The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-12-07
TIN AND THE CINNAMON BEAR.
An Exciting Episode In Which Bruin Wa
Treated to q SurpriEe,

treated To q Surprise.
Of all branches Of railway engi-
neerlng there is none which brings
the officer into closer contact with q
hardworking lot of mon than the
maintenance of way work. Some
times there are comical features even
in this department, and one of these
was recently told by a well known
engineer, who hides his real name
under the pseudonym of Jerry Sulli-
van. 1t is a tale of one Tim, O track
walker, who came in late one night
and reported to the other occupants
of the clubhouse that he had been
delayed by an extraordinary encoun-
ter with a bear. Near the ind of the
section, =" said Tim, 'close to the old
tic camp, | was comm along about
$3.50 o'clock, and just after crossin
that little bridge l heerd a nize of
sumthin rustlin in the bushes down
at the bottom of the dump, and think
in it was a rabbit l fired q rock down
into i'm, and in q second there wasa
terrible slashin around in thin bush.
es, and | see O big cinnamon bear
come out sneezin and rubin his
nose, and thin, before 1 rightly come
to me sinses, the bear seen me and
up the dump he come. Well, I start
ed down tho track as tight rs l could
go, but l hadn't went two telegraph
poles until / look back and see the
bear still comm and gainin on me
livery jump. So / dropped me adze
and rinch and stretched meself for
oil l was worth. But it was no use,
tho bear was still gainin, and I was
wonderin what on airth I was goin
to do, whin I sec the iron pipe under
the track near tho cut, and l made
for that and whit in just clear, whin
the bear jammed his head IN at the
ind. But he was too big to go in, and
he couldn't reach me, and SO he paw
ed around and snorted and bit the
ind Of the pipe and tried first one
side and thin the other. But / was
safe, andl lied there and painted and
blessed tho man that invinted iron
pipe.
well, l thought the bear would
60 away after awhile, but he didn't.
He staid right there, wild his head
in first wan ind of the pipe and thin
the other, and when ho came round
to tho upper ind l wished 1 had held
on to tho rinch SO l could hit him q
belt over the nose. After bein in
there over two hours I begin gittin
cold, and / SEQ somcthin had to be
done, and thought I'd try smokin
him out. So l managed to light me
pipe, and thin | smoked for all I
knew how, but tho bear still kept his
head in tho hole, and / crawled up
closer and blow the smoke right in
his face. He snortcd a little, but
wouldn't back out, and seemed to be
gettin madden all the time. Thin,
when | was nearly froze to death, 1
happened to think of tho stick of
giant powder in mo pocket, and,
thinksI |, Now, I'll settle your hash.'
So ] puts a fuse in the stick of giant,
and crawls upand threw it right un-
der the bears head, and thin touch
cd off the fuse and backed down to
tho other ind of tho pipe. l guess
that bear thought | was goin to run
away, for he run across tho track to
the other ind. Thin, whin / crawled
back to get mo feet out of his reach,
he crossed back again and stuck his
head and neck into tho pipe Just as
tho giant whit off. Widout thinkin,
l had mado Il big cannon out of the
water pipe, and whin it wint off I
was fired out and landed in tho mid
die of the river and was nearly
drowned before l knew just where I /
was at. But finally struck tho 9TH
CT bank and got out md whit up to
tho station and tagged tho passenger
and rode homo. After climbin up the
bank l looked back and saw smoke
comm out of tho lower ind of the
pipe, and the bear still lookin at the
upper ind and tryin to soc phwat had
happened. ST. Louis Globe Demo. F.
Crat.