The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-15
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Witness In Local Paper,
From the New York Sun.
| A second-rate pugilist had been hay-
ing MS own way in a rare western town
Where guns were less popular than fists
! Tor several weeks. He knew enough of
/ scientific boxing to do up the fighters
whereabouts, and had begun to think
himself invincible in that particular
ldaho town, when Josh Miller, a trap
per, came in from the Jackson's Hole
region with 2-year-old grizzly bear
ambling along at his heels as tamely as
pug at the end of a string. Naturally.
tanned grizzlies were less familiar than
the real wild ones, and so all hands
gathered around to examine the beast
OF which they had often heard, as Josh
mad taken " the year before from be-
side its shot dead mother
What's he good fort" asked one of
the men; but Josh didn't know, unless
1T was for company's sake.
Josh went over to the hotel and tried
10 engage a room for himself land
family but the proprietor had his
doubts for a while, though in the end
he consented. 1t being nearly supper
time, Josh headed for the dining room
with the bear close behind. 1t would
have been all right, only an fastener
and his wife were there. On seeing the
bear the man went under and the wom-
an on top of the table at which they
mad been sitting. Josh and bear COM
promised by eating in the kitchen.
where they warn't so darned senti-
mental
Meantime, the pugilist who was
named VIII Caesler had hear dabout
the bear, and so when Josh and his pet
went into the barroom Caesler and sew
eral others were there waiting Josh
ordered drinks for the crowd, and the
bear got about a pint of dead shot"
well sugared, in the wash basin, and
enjoyed 1t hugely. Caesler got through
drinking first, and went over and got
astride the drinking bear.
1t is a point of etiquette out West
never to interrupt ones drinking, and
even grizzly bears resent such breach
es: The Wellesburg Rustler tells what
followed:
THE editor, who was present. saw a
CLEAN in bruins eyes at this moment,
and noticed that the nearest door was
not open. He opened it, Josh noticed
the bear, too. and he got up in the cor
ner where the bar and wall meet. The
bear shook and Caesler sprawled on
the floor. Caesler got up swearing and
kicked the bear, in the shoulder in a
way to bring a grunt, but the dead
shot seemed to make the bear gentler.
for he grinned. with drops dribbling
from his open lips. Josh, we noticed,
got onto the bar with one leg on the
far side as the bear raised on it's hind
legs and held Its fore paws in front of
him like down East woodchuck. IL
was intensely amusing to Caesler to see
the bear standing so, and, in a spirit
OF playfulness, his anger all gone, he
led with his right. landing on the bears
lower jaw, and followed with a left
handler on the neck with a swat that
was very audible. The bear nodded and
grlnned his appreciation while the men.
except Josh and US. gathered around to
look. A right and left followed, both
landing smartly on the bears tenderest
spot-the end of the nose. Then the
bear reached out and mopped the pugi-
lists face with his dirty left paw. fol-
lowing with cross wipe with his other
saw dust paw, finally giving a surpris-
ing straight punch that landed on
Caesler hard enough to knock Bill
Lawrence, who stood directly behind,
down; but Caesler was still ON his feet.
wildly waving his hands as IL to keep
his antagonist at distance while find
ing his wind
THE bear took two steps forward
and got a slight down scrape on the
nose again. There was a double 'spat'
and a bump. Caesler was lying in the
corner all doubled up. The doctor found
that his jaw was fractured in three
places.
Josh said to-day that he was very
sorry for Caesler. and that he had often
boxed with his pet. Josh is a quiet /
man, and one Of the few that Caesler /
never liked nor tackled. air. Caesler is |
a valued citizen and we sincerely hope |
that he will recover. having the as /
surances Of the doctor that he probably /
will IL no combinations arise