Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24


| du Leomcrick-an' don't know somt'ing
| tall bout lie bear. He say afterward,
| hoes fought was SOM homlce cuss or fun
| ny kind wild man dat live on de Canayen
wood an was lookin for max troub'.
"G'wan," he say TO de bear; "iwan
'bout your biz-nesse | got to roll desc
log. / got no tam tail for max foolish
| ness wit YOU"
| De animal MAX deep growl an she gay,
encore "W'ats dat? Wy you don't spik
ike man, so I shall onderstan' sonlt'ing?
G'wan, gwan, before | give ect to you lie
| hccg swipc," and he raise de cant dog
on hees han.
OATS huff for M'sieu lie Bruin; and hoes
20 for de bcos chaner. Hecs swing de
cant-dog on de viii beas' hees head; but
de heavy paw send Get way off on dc snow
dreof. an den hces try for geeve hcem de
| ON braSSer
| "Diable lie bit will I rassel, We spalpin.
hees boiler. Com on lax a man an I'll
; ponche you on de visage wit ma fist dat
you shall wish yourself on de hospital for
wan moment, be iaber. An hees Ecevc de
. animal SOM ponChe on de nose dat max
hecm to bleed an fall down quicker dan
wink ect your eye on hoes back De chain
err jomn on heam an try for squeeze heem
| hees troat. Hoes choke til de tongue
com h'cut hees mcut' ween maudtver-
rat de bear grab de chaner by de top
hees head an push heem so hard on hees
stomach wit hees two him toe dat he was
| fall on de snow wit hees Clo'es all reep
Get h'up an many heeg scratch dat hurt
! hcem very severe. Ba gosh, OATS bad
ting. 1t don't look lax hees got so good
| chance as de man de moon for leeN g
long tam, but ma fol, de bear seem dat
hoes got huff heese-f. Perhaps he t'ink
Gets play h'out for fight more on empty
stomach for four mont, l dinno; but, any
way, hees ron an jomp for sheen h'up beeg
pine tree.
wat you tink dat sapre fou man do?
Let hcem went? Banon Hees sheen h'up
dat tree heesef, JUS sam, an grab heem
dc bear on dc top bees neck an also by
dc place Were de skeen was loose OH hees
haunch--sam' place weCe de man oeps
hees whiskee poCkct-an' dey bot fall Of
fen de tree togedder. She's fonny ting.
dat O'Connell was not broke som bone wiz
soche tomble lax dat. Dey was bury deep
on beeg dreef: I'm com long an I'm sec
all dis ting messef, but before I can do
som't ing. he ess bot cover wit snow an
de bear she's on top dat Teller hees back.
Wen | see dat, / say, mon Dieu! dat
rauvre diable hoes gon goose for sure
ting" I'm scare dat he choke ma fCien'
de win often hees t'roat. But dat Irlan-
dais from Leemerick was smarter mans
for soche rough fight lax ! nevair see be-
fore yet. Wen he feel lie bear hees arm
1oun' hees neck. heecs gcab heem two
beeS claw an hold tight so dat she can't
, bite, If she so for try, vile hees tote de
brute to de adge wan precipice dat was
, near, for trow heem on deep hole. OATS
not such hard ting. mebbe; becos' de an
mails emty for not eat som ting for so
long tam, and perhaps she's not so strong.
He bend over queek an down she's tomb
, de bear, an WAS fall below. Den Barnee,
hoes ron! Hoes remember dat hees got
wan ole fusil near wre he did leave Get
, on de shid-way, an hees forgot all bout
, dat before. but now wen hees got Get, he
swear ba all de Hoee Saint hees kill dat
. homlee sapre cuss eef hees com back fol-
bodied BEEN some more.
, An hees com back, too. | bet messe'
on dat. for sure. ] don't know how far
hees go doVn on dat hole, but | t'ink only
JUS leetle way. Wen hoes climb h'up wit
i.soche soar an squeal lax | novar hear
on all ma life
He's vsage was open YER wide lak-war
YOU call dat?-de Hoosack tun-nell on
Massachu-set; an de bloody foam on hees
mout' cover de snow.
De bear hees tomp for de man, an dc
, man hees jomp for de gun.
, But Holee Smoke! heeS in bad feeX. Hees
got only wan bullet on hees gun-all de
res was on de shantee. On com de bear
Edf he don't shoot heem dis tam, hees
, scare dat hee was die sure, sure tor hees
: putty tire.
n OATS beeg angcC tam for de lrlandais
, Wen shes com quite close neer, de an
NAL stan de hin leg for growl ano
a paw de air w'en-bang! go de fusil an
VOLTA! de bullet go on de bear hees bodice
=, right between de two rib.
, Ever bodice wat know som't'!ng bout do
, bear know how very queek shes capabi
= for turn round. Well wen she's feel dat
, catridge shes turn herself so sapr' queek
> dat de bullet go right hon troo de bodice
, of de beas', and den de ball she's so RICH,
= hon an hit Barnee vile he was stan OF
y SAM Mace were he was stan wen he was