The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-17
TIN AND TIE CINNAMON BEAR.
An Exciting Episode In Which Bruin Was
Treated TO a Surprise.

treated To "a surprise.
OF all branches of railway engi-
ncering there is none which brings
the officer into closer contact with a
hardworking lot of men 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 pseud0nym of Jerry Sulli-
van. 1t is a tale Of one Tim, a track
walker, who camC 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 tho old
tie camp, | vas comm along about
$3.50 o'clock, and just after crosSin
that little bridge l heerd a nizo Of
sumthin rustlin in the bushes down
at the bottom of the dump, and think.
in it was rabbit | fired a rock down
into i'm, and in q second there was 4
terrible Slashin around in thin bush
es, and | c a big cinnamon bear
come out sneeZin and rubin his
nose, and thin, before | rightly come
to me sinscs, the bear seen me and
up the dump he come. We'll, | start
ed down tho track as tight as | could
go, but | hadn't went two telegraph
poles until | look back and see the
bear still comm and gainin on me
livery jump. So l dropped me adze
and rinch and stretched moself fol-
all | was worth. But it was nc use,
the bear was still gainin, and 1 was
wonderin what ON airth | was goin
to do, whin I e the iron pipe under
the track near the cut, and 1 made
for that and whit in just clear, whin
the bear jammed his head IN at the
ind. But he vas 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 Othor. But | was
safe, and lied there and painted ani
blessed the man that invinted iro1
pipe.
Gwen, | thought the bear would
go away after awhile, but he didn't
He staid right there, wild his hea(
in first wan ind Of the pipe and thir
the other, and when he came rount
to the upper ind | wished | had held
on to tho rinoh so | could hit him
belt over the nOse. After bein il
there over two hours ] begin gitti1
cold, and | see somethin had to b.
done, and l thought I'd try smokil
him out. So / managed to light III
pipe, and thin | smoked for all
knew how, but the bear still kcpth
head in the hole, and | crawled u
closer and blew the smoke right il
his face. He snorted a little, bu
wouldn't back out, and seemed to b
gettin madden all the time. Thin
when | was nearly froze to death,
happened to think of the stick Q
giant powder i'll me pocket, and
thinksl !, Now, III settle your hash.
So | puts a fuse in the stick of giant
, and crawls up and threw it right III
der the bears head, and thin touch
ed off the fuse and backed down t
; the other ind of the pipe. l CUES
that bear thought I was goin to I'll
away, for he run across the track
the other ind. Thin, whin | crawle
J back to get me feet out of his reacl
he crossed back again and stuck h.
{ head and neck into the pipe just 6
the giant wint off. Widout thinkil
| had made Il big cannon out of I'll
water pipe, and Whin it Wint off
was fred out and landed in the nit
a die Of the river and was nearl
t drowned before | knew just where
was at. But | finally struck the OIL
; CT bank and got out and whit up
the station and tagged the passeng,
and rode homo. After climbin up Il
a bank | looked back and saw smol
comm out of the lower ind of Il
! pipe, and the bear still lookin at Il
upper ind and tryin to see phwat III
happened. st. Louis Globe-Dem
crat.
Poverty Would BE Pleasant.
IF the DeODle were only willing