Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-29

In the first place. he came right
Into tho back yard Of ms hotel one
day shook this life plumb out Of NV
dog Pete. chased the hired man into
the cellar, scared three boariers 50
ts.d that they left the house the sane
day, and ihen took two OF nv very
bes, hives 81 bees. a hive under each
arm, and walked AWAY with them into
thc woods before anybody had time 10
think % san Half q dozen fellows
started after him loaded FOR bear II
efer ans pariy was he led them a
dance al Over that district Tor more
than Week. and euchened them
every lime. Evcry little while they'd
End q pieee d one Or the other Of ms
beehiyes on the bears trail. showing
that De bad time 20 rcgale himself on
my honey Is BE- passed. but that aAs
ne near as any ~ them came 10 get
ting ~ him
They haln'i been back a week
whon Cyrus Craze, from back here ou
Misery oailoi. cAme Into ms place all
ia a tWeas and sayF
Colonel. said be. there's bear
a. big as . steer. and with whiskcrs
AM limp 20 much like Kasius
Gregg that thought Il vas him
hFst, just more than playing hob si,h
things up 70 ms place. II rome enc
docsnt come up there AMI kin him
he'll have my whole ding farm"
ESQ some 81 this boys got their guns
again hnd s,artsd Tor ~ Cranes So
Eea SHAT they could do toward Kidding
The farm Of the big pesky bsar. !, WAS
goCd shcy got theirs just as they did.
for EFastus from Wayhlek as they had
taken 10 calllng the hcar. Vas playing
hob around tho place for a fact lie
had klilci three sheep. upse; all o.
Cy's booakips and oroken into the
milkhouse lie had 60; away with
twelve quarts Of cream. spilled a dozen
pans 81 milk on the miikhoutc foor
and kicked uIne rolls Of butter around
IN the dirt Cy's wife aud daughter
had locked themselves up In the house
while Cy got out Of back window
and came tearing 90 my place for
rcacuing party and when the party
got near there ErAstus was in The act
Of breaking into the cellar. lie heard
tho men and dogs coming. though.
and by the time they got 10 Cy's house
tho bear had climbed The high hill on
the edge Of Cya back meadow. aud
was gazing back. out Of reach. with
the basdeet kind OF looks at the hunt
erg.
Consider his impcrdencc'' OK
claimed Sim Bailey GIVE half my
farm n he'd n Gatlin' nun fer gist
ten eocondsl I'd learn that bear 10
saaslt'
.wcu. cir, after they had saved
from the bear what things Cy's folks
had left. the party started on Erastus'
trail again madden than any one can
toll. And maybe he didn't give EN-
another chasci Three days he led up
bin and down and through swamps
and laurcls, stopping now and then 70
wait for a dog 20 come up and bo
licked. until they couldn't get another
OF their dogs to come within gunshot
OF him. He went out Of his way, too.
whenever he felt like /; 70 have some
fun at farm or q settlement here and
there. Ben Comfort came along, lead
ing with a rope new COW he had
bought
"Ilo didn't $50 the bear until he was
even with Il IN the road, when kras-
tus rose on his hind feet and gave a
snort The COW was scared as bad as
Ben was, and jumped for tho woods
Ben hung on the rope, but the COW got
70 poing 70 fast that Il yaultod Ben of
his feet, and he had 20 let so the rope
or take n little the liveliest trip
through those woods that any one ever
took. Ben thought tho bear was fol-
lowing him, and he was on his feet
aud 40 q tree so quick that he didn't
know how he did e. Then he looked
Incl, and saw that the llear wasn't az
Ter him at all. but was standing in the
road. basket on each arm, and
dancing about as If he was having
hoaus and heaps OF fun. When the
hunters got along that way Erastus
was gone, but Ben was up the tree yet
hollering for help. He came down
when the party got there.
a. .By the horned spoons!' said Ben
.The tremeniusest bear that ever /
stood. an tho only one ! ever see with /
white chin whislsersl And he's skeort (
,nv new COW into conniptions, and
bnin't sure butts he's eat up my three
Young unsi"
"Ben had a chase Of three miles
,brouyh the woods before he caught
mn with his COW. and the hunters got
1Iaoustod and quit following the boar.
A flor that we didn't have any visits
from Erastus for good while, but we
bearl OF him in other localities doing
M most outlandish things and Keep
mo folks in turmoil.
'.Woll. finally the bear thought