Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-06-27
TOBY AND THE BEAR.
A MANEUvER OVER WHICH THE WISE
Old NATIVES DIFFERED.

Toby Was the smartest Bear DOG In All
the Woods, and HIS Owner Wouldn't
Have Sold Him Tor 500. bat He Wasn't
Cut out For an Acrobat.
81 had q dog named Toby when /
was living up in the Pennsylvania lum-
Der woods, said George W. Reynolds
Of the National Lumber company. He
was a bear cog. Bears, as every one
knows who ever lived among them, hate
dogs beyond everything else. two legged
or four legged, anG will frequently give
ur good chance to escape from pur-
suing hunter just for the satisfaction Of
waiting for the dog that is velping be-
hind him and taking fall out of him
when he comes up, fail that usually
ends the dogs career, especially il IL is
dog not especially trained to hunt the
bear
This dog Toby Of mine was famous
all through these woods. He was ac-
knowledged tc be the most accomplish
eG dog when it came to getting the best
of bear that had ever been in that coun-
try, and if any hunter didn't catch
bear when Toby was along it wasn't the
dogs fault Once Toby was borrowed
by q man named Crowley, who knew
where couple of bears were hanging
out. The dog routed them out and drove
then plumb to Crowley, who could cas-
ily have shot them both, but instead,
wher he saw them coming, he cut and
ran Tim Bull, who had gone along
WITH Crowley on the hunt. said that
Toby just stood still and gazed in amaze.
nent after the flying hunter Crowley,
seeing that the bears had got away, soon
came back The dog showed his opinion
Of Crowley by bristling up and growl-
ing savagely and threateningly at him
for few seconds. Then he quit and
went home Ever after that Toby would
snap and growl at Crowley whenever be
saw him.
One day was looking over log
ging job had contracted for and discov
cred signs Of bear along the creek. Next
day Toby and went out to see what
we could do with the bear. We soon
struck the trail, and Toby located the
bear in small patch of laurels. from
which he soon routed bruin. He brought
the bear to bay in little open space in
piece of chestnut timber. There was
no necessity of the bear turning at bay,
but he evidently wanted to get whack
at Toby. could have easily sent bul,
let through the bear, but having the ut
most confidence in Toby's smartness,
and seeing that the bear was anxious to
put his smartness against the dogs,
concluded to let him have the chance and
to enjoy the sport of few minutes
maneuvering between the two.
''It was fun. Toby worried the al
ready ugly old chap with tricks and
quick movements until the bear was
wild with rage. Do what he might, he
couidn' get blow or bite in on Toby,
while Toby got nip at the bear at al
most every turn. This amusing dance
lasted for ten minutes, and felt SC
proud Of my dog that I declared there
and then that it would take good deal
more than 500 bill to buy him.
''Some wise old natives of those woods
assured me afterward that what this
bear finally did was a premeditated act,
deliberately and successfully carried put
as planned Others declared that it wat
an afterthought of the bears. / myself
held and hold yet that it was entirely
an accident, because Twill not admit
that there ever was bear smart enough
to get the better of Toby by design.
"After sparring and rushing fruitless
ly at the dog for ten minutes the beal
! put his back against tree and breathet
hard for at least a minute. Then it sud
denly dropped to all fours and hurried
toward another tree rod or so away.
Toby followed, and as the bear started
to climb the tree seized it by one of it,
hams Although the dog must have sci
his teeth deep in the flesh, the bear die
not stop on his way, but climbed on al
if nothing was worrying him. The dos
held on and was lifted from the groun(
as the bear climbed. The higher the beal
went the tighter Toby appeared to hans
ON to its rear, and presently he wa
!; swinging in the air Is feet from tht
ground.
''The sight was SO funny that / jus
tumbled on the ground and roared. Th'
bear stopped when about Is feet mp thu
trunk of the tree, clung there for mo
ment, and then let loose. He came dow,
like pile driver. When he struck a
the bottom of the tree, Toby was be
tween him and the ground. There wal
a faint yelp, and that was all. Three
hundred pounds Of bear had fattenet
40 pounds of dog out of all kind O.
shape The catastrophe was SO sudder
and unexpected that before l could re
cover from the painful surprise it gavt
mo the bear had disappeared in the lau
rels. There never was a smarter beal
dog than Toby, but he wasn't cut ou
for an acrobat. There Is where he mad
his mistake There never was smarter
dog than Toby, nor was there ever ;
1eader ons when that bear gos off O
him. New York Sun.
Chateaubriand and Bonaparte.
In February, 1911, Chateaubriand was
chosen to fill seat in the French academy,