The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
Mr., pETTIGREw UP A TREE.
HUNTER FROM PHILADELPHIA
MEETS OIL TWISTER.
,.o.,c That, Though. n CirciinE Knos Ceuntry
H.sr HAD HAD n Narrow Escape rrom neinH
pu,ch.red by an Unnpprscintive Owner
Tn. contrary nature or Bears shown.

Nttt TDkD. IA, fBU. o. vi h"IbbuE Wub
,,issin'." said the man from the Knob country.
.,nd a nicelookin' young man in n bran new
,nntin' suit had come in from Pocono. Long
,tore this, though, ! had said to Jabe:
".What = | says. Butcher that boari What
rou tbinkin' on, Jabe = I says. cause Jabe
"a made M his mind to butcher the bear. He
ga ADVANTAGEOUS chap. don't want you to
,hint | mean the bear. / mean Jobe. Ho was a
,,ntankcrous chap, and he says to me:
".What be | thinkin' on Z he says. On butch
..,,, ,nc hear. That's what I'm thinkin' on
sayshc.
like.
wptd I say I'd sell him I he says. Il said I
v,s poin' to butcher him., didn't II he says.
",Wcll,' | says, gittin' a little huffy, you kin
hatcher him, or you kin hsmstrinR him, or you
hin draw and quarter him for all l care! 1 says.
and YOU kin go to thunder yourself. and I'd
rare A durn sight lcss!' l says. And there's
where YOU ought TO go and stay there! 1 says.
,tor nry man that owns a bear like or Twister
4, that could turn in and run his churn ri !gin',
and his fannin' mill, and his thrashin' machine.
~ he should ever have one. which you WON'T /
,sys. mo, il you live to he older'n them rocks
IN YOUR clcarin', and then can't see no good in
,uch A lear morc'n to be butchered like u swill-
eotin' SOW and hung up by the heels,' 1 says,
.hain't got no right to be around where civilized
folks that 'prcciatcs bears lives and has their
bein'r says. cause | was edgin' on to bein' mad.
"lale took his pipe outen his mouth and
looked at me with his chin hangin' and his eyes
Hspreadin'.
".what do you mean = he says, and I thought
I'd rantNnkcratc a little myself, and says:
al mean lest what l meant l says. And
that's Jest what or Twistcr would do II he was
only give the chance l says.
"Jabc see that his rantankcrous natur' want
likely to make any p'ints with me, and ho says:
"'Do you want to buy that bear. Danlf
"~.No,'Isays, 4 don't, cause l hain't got no
cnurn rigsin'. nor no fannin' mill, nor no
no,h!n' for a bear like him to turn in and rum l
says. III be could only chop logs and railroad
ties, | says, or even cut hoop poles, I'd snap
him up only too %suddent,' l says. But them's
things that even or Twister amt educated up
to Wit l says. and he'd only be wasted IL l had
him. ! says. But you've got n churn rigRin'
and a tannin' mill, l says. and you only want
10 give the bear a chance. and he'd be worth as
much as a team o mules l says.
Il seen yit that Jabe's head was too thick to
Rt that idea into it unless l took and hammered
1t in, and SO l Jest begun at the beginnin' to
show Jabe what l was drivin' at.
"'Jabe,' | says. YOU riz that bear by hand,
didn't youf Jabe he said he did. When that
bear got big enough you put him In a big open
the middle OF it. thinkin' the bear would DO Jest
more than tickled to climb it and have fun.
Kin hin EEe no =msmber u IL: q !H caurs Z f hs re1 Ss1e
bered il, he said. Well | says, did tho bear
take to c.imbin' the pole T. l says.
That's what he didn't l says. Std @
takin' to clImbin' the pole like q common rdi-
nary bear. l says, he jest settled down to the
Idaa that he rnuli It mOr,. finn nv wal kin r0nnh
and round that pole in a hig circle, shown folks
that II they wanted bears tina: didn't see nothin'
sni 8 II / says, they could G't turn n"e ON af in there @Sa and
let 'em caper. but as for him he, wasn't that kind
Of a BEAR | says. Hos been dom, O. that goin'
on three year now, hain't he. Jabe T. I says.
