The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23
TWO DEALS IN BEAR CUBS.
ESECULI TREE III FUTsEES ny
KTOh cSc1+qS5 uES.
SSSn AsaM On Disprovc the Theory That
SNhnS Ssars Should BE Allowed to- Grow
Up To Furnish Fun for Hunters-InErati-
tude of II Cub Treated with Kindness.

LeD' SAID the man from tho KNOB country.
and l says TO him that I'd bet II they could
talk they'd say we was the consarndest 10: OF
lunies that ever was let loose. Why they'd
say. It's Jest like KILN the goose.that laid the
golden eggv they'd say.
1t was bears we was arRutyin' on. and there
amt a better Teller for arguyfyin' In the hull
Knob country than Zeb. and that comes toler'-
bic near to lettin' 1t be known that there amt
no better anywheres.
What would they say that about us for?'
says Zeb.
They'd Say that about u.s. I says. cause
we're such durn fools as to kill. 'ein lore
they're crowd. Cant them fellers see moth
IMP" they'd say. Cant they see that they
can't have no fun with us when we're only
three weeks old. or three months old. or six
months old. for that matter?" they'd say. IF
they'd let us alone till we're crowd cant them
fellers see that'd they'd have ten ines as
much fun In tho woods? What's the use O.
knockin' over a cub. we'd like to know they'd
soy. when IL they'd leave it till 1t was crowd
it'd be chuck full o. fight. waddlin' with fat,
and with $40 worth Of fur on 1t. and ready to
pitch In and see whether it was goin' to let
them fellers have that pelt or whether it'd
have their'n.' they'd say. Them fellers is
tho consarndest lunies that was ever let
loose" they'd say. the way they rob the fu-
ture O. the Knob country OF a lot O. fun" they'd
say. why don't they leave us alone till we've
crowd up?" that's what they'd say. Zebulon.
and they'd have us sot.down toler'ble near to
what we be- says I.
(which l don't agree with you. Dan'l.' says
Zeb.
"And Of course l didn't s'pose he would, for
IL he'd agreed with me he wouldn't had no
chance to argufy. and thatd be worse to Zeh
than stoppin' his breath.
" 1t don't stand to reason. Zeb. / says. that
they amt right. For instance. Here's a fam
lily O. bears. Three OF 'em IL cubs. say three
weeks old. Us fellers runs ag'in 'em in the
woods. What do We up and do on the spot?
First We git away with the old uns. Then We
sther knock the young uns in the head or take
EN- home and let 'em starve.' I says. Now l
says, III 10 even furder than the bears would
II they could talk and I'll say that us Iellers is
the consarndest lunies that ever was let run
loose. for even KILN the bears that was al
! ready crowd VI. under setch circumstances
Do you know what US feIlers ought to do when
we run ag'in q bear family like THAR l says.
Jest pass the time o day with 'em an let EN-
be. SOS they kin 90 on raisiu' them.cubs for
us to have fun will 10y and by. l says. Zebu-
lon.' l Gays. let EN- alone. but keep an eye on
'em and marx EN- down for future reference
| says. Seems to me it's a good thing there
wan. no Knob country man in the ark along
with Noar.' / says. for II there had a been he'd
a-follered the two bears when they ZONE out
and got away with them and their cubs and
We wouldn't a had no bears now at ALI says.
Wed a had more pigs and sheep. thought
says Zeb. And Pete wouldn't "a had his ear
and most Of his chist clawed of. And our
wives and darters could go out huckleberryin
without being afeard they mowtn't come back
agin = says Zeb. 1 don't know but I'm a leetle
sorry there want q Knob country man in the
ark along with Noar! don't know but 1 am !!
saws he.
the pint! I'm a%gIeein', with. what the bears
] nd say il they could talk, and that is that lis
iellcrs is KILN the goose that lays the golden
egg. SO to speak: Jest argUfy on that pint,
ZeDulon. IL you pleaseI | says.
