The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
MAINE GOLIATH IS YET REMEM-
BERED.
Continued from Last WeekD
A SCRAP WITH BRUIN.
JULY 81, 1910


One time a crew of men were at
the falls to work on big jam oil
timber. when a faker came up the
river with tame bear. He offered
to bet s. that the bear could throw
aDv man in the crew. After the bear
had disabled half dozen husky lum-
bermen and got $50 of their money,
the foreman ordered him to leave.
This the faker refused to do.
The boss then sent man in
canoe up river after Dave Buber.
When he arrived So was put up and
the man was told to bring on his
bear Buber smashed the bear onto
the ground and fell onto it and held
il down, this maddened the bear and
1t bit Buber's arm.
David then caught the bear by the
side of the neck and one ham, and
after thrashing it on the rocks awhile,
threw it over the ledges into the riv-
er. Meanwhile the faker had been
slashing David over the head with a
heavy bear whip. David now caught
him and threw him far out into the
water and began to hurl big stones
at man and bear struggling in the
water.
The crew coaxed David away, while
the show crowd were fiShed out and
lmped away. David was given the So
he had earned, and five minutes later
had traded it with a river driver for
jews harp.
AFRAID OF THE GIRLS.
Mr. Buber was a glutton; he would
&c from camp to camp and from
house to house begging food, and af-
ter one of those trips he would be
sick for a week. He did not use to-
baeco could not be hired to touch
liquor and was afraid of girls. Two
mischievous girls once cornered him
and attempted to kiss him and he
jumped through the window and ran
away with the sash ON his neck. He
knew nothing about lying, and his
word was taken as truth from Houl-
ton TO Fort Kent.
The Indians, believing him possess
ed with evil spirits, were somewhat
afraid of him. They used to give him
moeeasns and leggins, and Newell
Bead made him a present of a large,
Strong pair of snowshoes. With these
On his feet, we are told that he once
carried barrel of flour on his shoul-
DER through a bushy swamp for a
nile without putting it down. 1t
was carried from a timber camp to
MS brother Charles cabin by moon
light.
DRANK MOLASSES BY GALLON.
While Mr.. Buber detested rum, he
was very fond of molasses And it
n reported that he once drank
gallon measureful at one drink. Many
ol his droll sayings are still quoted
py Afoostook people.
was he that saw the minister
u!lhg TO bore a hole in a short,
round piece of wood of which he in
Vehded to make a mallet and said:
, Say Mr.. Goodman, put that in
We hogtrough and it can't turn
round.
Tod be praisedl" said the minis
er' We can learn something from
any fool"
Sartenly," said David, that's why
people go to hear you preach"
M ne once caught spruce partridge;
-. ''uo dC Ifldb Time were pIeHly
S Snu tame. When David was asked
~ "p" he managed to catch it, he said:
surrounded it."
"ENI BAREFOOT IN ALL Wealth
Err.
ne and his brother Charles were up
fa a tie Madawaska stream cruising
a., unlDer. 1t was late in the fall,
Th Thu David was barefooted as usual.
ans aue' We're seven miles from home
eha ha passed the night in an old camp.
looll,s aai ies arose in the morning, and
oAihe out said: Il sRum Dave, it's
nson net her come," said Dave, we're
i'he passed. and. Charles and Ly-