The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
KETCHEDL
Mss Woodruff ina TuTTibI8 PsTiick-
Gmant---Xss Got Kstchsd in One
of His Own Bear Traps and Set
Down to Die, But Was RsscOod

Yves Woodruff. our expert hunter and
trapper had a heart rendering expert
| enoe on last Thursday and Friday the
memry Of which will flourish forever in
his memry like a green bay tree as YOU
might say. Wes says he may forgit 10
pay his debts and that he calkilates he
viii forget 10 do other things which he
OFT to do but he'll be jiggered il he'll
ever forgit what he went through during
them two days and be hopes he wont
never be called on to go through SIGH d
turrible ordeal agin.
On last Sunday the weather being fine
and Yves having nOthin more partickler
TO do than ushual he TUX pail on his
arm and thort he would make a trip 10
the top OF Sawridge Mountain to see If
there was any blueberries and If so he
would fill his pail and bring them home
for his wife to can. Before Yves start
ed cut Wesse's wife told him il wouldn't
be no use for him to Ill the pail with
blueberries becuz she didn't have enuff
cans 20 hold EN-, but Yves he saws. "Well
we can eat what we can't can, can't
we?' so off he went whissling merry
to hisself as he left Binsville little
thinking what a horrible experience he
was agoing TO haft to undergoe a few
davs later as a result of his trip for
blueberries.
When Yves reached the top Of Saw
ridge Mountain he found blueberries
thicke-n hops and hld his pail in less
than no time. Then he ct all the blue
berries he could hold and after he had
did that he still kept on eating becuz
he said Il was a shame to let them Mise
big blueberries as big as marbles ripen
and go to waste for the lack Of beng
ct and as resuIt by noon Yves was
so full of blueberries that he said he
didn't care if ne never seen another
burberry as long as he lived or longer.
While Wes was & poSing around
on top of the mountain whst
should he come acrost except signs Of
bear-he seen where the bears had been
eating blueberries and found their tracks
along brook and so he says to hisself,
Dognashion if | don't bring one of my
bear traps up here and set It and ketch
one OF these critters and sell his pelt
for ten dollers and git bounty OF ten
dollers on his head which will be 20
dollers made as easy as fallin often a
log and so Yves he brung his blueber-
RES home but he didn't lell nobuddv
not even his wife about having saw
signs of bear becuz he wanted &c Sprise
the natives by ketching one and then
tellin how he done it.
Well, on Wensday mornin before dav-
/ light Yves left Bingville with a bear trap
on his shoulder before anybuddy was
outen bed and logged it clean up to
the top of Sawridge where the bear
signs was thickest and cut short log
about four feet long and tied the chain
to it so that when he ketched bear II
couldn't drag the clog fur through the
brush before it would git all hung I'D
and after he had made the trap fast to
the clog the next thing was to set the
trap. To do this hisSelf Yves had to drag
heavy log and roll it on the spring
so that the jaws of the trap would open.
Jest as Yves was setting the spring what
should that dadbusted log do but roll
often the spring. Yves seen It start to
roll and tried to jump outen the way
but tripped and fell settin down on the
trap jest as the jaws snapped shet on
the slack OF MS pants.
WeS set there stun with surprise for
a minnit then he tried to git up only to
DISCOVER that he was fast by the pants
in the trap and every time he tried to
get on his feet the trap chung to him.