Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-11-06
MAAICUREO TOE
NAILS At SIGHT
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Curious Story Of Man Who Col
Severe Case of Buck Fever
When Bruin Looms Into
View.

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BANGOR, Me-, Nov. 5.-The old
| blowing smoke a. the mosquitoes from
he .es.e4 usa shasaa usas 4iAa ealriai,s
action of the people when they see
deer or big game. He called the pc
culiar action buck fever"
Yes. sir, when I was guiding it
saw lots of people have buck fever
/ They act the queerest way you ever
see when they get it, Why / have
actually seen men drop their guns on
J the ground when they saw deer, or
| sometimes they shoot into the air or
into the ground. thinking they are fill
| ing the animal fun of holes. They
actually go plumb crazy. About every
man has a way of his own of acting
when he's got the fever Some WI
stare and cape away AID not think
thing of their gun But the queerest
case ever heard of or seen was whei.
had a party from New York up to
Twin Lakes One of the men in that
party went clean crazy, and il took
him nigh onto an hour before he came
out of It. He wasn't violent. or any
thing of that sort, but just out of his
head. II was a bear that gave hin,
buck fever, and | suppose that's why
he got it so bad.
1T was one morning az breakfast
time that it all happened. was cook
ing 'taters, yenison and other stuff to
eat. while the fellers went down to
the brook and washed themselves.
They had all washed up except one
Teller, who was late getting up. He
went down 10 the brook alone. and
by-and-by he came back. When he
came into the door the first thing he
did was to stand on one foot and
swing around on it, with his other
foot in the air. 1 looked at him and
thought he was doing Ii for fun. but
remembered afterwards that his eyes
sort of bulged out little. After he
swung around he went to the towel
and wiped his face. After he did that
he up and swung around on the toes
OF his foot again. Then he took his
toothbrush and a cup OF water and
washed his teeth, and when he got
through III be blowed If he didn't
up and swing around on the top of his
shoe. with his other foot in the air.
Just as he did before.
Steve is happy today. said one of
deer. stevenson didn't say a word.
but planted himself before the look
ing-glass and began combing his hair.
Pretty quick he finished and took an
other swing around He whipped out
funny kind of a knife and fixed up
his finger nails, swung around. put on
his collar. his tie. then his coat, and
idiotic-like, swung around after he did
each of these things. IL was crazy &C
lions, but we supposed he was just
doing it for fGn. Then he got down
his gun, jammed it fun of cartridges
and started for the door. Where are
you goin'?' said |. breakfasts about
ready Bear! bear, said he, and he
up and swung around, and his eyes
popped and stuck out like a scarce
Owls. ! jumped and grabbed my gun
and made for the door, with the other
fellows after me. We run down to
the brook. Stevenson came along and
pointed 10 where he'd seen the bear.
Well. the man had been so long fixing
up that / knew the bear was on the
other side of the mountain BY that
time But we went down the brook
where it had been, and there IA the
sand was the biggest tracks OF bear
/ ever see
when Stevenson saw sem he|
stuck. one foot in the air, WhIrled
around and fell to the ground il a
deep faint We poured some whisky
down his throat, and before long be
came to. Did | kill him?' he said.
He seemed to have clean forgot what
had happened after he went to the
brook to wash When We told him
what he'd been dom he seemed sur
prised. Why he said. when / got
through washing | stood up and look
ed down the brook, and there was an
enormous bear drinking from the wa
ter. | whiried around on one foot
and started for the camp nd The gun.
as / suppose
Buck fever, by gosh. said I. and
we all laughed hard, you hsst. for as
| say. ii was most curious case"