The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-04-10
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What Happened Then, as Told by an Eye.
witness In Local Paper,

What Happened Then, as Told by an Eye
witness In Local Paper.
A second rate pugilist had been
having his own way in rare west.
ern town, where guns were less pop
ular than fists, for several weeks.
He knew enough of scientific boxing
to do up tho fighters thereabout and
had begun to think himself invinci.
BILE in that particular Idaho town
when Josh Miller, a trapper, came
in from tho Jackson's Hole region
with 2.year-old grizzly bear am
bling along at his heels as tamely as
a pug at tho end of string. Natu-
rally tanned grizzlies were less famil-
lar than the real wild ones, and so
all hands gathered around to exam-
inc tho beast, of which they had
often heard, as Josh had taken it
the year before from beside its shot
dead mother.
"What's he good for?" asked one
of the men. But Josh didn know
unless it was for company's sake.
Josh went over to the hotel and
tried to engage a room for himself
land family" but the proprietor
had his doubts for awhile, 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 oasterner 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. "
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.
Caeslor 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
breaches The Wellsburg Rustler
tells what followed:
1.-THE editor, who was present,
saw gleam in bruins eyes at this
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 way to
bring grunt, but the dead shot
seemed to have made the bear gen.
Ter, for he grinned, with drops drib-
bling from his open lips. Josh, we
noticed, got on to the bar with one
eg on the far side as the bear raised
on its hind legs and held its fore
paws in front of him like a down
east woodchuck 1t was intensely
to Caesler to see the bear
so, and in n spirit of play
his anger all gone, he led
With his right, landing on the bears
over jaw, and followed with left
lander on the neck with swat that
vas very audible. The bear nodded
md grinned his appreciation while
he men, except Josh and us, gath
red around to look. A right and
eft followed, both landing smartly
N the bears tenderest spot-the
nd of his nose. Then the bear
cached out and mopped the pugil-
SITS face with his dirty left paw,
ollowing with a CROSS wipe with his
ther sawdusty paw, finally giving
surprising straight punch that
lnded on Caesler hard enough to
mock Bill Lawrence, who stood di-
ectly behind, down, but Caesler
'as still on his feet, wildly waving
is hands as if to keep his antago-
ist at a distance while finding his
ind.
"The bear took two steps forward
nd got slight down sorape on the
ose again. There was double
pat and a bump. Caesler was ly-
g in the corner all doubled up.
he doctor found that his jaw was
actured in three places.
"Josh said today that he was very
'rry for Caosler, and that he had
ten boxed with his pet. Josh is
liet man and one of the few that
lesler never licked nor tackled. Mr..
iesler is a valued citizen, and we
merely hope that he will recover,
wing the assurances of the doctor
at he probably will if no oompli-