menagerie must be removed. Since
this was done he owner has been max
ing a circuit OF the fairs of the state,
where the native who pays his way in
with good old cider may gaze with rapt
attention upon the animals at so much
per rapture.
The mcnagerie went into winter quar-
ters earlier than usual this year. BY
winter quarters is meant the owners
ward on Vance street, and here is where
the hullabaloo originated. While he is
not trying cases in his court, the justice S
animals are usually trying the patience
Of the neghbors. The outfit is made up
OF one bear. one ram Ia rank butter) a
wolf aud an eagle, and it appears that
the trouble this miniature Zoo can't
make is not worth the notice.
One OF the neighbors living near the
Zoo is l.. Brown, another w. o. Roberts
and another Davis Harris. The two
first occupy one residence. Thursday
the ram slipped his moorings and sailed
for another port. This port was Mr.
Browns. The front door was open and
the saunterer complacently paced
through the hallway and onto the rcar
porch. There Mr.. Browns child was
playing, and the rams eve took on q
twinkle of devllment as he braced him
self and in a moment had butted the
child down the flight of stairs into the
yard. Mrs. Brown heard the child:
cries and ran to its aid. BY this time
the ram had sought mother earth ant
as Mrs. Brown started to pick up tn,
child the ram proceeded to knock hel
down. She struggled to her feet only tc
90 down before this battcring ran
again, again and again.
Then Mrs. Roberts ran out to help he
ncighbor, but the ram with a smile o
deironiacal satisfaction set out after her
running her upstairs, through her room
j. and finally into one of the Browns
, rooms, where she slammed the door ant
locked tie ram out. The beast left then
Mrs. Brown had picked up her child ant
= sought safety i'll the basement. in doinj
which she severely sprained her ankle
= She is now under DR.. la. Watson's care
II That's the story of the ram. Nov
: comes the bear.
Well, the bear broke loose and went t
: Neighbor Harris Mrs. Harris had Jus
:. taken the baby of the porch when Brui
c came up and seeing nothing else play
d fully caught UP little dog and crushe
it in his jaws. Had it been the baby, tn
neighbors claim. it would have been tn
same. Again, one day when Mrs. Brow
approached her refrigerator she was sui
prsed to see the bear sitting atop of
coutentedly licking his chops. A 20(
i pound bear on refrigerator. Thin
a oft!
9 Besides this, the bear went over t
Mrs. DR.. Nelson's, and did some buttin
on its own account. 1t upset churI
split the milk and ruined the butter, an
A. when Mrs. Nelson went to the rescue
,c her property the bear knocked her dowl
Il There is also an eagle III the outht an
!, it takes care of the chickens in the ncig|
>, borhood.
5 These were the stories told before II
I, Board of Aldermen yesterday by
- Brown, Charles l.. Nelson and Dav
= Harris, while the Board sat in ope
Il mouthed wonder at the knowledge
=, such things in this age and near Il
.. heart OF the city. The body took actio
as will be seen in the report elsewher
&. Meantime there is b-l-u-d in the eye olson
u" persons, who declare that repetition
certain occurrences will allow somebot
to enjoy jcrkcd bear meat or saddle
:. mutton on decidedly short notice.