The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08

bullets into him, on Moose river once,
that yielded fourteen other bullets of
assorted sizes, nine buckshot. an old-time
round musket ball and fine shot too nu-
merous to mention. Round musket balls
have been out Of fashion these thirty
years. / judge from that this bear must
have been getting along in years.
But when il comes TO run the Tenn
sylyania bear is fuller of it than any
of his relatives, although all bears EaVe
a funny streak in them. l often think
that we Oughtn't to take our Pennsyl-
vania bears seriously. even when they
are walking off with our sheep, they 40
it with such sWagger and such devil
may-care sort of air. Ialklng about lhem
and sheep puts me in mind of an in
stance of their fun-lOVing propensity. l
had a big ram once that | used as z
churn sheep, he was so strong, ana ne
was uglier than mad bull. | was the
only one that could do anything with
him, and it kept me so close at home
that ] sold off half my COWS so we nccdn I
be obliged to make so much butter, ana
a smaller sheep could do the churnlng.s
Then / turned the cantankerous old ram
into pasture by himself, to be as ugly as
he pleased. 1t used to amuse me to see
him take a notion, every once in a while;
to butt the stone walls down, ana ne .
batter away al them until you thlnk ne q
smash his skull, but II never phlsed
zone day 1 was watching him take lit
tie exercise in this way when / saw the
head of a big bear rise above the wall,
fifty or a hundred feet from where the
ram was taking his running shots at 1t.
The ram didn't see the bear. The bear
looked on at the rams performance FOR
minute, and l could see by the expression
on his face that he was tickled just about
to death over it. Pretty soon he turned
his head. and, looking behind him, beck
oned with one paw. Pretty quick another
big bears head came up above the wall,
and there the two bears stood enjoying
the fun They couldn't see me where l
.Theren be more fun to this said
to myself. Them bears amt going to
stand there long without taking hand IN
it themselves
II was right. BY and by the two bears
climbed cautiously over the wall into the
field. The ram was so busy with ms as
saults on the wall that he never saw them.
They came slowly down toward the VIC
ious old cuss, stopped within six feet OF
him, and rose on their hind feet They
stood well apart. As the ram backed away
to take another run at the wall, ne turned
his head and saw the bears. He was sur
prised, but only for a second. He turned
toward the bears, lowered ms head, ana
with bla-a-a-t that made the ground
culver, he rushed upon the biggest bear
as If he had been hurled from catapult
=" If he hits that bear said TO myself
he'll go through il like red-hol poker
through a pine single!
But the bear stepped deftly aside aud
the ram shot past him. As he went by,
quicker than a flash. the bear turned and
grabbed the ram by each hind leg near
the hoof, and had him lust IKE you q
have a wheelbarrow by the handles. And
then maybe he didn't trundle that old ram
The ram couldn't help himself but had 10
keep going on his fore feet as the bear
pushed him along by the hind feet. The
other bear Just rolled on the ground ana
kicked his heels and howled. thought 70
split because didn't dare laugh out LOUD
for fear ~ spoil the FUN. After using W
old ram for q WheeiharrOW for minute
or two, running him around ara roliH
iu "a circle. the bear dropped MN, anu
stepped hack % see what the neAt NOV.
would hc Oh, but that old ram Was mao
lie ripped and tore ANA made tllhss ht
unllg blue. re projected hiniseH az lfhl
one bear and fhen the other, ana ihes