Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-09-02
earned that this big capitalist was .,

my way, l took what cash had and ST.
ceeded i'll making deal with the hai,
pressed owner. The property turned out
regular gold mine for me-"
An English Lord and Black Bear.
Congressman Robertson of Louisiana
who is himself great hunter in the cane
brakes and along the gulf coast, tells
good story on Mr.. Ransom, our ministe
TO Mexico, an English lord and blacl
bear. The lord had come over for the pur
pose OF enjoying the hospitality of tn
south and having good hunt. Mr.. Ran
som, then u United States senator, wa,
his host and was determined the English
man should not be disappointed in eithe.
expectation. The visitors fondcst desire
was to kill bear before returning to Eng
land, and Mr.. Ransom promised him hi.
ambition should be gratifled. So q hun,
was arranged in the mountain region o.
North Carolina. The Englishman was
dressed up in faultless sporting rig. He
had checked knickerbockers, gaitcrs
peaked cap and monocle. RansStn anG
his guest, with trusty follower who was
dead shot, set out with pack of hounds
In an hour the dogs started up three bears
"a mother and her two cubs Ransom
and the lord followed the pack after tho
mother bear and came upon her just as she
was finishing the last of the dogs. She
made n rush at her human foes as if she
would eat them also, greatly to the Eng
lishman's CONSERVATION. but the senator
shot her in short order. He wanted to give
his guest the shot, but the circumstances
were not congcnial to delay and politeness.
In few moments shot was heard, and
Ransom knew that one of the cubs had bit
tlp IuGt for hic n,o
The question was then how to get a bear
for the lord. Only one of tho trio remained,
and the dogs were in hot pursuit of him,
judging from their cries. The senator pro-
posed to remain by the body Of tho mother
bear while tho lord and the man followed
tho dogs after the remaining cub. Tho at
tendant was quietly ordered to give the
lord the shot, even If the bear wero to get
away. Ransom strolled around listening
to the pack bowling on tho trail, when he
CHANGED to look up, and there was the cub
In u tree but few feet away His first
impulse was to shoot; but, remembering
the consuming desire of his guest to have
tho honor of killing Il bear, he ran after
tho lord and shouted to him to make haste.
AT this tho bear started to come down out
of the tree, and Ransom was in a guam
Diary. If he shot the bear, the lords heart
would be entirely broken if he didn't
shoot, the animal would get away.
AT this critical juncturo happy inspi-
ration came to the senator. After vainly
endeavoring to push the young cub back
up tho tree with his gun he whipped off
his hunting belt, threw it about tho bears
fOrc feet and tied them securely to the
tree Then he cut piece of grapevine
near by with his knife and tied the hind
legs in the same manner. OF course the
bear wrigglcd to get away and was just
about to mako his escape when, as luck
would have it, tho Englishman camo up
hot and excited. "Givo it to him! Give
it to him ~ cried Ransom. who had backed
away, and the lord let drive into the poor
little bears body. Delighted that his vic
tim did not run away he fired second
shot, and whilo the attendant was cutting
away the grapevine and the belt Senator
Ransom was wringing the hand of his
guest and rendering his congratulations
on the shooting of the first bear. A few
years later Mr.. Ransom visited England
and heard many stories of the hunting
feats of this particular lord, who was
looked up to as quite u hero because he
had killed bear in America.
A Frontier Jury.
A good story of frontier life is told by
Congressman Broderick of Kansas Mr..
Broderick was a lawyer out in jackson
county, his state, when that county had
only 100 voters. Tho lawyers used to drive
about from the house of one Justice of the
peace to that of another trying cases.
"Once L had a case of obtaining money
under false pretcnses, 3" said Mr.. Broderick,
land it was stubbornly fought on both
sides. After II trial running through two
days tho jury retired to n lumber shed on
the Justices farm. They were out several
hours, so long that we all thought they
would surely report II disagreement. Sud
denly we heard u tremendous noise in the
shed. Boxes and barrels were apparently
being knocked about, and every ono sup
posed the jury had gotten into FREQ fight.
The Justice and all tho lawyers rushed for
ward to quell the insurrection, when the
door opened and the jury walked out in
good order Our fears were instantly
changed to amusement. A verdict of not
guilty was reported, much to the surprise
OF evory one present, even the lawyer for
the defense 1t turned out that tho jury
had disagreed from the start, and after
number of Intellectual efforts to get togcth.
er some one had suggested deciding the
case by means of wrestling match. Each
side selected Champion and inasmuch as
the man who represented those who favor
ed acquittal proved better wrestler than
the other fellow the verdict was rendered
in favor of the defendant.
WALTER WELLMAN.
A Singular Fact.
A singular fact is recorded in Tho Moni.