Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
NUMBER 81.
From the West.

] Of young and old We are turned up.
On the New Year of '9s and the old
/ year Is gone forever.
4 friend and myself we're passing by
| The Tazidermist shop, and he suggest
ed that we so IN and see the different
kinds Of animals stuffed for sale Such
a beautiful, thrilling sight: 3 lion
here, 4 bear there. or wolf Before yon.
and q tiger behind yen. with snarlinE
/ lips and long, sharp teeth protrnd1ng.
II seemed as though they we're going
to devour Us. And oh, how il makes
/ the hunters heart swell when he looks
upon these beautiful life like creatures.
There were mountain lions, Danthers,
| wolves, bear, deer, coyotes. beavers.
swiLts, badgers. and a great many
other animals too numerous 10 men
| ton There were also q great many
| species OF birds, among which were
the bald and gray eagle and sand hill
crane.
| One bear / noticed particularly was
a cinnamon bear, the largest one I
ever saw Standing on his hind legs
l an sure he was feet tall. He was
killed in this county some time ago.
He had been seen by several people
and was known TO be prowling about
| IN the neigh boring hills A fellow by
the name of Mason started ont ore
morning TO hunt, and, rather unex-
Dectedly, ran upon him. and being
somewhat excited, he fred and Grip
pied him. This, of course. augeTed
The beast and he Immediately showed
fight The fellow ran 10 tree near
by, which was small one, and climb
Cd to the top. thinking himself out of
his reach But the now furious beast.
not giving him time TO reload his
weapon, reared upon his hind legs and
pulled him down. tearing his leg of.
thus disabling him SO that he soon
bled 10 death The family becoming
alarmed by his prolonged absence q
searching party was sent out, and
found the poor fellow dead, and the
bear lying by side as If keeping guard
over his body. One of the party slip
ped around and cautiously fred. kill
ing the bear instantly. The hide
was dressed and stuffed and was sold
the other day Il an toId) for one hun
dred and fifty dollars There are a
few bear north Of here, but they are
seldom seen in this immediate vicinity
Crossing the prairie the other day 1
saw little ways ahead o. me, 3 cou-
pie Of boys down in the sage brush
having tussle with some kind of an
animal. As drew nearer / saw il
was a coyote They had captured him
alive and had him down On his back.
putting a muzzle over his mouth and
rope about his neck and feet. / was
very much amused at the antics OF the
little fellow, as he did not at all like
the new order Of things, and was
growing and twisting and squirming
about till he looked like a great worm
wriggling about N the dirt But the
boys worked faithfully and after they
had him well secured. they strapped
him On the horse behind the saddle
and galloped rapidly away They
have some queer ways Of trapping
wolves and coyotes here, one Of which
I will mention. By some means they
viii capture one alive. take him TO
some distant place On the mountain or
prairie and place stake firmly in the
ground and chain him to II. Then
just ont Of his reach place piece after
piece Of poisoned meat and Leave him
As soon as darkness overspreads the
earth the wolf or coyote. Whichever II
may be, sets up q howl, long loud and
hideous, and pretty soon every wolf
for miles around viii hasten to see the
cause Of this trouble. And when they
get there what q dne supper they fnd,
Thinking no more Of their brothers
trouble, seek at once 10 satisfy their
own hunger. But alas! very soon they /
are all lying stiff and cold in death /
In the morning when the trapper
comes with his wagon he loads the .
dead ones IN and fastens the chain Of .
the living one to the back of his wagon
and goes home we'll paid for his trou-
Die.
Going over the coal mines ny friend
called my attention TO an engine which
was being coupled on to the coal cars
This engine. says my friend, think Is
one Of the largest in the world Il
Eve large drive wheels on each side
and il known here AS 's0ld Jumbo.
II is used on the branch road between
the Canbria coal mines and View Cas-
tie. the distance between being seven
niles Going from New Castle 10
Cambria there is q gradual rise Of one
hundred feet every mile. making Cam
aria seven hundred feet higher than
New Castle Therefore. il requires all
IF old Junbo's power TO draw the coal