Jabe said be had. Solemn and ,willin'fI says.
Jabu said he never see nothin' solemner nor
wilmer than the circlip' o, that bear round
d Doin' 1t on = says Jabe. DOM 1t on ground,
%WeiI. now, Jabe,' l. says. .~s'posln' You
should Jest slide a ~circ'ler boss. power under thar
bare ground, says. Then s'pose you should
hitch your boss power to your, fannin' mill and
to your ghurnin' aHtn,s, don't you s'pose it'd
it, solemn and willin'T says.
"Jshe ne sat for q minute and gawked at me
as he was scared. Then no slammed his fst
III that Amt SO I'll DO everlastinsly
":soi' 81 say ys.' No two ways about it. All
power under Or rwister. and thIngsIi go as il
they was greased! | says.
They will. sure as sap!' says Jabe, and I'll
DO II tomorrow says he.
$50 Jabe didn't butcher the bear. but he sot
done ii 50 anazin' that 1t want long fore he
ssU 9n V Ra 20 %oE d.r mere any or critter Je6e hnd.
and JADE nssC woul GnerH iooS SS at sl'o cash for him.
we was settin' around. three or four Of US,
ppaen ms pice'i9okin' chap was drove in from
huniln' suit, with yaller leggins; l never see q
po0Iier shotgun than he had-shined like q new
Elk pan, and shot sixteen times. SO 1 heerd.
D|nBoys, he says, this is Mr.. Pettigrew of
fn%'WSae.pRy' He's come to FL 8 feT pheasants:'
seyss How dc do. gentlemen
The way he said 1t. / throwed way my chaw
T M got ready-and It was a new chaw. too.
.Seiyin,. Mr.. Pettigrew didn't seem to care u
earn whether he knowed what we gener'ly
Shaw on o, Sim Davis, but Joe Maley was 30
aisaPPinted he went out and sot on the stoop.
an l don't c~alclate to go fur in the woods no
says' 80 don't need nobody to go with me- no
You better load one bar'l with buckshot.'f
says; You mowt run up ag'in a bear. l says.
bc mpooh. pooh! says Mr.; Pettigrew. All tho
says wouldn't make a potpiel I'll take care o
81! re bears there is in these woodsl' says he.
hl naun I been Tor one thing I'd Il got up
sna NJ that Teller right there. But the I'M
TH1rLht situation was that he was in tow o Sim
Dsris' and sim Was worse than bears when he
saeA!ed d teller. Then, ag'in. we was all in the
uuIlps. and the way things had been shown
~ ior week or two IL looked as II this young
%wnipper,anapper wasn't fur from right. fer mono
y. US hadn't been able to scare up or get track
Ut suieli OF a single durn bear, and we had
Isntea from the Shoholy to the Pocono. Conse.
aod'Iy we was a gloomy and u disappointed set,
u we Jest sot and let Pettigrewb be aRgravatin'
%iHhout ha,vin the heart TO git up and bet him
~ ne could raise that we'd take him out and
run a bear on him in less'n an hour.
aoout D O'Clock next mornin' PettiRreW har-
messed hisself an went out.
ho say. he says, II / put up a bear, I'll fetch
hs niIe IN TO you he says, and away he went.
III. q give ten dollars said Joe Maley, griffin
hs teeth, II knowed where / could start a
oeaf Tor certain to-day says he. I'd go out
shG surround him, and drive him plum ag'in
woods! says he.
SIT Wa me and Joe and a couple O. moro
,Sent OUT to see II we couldn't find a bear and
y, round and git II on to Pettigrew. We
A. oack IN the afternoon furder doWn In tho
,vhuaps man ever. We hadn't seen even q sign
vn "a snow thtt there had been q bear in them
"ooIs Tor twenty years.
A., ,Never seen the like!' says Joe Maley. I
bOm ! care nothin about gettin' a bear, but SEQ
y Inc reputation O. the country is sufferinl'
Jest then who should come q tearin' I'm but