The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-31

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II had a dog named Toby when
was living up in the Pennsylvania lum
Der woods, " said George W Reynolds
| OF the National Lumber company lie
was bear dog Bears, as every one
knows who ever lived among them hate
dogs beyond everything else, two legged
or four legged. and will frequently give
up a good chance TO escape from pur'
suing hunter just for the satisfaction OF
waiting for the dog that is yelping be
! hind him and taking fall out Of him
when he comes up. a fall that usually
ends the dogs career, especially if il is
| dog not especially trained 10 hunt the
| bear
This dog Toby of mine was famous
| all through these woods De was &C
| knowledged 70 be the most accomplish
| ed dog when il came 10 getting the best
| Of bear that had ever been in that conn
try, and if any hunter didn't catch q
bear when Toby was along II wasn't the
dog fault Once Toby was borrowed
by man named Crowley, who knew
where a couple of bears were hanging
out The dog routed them out and drove
them plumb TO Crowley, who could cas-.
lily have shot them both, but instead
when he saw them coming, he cut and
ran. Tim Bull who had gone along
with Crowley on the hunt, said that
Toby just stood still and gazed in amaze
ment after the flying hunter Crowley,
seeing that the bears had got away, soon
came back. The dog showed his opinion
of Crowley by bristling up and growl.
ing savagely and threateningiy at him
for a few seconds. Then he quit and
went home Ever after that Toby would
snap and growl at Crowley whenever he
saw him.
Zone day l was looking over log
ging job had contracted for and discov.
cred signs of bear along the creek. Next
day Toby and went out to see what
we could do with the bear. We soon
struck the trail, and Toby located the
bear in a small patch of laurels, from
, which he soon routed bruin He brought
the bear TO bay in little open space in
a piece of chestnut timber. There was
no necessity of the bear turning at bay,
but he evidently wanted TO get whack
at Toby | could have easily sent bul.
let through the bear, but having the ut.
most confidepr in Toby's smartness,
and seeing 4 the bear was anxious to
put his :. ..rtness against the dogs,
conclp ~, 10 let him have the chance and
to coy the sport of a few minutes
maneuvering between the two.
1T fun. Toby worried the al.
ready L!y old chap with tricks and
quick Jvements until the bear was
wild W, } rage. Do what he might, he
couldn ct a blow or bite in on Toby,
while Toby got nip at the bear at al.
most every turn This amusing dance
lasted for ten minutes, and ! felt so
proud Of my dog that | declared there
and then that it would take a good deal
more than 500 bill to buy him
"Some wise old natives of those woods
assured me afterward that what this
bear finally did was a premeditated act,
deliberately and successfully carried out
as planned Others declared that it was
an afterthought Of the bears. | myself
held and hold yet that it was entirely
an accident, because | will not admit
that there ever was bear smart enough
to get the better of Toby by design.
After sparring and rushing fruitless-
| ly at the dog for ten minutes the bear
| put his back against tree and breathed
| hard for at least minute. Then it sud
denly dropped to all fours and hurried
toward another tree a rod or so away
| Toby followed and as the bear started
to climb the tree seized it by one Of its
hams. Although the dog must have set
! his teeth deep in the flesh, the bear did
not stop on his way, but climbed on as
| if nothing was worrying him. The dog
held on and was lifted from the ground
as the bear climbed The higher the bear
went the tighter Toby appeared to hang
on to its rear, and presently he was
swinging in the air feet from the
| ground.
1.-The sight was so funny that l just
tumbled OH the ground and roared. The
bear stopped when about Is feet up the
trunk of the tree chung there for mo.
ment, and then let loose. He came down
| like pile driver When he struck at
the bottom of the tree, Toby was be.
tween him and the ground There was
faint yelp and that was all Three
hundred pounds of bear had flattened
40 pounds Of dog out of all kind Of
shape The catastrophe was so sudden
and unexpected that before could re.
cover from the painful surprise it gave
me the bear had disappeared in the lau.
rels There never was a smarter bear
dog than Toby, but he wasn't cut out
for an acrobat There is where he made
his mistake There never was smarter
dog than Toby, nor was there ever a
deader one when that bear got off of
him. New York Sun
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