The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-02-04
SWEDISH STYLE.

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eta depot al1 has tried the Swedish
s o'clock. tra lping bears, with
Irwin. hss Trimmings. The bear fell,
that he I Swedish plan, but kick
the valise merican frills and is still |
and the va miles south of Sugar
open. MI. hen county, John Wat
from A,lantl u sawmill and in the
ont of the O. ls attention to boiling
the negro ia which he is assisted
him of ID ne day he sent Larsen
anxious to 81: sawmill to fire up the
scribers al short time Sven came
shoes. whit breathlessly shouting
the numerous:
again, eho gun! a big, black
Mr.. INV head in the boiler"
Cuba a, . ged another man, seized
Times AaTted toward the woods,
I'D the other hired hand
TToI. armed with axes. Rhe
v 11asappeared when thoy ar
sawmill, and with tia
IN which had Seen leftin
We Aokehouso,
IN MOI, Then began to tell howshe
bears trappedsi in Sweden
si0 nG bsed to catch this one. He
w ESTEEM empty oil barrel, knock.
best If of the heads and sgnearcd
| poodhrior with maple ,sirups and
blo.H He secured assistance and
n I'd the barrel toward a. spot.
! " the bear was supposed to re
sideI He dug hole in the ground
and let the barrel down into the
E~Fth, leaving about ten inches
epvve the ground, filling the earth
lightly about the barrel. He also
threw in a piece of ham bone for
bruin to catch q Whit of as an extra
inducement.
Watson laughed at Larsen and
said no bear would be foolish enough
to fall into such a shallow trap, and
if it did the barrel would not hold it.
The trap did work, however. The
following day, While the men were
working in clump Of woods near
by, they heard a scratching and
iutAeGirection of the bear
trap and II toward it. Sure
enough, the .fvdsia big black bear
headforelh8st Hi the barrel, stuck in
tights ItSnorted and tore chunks
of es 6hs with It's HAD paws, which
it scattered in showers in the air.
Watson proaded it, which increased
its anger, and ii tore furiously to
free ITSELF
Larson was anxious to run to the
logho0se and get rife with which
to shoot it. Watson suggested a
cheaper and quicker method. His
was to dinwater out of the run near
by, pour itinto the barrel and drown
the bear. This Improvement on the
Swedish. system of bear trapping
started treGble. Larsen and the
ofhey Ill bcl'er filled two buckets and
poured one INTO the barrel over the
bears back. AS the ice cold water
flowed down its shaggy coat the bear
carried ON at a furious rate. II
clawod, snorted, sneezed and fought
with it's hind paws, while the mu-
sical gurgle, gurglo, bubble, bubble
from the bottom OF the barrel caused
the three to hold their sides with
laughter.
Larsen had started to throw The
second bucket of water down the
bears spine when it gave an un.
earthly growl and tore itself free
from the barrel with jerk. Wat
son and his assistant ran o dead
heat for the log cabin, throwing
away their axes so as not to be i'm
peded in their sprint and leaving
Larsen to fight it out with the bear
Larsen threw the b~cket at the
bear, hitting it full on the snout
which the bear stopped to rub an in
slant before starting in pursuit o
Larsen. The latter thus gained
about a hundred yards. Larsel
made for an embankment and jus
cleared the hill, rolling over ant
over as the bear made a viciou
lunge after him with his paw. TIL
bear did not follow. 1t sat dow
and licked the strip, honey ant
blood from its body and slowl.
trotted off toward the woods. -Ney
York Sun.