Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1899-11-03
BROKE BRUINS NECK.
A Sheep Stealing Bear Killed BY a
PluckY Black Ram
His Bearahip Held the Ram >" Con-
Tempt, But He Was Not Al
lowed to Dine on
Fresh Lamb,

Among the farm possessions OF one
Peter Merely, who lives along the wa
ters of Little Kettle creek, in Pennsyl
vania, is a large black ram, As the stor'
comes in from there, like Jim Smiley
famous jumping frog, no one notice
until recently any more points abe
this ram than there were about a.
ether ram, Now this ram is the srv
ion in the Little Kettle creek ccctor
for he has proved himself beralone
TO the neighborhood by Kill rec or
and unaided, and In one, tw9ad been
der, big bear that for veg out the
deyoting himself to thin
sheep pastures, ed IN vain FAR
This bear had been } ago Farmer
and near, A few dunning mutton
Merely heard that in the vicinity.
stealer had been year-old boy Peter
and he posted hheld where his sheen
as guard over, boy was armed with
we're feeding.d shotgun loaded with
a double-bahe bear appeared young
buckshot. ctions were to give him
Peters IT, Young Merely watched
both baice and fear for two days
with Par appeared, On the third
but Telt himself more at ease and
dayo think that Bruin did not care
beher with that flock of sheep, his
tnoitering having probably dis
cred to him the boy and the gun on
ard, About the middle of the after
loon of the third day, however, the
guardian of the flock was startled to see
the bear jump over the stone wall, only
few feet from where he was sitting.
The bear put so ferocious a front to-
ward the lad that he dropped his gun,
sprang over the wall, and ran at the
top of his speed toward field, not far
distant, where his father was at work,
Farmer Merely started for the sheep
pasture as fast as he could run, When
the bear appeared in the field the sheep
were feeding in a group in the middle
of the lot, By the time Farmer Merely
reached the fence where the frightened
boy had left the gun only one of the
flock remained where the group had
been, That one was the black ram
The others had fled into far corner Of
the field, where they were huddled to-
gether, bleating in terror as they ga2ed
back at the shutting form of the bear,
Bears are epicurean in their tastes,
and If they visit pigstye it is always
the youngest and latest inmate they
select, If it Is mutton they are after,
they work on the same principle, So
this particular bear paid no attention
to the black ram, but was passing by
not more than ten feet away, with the
intention of making his selection from
the trembling and bleating flock be-
yond, 1t was at this interesting mo-
ment In the proceedings that Farmer
Merely appeared at the wall, The bear
had got in range of the ram as he
shutiied contemptuously along, and
hen the ram seems to have made up his
mind that this ugly-looking stranger
rad no business there, He leaped into
the air, and like shot threw his thick,
hard head against the bear, striking the
big brute in the side, near the shoulder
The bear went down like lump of lead.
ana FORA lew seconds lay there. The
ram backed away, his eyes glaring and
every sense alert. The bear rose to his
feet and ga2ed in unmistakable surprise
at the ram,
III anybody ever wondered what had
struck him." says Farmer Morely. "tbat
bear did"
but the bear didn't have time to fig
ure the matter out, for the ram took
The air once more and landed against
Hruin again, this time between the
yes Again the bear bit the dust. All
this occurred so quickly that Farmer
Merely had not yet come within sure
gnnshot OF the bear, aud before he
could reach good range the bear rose
again, but only got half way up. for the
ram followed up his advantage and
pounded his head the third time against
'he trespasser The bear lay still mo-
ment and then sprang quickly to his
rect turned, and began lettering re.
'reat But Bruin did not get five feet
way, The ram caught the bear
numbering blow on the neck, and down
went the discounted sheen STEALING
again The ram stood In position 10 70.
peat the dose, but 1t was unnecessary
me bear did not rise again, When
Farmer Merely got there he found the
bear to all appearance, dead, but To
make sure he shot the animal in The
head, He might have saved his am.
munitlon, The black rams last hut,
mad broken the bears neck, no doubt
killing the big brute instantly,
From all accounts II IL NOT likely TINT
Peter Morely's black ram win ever
again be degraded by treadmil work
on the churning machine, but will no
kept TO become the sire Of race the
proudest part Of whose pedigree will be
that they are descendants Of the only
sheep that ever killed a bear,-N. Y.
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ssrdire Eggs.
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