The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-01-23

IS bis day IL be- hadn't sat The hls he'
10 sod thought there ussrt anything
% couldu do and 90 epe day wcnt ont A.
ls hll oG more ib.n he could obeu Il, ",
The time the old Gauouslte Was ruuuiu
= 90 the lake, Barr Phelps s.s htr ptlo
e oa htf early morning trip one day, silt
. she bsd left R.iiulus dock on The eAl
o side ct the lake and vas ncating Auth
uy's Nose, her pilot SEA best sSImmiu
3 10 the lake On the ststhnstd bow, To -
bear sUimmiug Lake George wasn't at
rare sight 10 those days, ant Phelps VA
, sbovipg the Gsuonskie's uose along b
/ this ooe without giving 1t more atteutiol
than he would bsy given COLL, when b.
Sas attracted by loud and savage grow
from the bear, aad looking down at /
saw that Il was putting on terrible uTl'
front, It's eyes Aashlng, while II snapped
,ts Jaws and susrlrd aud showed It's bls
teeth clear 10 the roots Of the gums
/ Ihebeer was beaded straight for the steam
boat.
Why, blame your ugly skin. said Phelps,
Yon want to dght, eh2 Well, I'll just cot
your comb ln lees than 20 time
He rang tor the engineer to slow down.
The boat bad rnn 90 ahead Of the bear,
but the bear was coming night along after
/ her Phelps made lasso out OF long
! rope, snd when the bear come alongside
growing and suarluE, he threw the moose
intending to drop it over the bears head.
1t was a bad miss, and before Phelps could
haul the rope back the bear grabbed II
with one paw and ysoked it out Of the
pilots hands so quick be dlln knowsha
bad become Of It
Somebody lower boat ho hollered.
and 90 chop that iuiernal b,ar's skull
10.
A boat was quickly lowered, aud three
men got into 1t, one 10 the bow with al
axe to split the bears head. while tho 9th
er two managed the cars. The steamer
bad been stopped 10y this time, and eIolt
ed passengers watched the on come OF this
sortie on tho bold bsar The bear saw
the boat coming and waited for II. The
boat was rowed almost against bruin, and
the man with e axe aimed blow at the
bear that would have cloven his skull i'll
it had landed, but with one lightning like
sweep Of bis rieht paw the bear knocked |
the axe flying from the mans hands, aud |
1t sank in the lake ten feet away, At the |
same time the bear began climbing into |
the boat. As be raised himself ont Of
the water big patch of white showed on
his breast,
Old Solomon yelled the men 10 the
boat, aud tumbled themselves into the wa
ter and swan wildly for the steam boat,
where they were tished out and got aboard
The besr got 10 o the boat as dexterously
as if he hsd been climbing into boats all
bis life Seating himself in the stern. he
faced the steamboat and hurled defiance
at it and all upon it by fierce snorts and
growls and an alarming and throatenln
display OF blood red jaws and cleaning
white ianga.
Now. by thunder, cried pilot Phelps,
now mad all through, 1t may be, you
white chested old bandit, that you're too
much for the land forces of Lake George.
nut III be id il you can get away with
he navy,
He signaIed to go ahead, and he turn
ID the old Ganouskie around and sent her
harp PROV humming straight for tie
1ear. The steamboat struck the small
boat amidships and cut it equare in two,
rhcfas stonished old bear seiz d the cutwa
er with paw on each side aud olnng
here for ten secoude, gnashing 1t with bis
eetb.
Then bis bold broke aud be fell back
uto the lake. H. WAS drawn under tho
Wheel box on that side Of the boat, uLd
he next insta1t there was clash and clst
tr of broken paddles whlIe away back
d the wake Of the boat the bear came to
he surface, ugIy and defiant AZ ever A
core Of ofrevolgers opened on han from the .
oat but be dIdut mind them n bit, The
oat Was rounded to again, a. d the pilot
eut her straight for the bear Phelps
4d made another hssO Old Solomon
yoided the rash OF the boat, aud as be y
vent by Phelps threw bis lasso, The ~
me II dropped square on the bears besd .
ud iighteDed about bis neck before he
ould prevent II. The engineer put Oh
cam. and OId S9lomons = days were nun
cred. lie was towed by the rope uutr a
q vas drowned. n
Fora brar that knew At much ss that
be, said pilot Phelps, as the desd bear
y ou the Ganouske's deck, he was the II
Iggest fool | ever heard Of
Q,d Sol mon wash I snch a big bear, ai g.,
r all. lie weighed only little more
,an 800 pounds AID be wsss victim OF d
x head. If there ever was oIe.
Bar.footed Wedding