Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-29
He lNsuLTgD 4 TAME GRIZZLY.
What Happened Then, as Told by an Eye
witness In Local Paper.

having his own Way III u rare West
ern town, where guns We're less pop
ular than fists, for several weeks
He knew enough of scientific boxinI
to do up the fighters thereabout ant
had begun to think himself invinoi
BILE in that particular Idaho tow
when Josh Miller. a trapper, cam,
in from the Jackson's Hole region
with 2-year-old grizzly bear am
bling along at his heels as tamely a
a pug at the end of string. Natu
rally tanned grizzlies were less famil
lar than the real wild ones. and 81
all hands gathered around to exam
inc the beast, of which they haC
often heard, as Josh had taken il
the year before from beside it's shot
dead mother.
"What's he good for?" asked one
of the men, But Josh didn't know
unless it was for company's sake.
Josh went over to the hotel and
tried to engage room for himself
"and family" but the proprietor
had his doubts for awhile, though
in the end he consented. It being
nearly supper time, Josh headed for
the dining room, with the bear close
behind. It would have been all
right, only an easterner and his wife
were there. On seeing the bear the
man went under and the woman on
top of the table at which they had
been sitting. Josh and bear oompro-
missed by eating in the kitchen,
"where they warn't SO darned SEN
timental" IS
Meantime the pugilist, who was
named Will Caesler, had heard about
the bear, and so when Josh and his
pet went into the barroom Caesler
and several others were there wait
ing Josh ordered drinks for the
crowd, and the bear got abouta pint
of dead shot," well sugared, in the
wash basin and enjoyed it hugely.
Caesler got through drinking first
and went over and got astride the
drinking bear.
tits point of etiquette out west
never to interrupt ones drinking,
and even grizzly bears resent such
breaches. The Wellsburg Rustler
tells what followed:
"The editor, who was present,
saw CLEAN in bruin's eyes at this
moment and noticed that the near
est door was not open. He opened
it. Josh noticed the bear, too, and
he got up in the corner 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 have made the bear gen
tier, for he grinned, with drops drib-
bling from his open lips. Josh, we
got on to the bar with one
leg on the far side as the bear raised
on its hind legs and held it's fore
paws in front of him like down
east woodchuok.4 1t was intensely
amusing to Caesler to see the bear
standing so, and in spirit of play
fulness, his anger all gone, he led
with his rights-landings on the BEARS
lower jaw, and followed with a left
handler on the neck with swat that
was very audible, The bear nodded
and grinned his appreciation while
the men, except Josh and US, gath
cred around to look. A right and
left followed, both landing smartly 1
On the bears tenderest spot-the
end of his nose. Then the bear
reached out and mopped the pugi1-
ist's face with his dirty left paw,
following with cross wipe with his
other sawdusty paw, finally giving
4 surprising straight punch that |
anded on Caesler hard enough to
Knock Bill Lawrence, who stood di-
'ectly behind, down, but Caesler
was still on his feet, wildly waving
MS hands as if to keep his antago-
MIST at a distance while finding his
wind.
"The bear took two steps forward |
md got a slight down scrape on the
nose again. There was a double |
spat' and bump. Caesler was ~
ng in the corner all doubled up.
The doctor found that his jaw was
fractured in three places.
"Josh said today 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 licked nor tackled. Mr..
Caesler is a valued citizen, and we
sincerely hope that he will recover,
having the assurances of the doctor
chat he probably will if no compli-
cations arise"
Progress.
New occasions teach new duties.