Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
BARNEY,S BeAR-flGHT.
Shooting Extraordinary aud Victory for
Barney.


We was cuttin' some log near de lum-
Der camp on de Coulonge Rcever. for drive
down de h'Ottawa. We got four men on
de gang "Telesphore," de boss !og-mak-
I,r, say to me. "shes tam for eat som ting.
Spose you make 1t de fire" | trow ma
han, an bull fire ondCr dc stump wan
dead tree; den I'm deeg de bag watts hof
our dinner often de snow dreef were it
was buried for kkp de bread an pork
from get froze, an from de wolf; boil
som snow on de tin pail, an wen ! am
get it ready de tea, and som fry pork an
hot bean, am call hecm Barncc CCon-
inell, de chainer, an OVide Godin, de driver
from whore dey was work on pfln' de log
on de skidway, long side de maitre chcmn,
an we al go for eat dc snack.
Den banhy, we lie our pipe for smoke
som good tabac Canayen an talk lee
| tie vile, an | am sect messe'f on de beeg
| log clos h'up by dc fire, Were she get
pretty hot. We talk about many differ
cnt ting. an don Nazaire de boss cutter
of de gang vas TX Barnee how long hees
bin on Canadaw? Nobody ans err
| | TAX few puff hon ma pipe den l am
say:
"Rarnee was gone down on de maitrc
chemin for feex hees cant-hooS was bl oke.
lie was only gon just yet. Ra gosh, dat 5
Il bceg feller," say; NUT be strong, lax
moos,."
"Yaas, he's de most strong's' man on
de camp" say Nazaire. but he don
know so moche Hoes kind green, but he
can shoot gonne, too
/ "Correc'," laff Divide; hut not so good
lax you. He can't shoot tree buffet on
wan tam"
"W'at's date" say, YER moche h'inter-
est.
+ "Nazaire hoes tol you bout dat"
ans'er OXIDE.
"Oh, dats noting, noting" say Ma
zaire; "only I go me wan day on countrec-
store for get lectle powder for shoot de
luck.
DE man on de store say shes good pow
der, only jus l-e-c-t-l-e slow for purn
but / put eet on ma gun an l also load
wit tree bullet som't'ing Ramhy wen
an go h'out on de bush. | see me wan poeg
buck was stan on open place on de run
way.
Il fire ma fusl on top de deer wit all
ma tree bullet llfs' sam tam. ba goSh
shes MAX cot beeG toise an shes keek ms
on ma nose lax de mule, was skeen ee'
for sure; but. mongee. de buck she hain'
fail. Au contrare, she's push de tail h'uI
on de air lax shes was say, "Au reVolr
keek Get h'up de heel an way shes go
I'm mad. sacre! I'm good man, me, fol
| shoot dat's sure ting-den wy de haa
! don't hit dat deer" l dunno. Wall, yer
! disgust, trow down ma gun behind dc
eight more minute sect me on sam pine
log cussin dat rascal store-feler hees Rat
poudre, w'en-Parbleu! | am see wan bul
moos' an two she COW com stan on Jus
sam place where was stand oct de bucf
JUS small vile avant. ! dent have az
tam for peek eat h'up de gonne ven, bi
GOSH down fall de bull moos', an JUS al
tmost de sam tam down fall de two cos
also. Ma foil don't onderstan' dat; -
] ron h'up queek for see wat OATS mean
Dose tree moos she's dead Oui yratment
each wan got som bullet on hees hodee
Comprenez vous? De poudre shes buTn -
slow dat de tree bullet miss her de buck
but ten minute after was catch de moos
ON rlantee tam for Kill Get all dead"
"ita. hal dat's good wan, Nazaire,
Say. "dats max me for remember-Pou
lamour du hon Dieu!' / did holler. an mi
pipe shes go h'up on de air vile I'm tom
BILE back often de leg lax twenty nnepin
l fall on de top ma eek.
'SacCe eoeurl" shout Divide. as dc hal
push eetself hup on top hees head, an
hoes fall down wen he was try for rul
way.
Nazaire say not ing-hees too scare
wat for we do all dat? I'm tole you
NJ sieu lie gros bear was steek lees nos
h'up tro de snow hank from hout hee
winter quarters under de sam stomp w'er
we bull cot de fire. ap' were bees bll
sleep for four-seeX mont, an begin loo
roun for fin out wat max Get so sapr
hot.
Hees com h'up between ma leg an troy
mo often de log on ma back, quicker da'
can't tole you dat. Certainement d
, bear shes tres stupde. Been order q
; snow all winter, an shes blink eet de ey
! and paw de side she head lax shes tr
push way swarm de honee bee, an de-
shes look roun' LAX she say Wat d
haal?" An den, before we can tink 70