'S'posin' you tlnd a cub IN the woods that's
BE-, Ipe to T un,dersitap pii't that a You ' re- 10 lest sI pass Son on
and let it pine and pine. on the chance of it's
gittln' on and GROWN IN and givin' yer some
time next year or sot' says Ieb. or be ! to UNI
d~erstand that you'd tap it on the head and put
IVES says. But you're way ont Q; the
way on y both o I1 your SnI u ,s dsrsi ,ns nrsid ! wouldn't ,0 u Ian
nor | wouldn't tap it on he head | says. I'd
gether i up and lug Il h9me and raise It BY
and then turn 1t loose to:grow up in the woods
and git chuck iall Of fight and fun for some
OF us lclleTS 10 XII II SLuEe OI, Ol6 y lltSe.uuJS,
DAM, says ,Ieb. there was a time when
Jabe, wouldn't liked n9thin, better than 10
but I've an idee he's changed his mind about
en- sence then. SO mas Abe. who had idcee
about bears once. somcthin' ike yoprn. And,
unless l haia't no ledge, I'm thinkin' thai
Abel. il you was 70 ask him n?w,, would say
that you mowt raise bear cubs by hand if you
ence. but II you did you'd he II bigger luny vii
than you say the, bears.thinks We he. no mat;
far Nrhnf Alfalfa IInns on the GnhInrt u.f IA
been once on u time. 1t amt no pleasure foi
me to set here, aud arGuty agin you. Dan.
chawed up and done away with by no DUR
bear. whether It's an old M, or a young un,
springs runnin' o sap once. says Ieb. and he
heerd II whintn' sort, o noise N the bushes
He went in there and found a bear cub. He
he took it home to raise it by hand till 1t .oI
Woods wN The cub erow%d aamazin. and ca,
everything that Jahe could scrare up: 1t tool
more to keep that consarned young bear than
skimped it a bit. BY and by it got along 50
that it was about big enough to turn loose il
to us fellers. and ;Jabe sot "A dav for %turnin' il
loose. The, day before it come round Jah,
was stooDin' over TO dip some water out Of I
bar'l at the corner OF the house. and what does
that ungrateiul bear cuu do hut sneak M
b bari o 'S Ma,a Sv f fss hG iirs,; ai .ja ts' eo @Ith '9i ho fna:
cause his head was two foot down in. the
water. and he couldn't shove himself out q the
oarl. He'd a-drownded. sure as artichokes. /
Sam hadn't been goin' Nv lest ut that minute
and see the hull performances. He got oyer
tile fence on, the double quick and yankee
Jabe out, Where was the bear? Why. soor
As it dumred Jabe in the barl % drownd il Gu
for the woods as tight rs it could go. Before /
got there. though. Phil seen it and pur n bal
through its shoulder. Phil, was on his way L
the Eddy and he loaded the ungrGteful cul
onto his blackboard and took i nlong Will
him. The cub want hurt so bad but what al
organ grinder that happened TO he over ther,
was willin' to give Phil 50 for 1t. and SO il wen
along with the organ grinder. and | s'pose IL
passin' the hat and danrin' around the coun
try with n mu2zle on now instid o CROWN vi
in the woods and LAWN for some o us Teller
to give us fun. | tell you. Danl. what Iab'
ought &c done when he found that cub whinin
in the sugar bush was to rap II on the head,
Abel always used TO he sayiu,.' saws Xel
that it want dom the square, thing by bears
this cuttiu' EN- oil fore they'd lost their mill
teeth. aud that It want doin' right Ly tn
woods nor by us fellers: 50 he passed en- by an'
waited for the future. one day. durin' a higl
wind. a dead pine tree bowed down, over Dncl
q the Knob, and in faIlin' ketched nm old sh
bear that happened to be goin' by Jest then
L. broke her back clean in two. AMI killed he
dead. Abel happened to run across her
layin' there. aud found n cub whinin' and cry
In Ly her Hare was n phaDpA IA do Spu1nfhiu