Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-03-23
THE BOXING BEAR.
Caught On Trestle, His Master
Weeping, Sees Him Killed.

The regular readers of the Ra-
leigh "News & Observer" al often
treated to really brilliant-match.
less scintilIations Of genius from the
pen of young Rob't Gray, of the staff
of the cold ReliabIe''; and what
lends an additional charm, or relish,
TO them is that>you come upon them
when least expected; as, for instance,
| his description of the "travels'' OF
certain angel statuary that adorn a
Raleigh front yard; the visit of a
mother and child to the Governor
seeking pardon for a convict hus-
1 band and father. No writer on the
| State press of the time surpasses him,
/ and, III u opinion, he has not had
/ IN equal OF his years, ave the late
lamented young |. E. Avery, of the
esteemed CT arlotte Observer, for
versatility of thought, originality of
diction aud gracetulne55 Of style.
This time, in this mornings issue
of his paper, he writes of the death
of "The Boxing Bear"-killed on a
lresCle OF the oeaDoard by a fast
train. Tue ordinary reader probably
glanced carelessly at the headline
and skipped the article, as uninter-
esting; but those VINO have yet
spring in their hearts and have not
altogether forgotten the days and
Joys OF their youth, only needed that
suggestive headline, this beautiful
sunny spring morning, to wing them
back to the time, years ago, when
they hearkened to a joyful sound
that set their hearts to dancing and
sent their small legs flying down the
street to watch the trained bear box
with his unkcmpt, swarthy master
of unintelligib.e lingo, and dance,
and march, cap-a-.)ie.
Dc you ruu la 1ther way now at
Inc Diast OF Il. 70 3 tin horn, her
tiding the ;r.!,yI of the trained
Dear, or the scan ! Of the hand or
gan, with the gay bedecked mon
key attachm, ii, waited in on the
balmy air OF the inst sunshiny days
of spring? Ifyou do, it only goes to
show that time is, indeed, a wonder
full alchemist.-But we will not
longer delay you from Rob Gray's
account of tt tragely III question.
deIe it is:
"Fdssen.eio arriving on last even
tng's Heabord train reported a pecu-
lar ard III some sense pathetic acct
dent which occurred near Mckinney;
n Virginia, at the long trestle, near
that place.
sthe fastand heavy train swung
forward down the grade to the tres
lie, the engineer saw a strange sight
ahead "a man andahuge beast on the
track, the man edging away from
The rail and pulling franticalIy at a
chain which was around the neck of
his charge. The whistle screamed
and the brakes rasped against the
wheels TO no purpose. The train, un-
der lis high momentum, was scarce
~ checked, roaring on the trestle,
while the anand the bear were still
on the track. For an instant or SO it
seemed that the man in the effort to
save his pet would lose his WI life,
] out abthe last moment, with the train
1 almost upon him, ana the steam from
l the cylinders scOrching his face, the
man skunk aside and threw himself
pr ostrate on the narrow ledge between
the track and the edge of the trestle.
"And in the last moment, before
The engine was upon him, the huge
Dear fose majestically upon his haun'
ches, snarled through his muzzle ano
looked with beady eyes of hate thai
were not afraid at the monster %
smoke and fire sweeping down upol
aim; stood for a brief instant IN the
middle of the track with the white
faces of the engineer and fireman a.
an audience of his vaior, raised hi
mighty arms as a pugllist Oh guarG
and gave a thunderous cuff at his on
brushing fate! Struck fair in front the
great Dear was hurled for fifty yards
nangled, torn and instantly killed
MS last movement having been tn,
AuSACLlAU OWCCp oA LAO paw 90 IL SLa
CINE breathed its hot breath upol
aim.
1.-The train was stopped some hun
bred yards beyond the. trestle an
the crew and passengers went bacl
to vieW~the remains of the uea an
to see the owner, who had himse
loniy escaped with his life. Bundle
IN the side of the track lay the gor
Erefnains of what had been a wonder
fui White bear, such as are take
laround the country to box and dane
Tor the amusement that they civ
and the pennies they make.
CAT The side of the carcass stoo
the owner, swart, with the terrt
land excitement of the scene still i
mis- black eyes, TRANSPORTED vii
woe. His hat was gone and the mi,
might stangie of his hair Shove
above the brown wrinkles of his SIX
the suiiny skies of his nativity. B
TOW the dusty .jauntiness of his SIT
curied mustascfe the mouth fell I'M
hard lines of hopelessadespair. I'll
figure, with the bowed shoulder
O the black shirt aed the inevitab
red tie, was a5 one shrinking undo
; fate for the next sweep of-the knpu
"tGooda Marie. douda Marie! /
lhava killa Giuseppe! la ki1la Gu
seppe! What-a do noW? What-a {
noW2 AII-Aii! CARA bambinoi Al
ALL
8 "And The big tears roll, d dow
: the dusty tleen oi Tie nlan, AHA IL
! great Wnlte bear, with the giant Tor
,ruo fuuISfnl oxyar 10 hr; y4Iinr nor