Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-11-09
BRUINS BANQUET.
It Was Long Drawn Out and Only
Whetted His Appetite.
THE FINISH WAS EXCITING.
After the Pork Course Gave Out o
Dessert Of Cold Lead Ended the
Feast, and the Unwilling Host Vowed
Never kqain to Fool With a Bear


A trans,cr in The cmplo; II one OF
tie Zig tannrrics in The west had II
,.,.!,:.i.ble yet trying adventure With IL
Lear wh.ir on his way from the woods
with l,d OF bark. AS he emerged
from the woods with his team Le
:; ,pred 10 give the mules Il breathing
'i and 10 eat his dinner, which he
!. = ed in Il tin bucket. He had
=, ely opened his bucket and begun
10 cat when bear came out OF the
wt..I s on one side Of the road. only
/. % or three rods in the rear OF the
,sgon. Bruin sauntered along. paying
~, attention to the team. but the team
: N, dcsiro,is of seeing what the bear
woi;d d. threw a bit of salt pork in
us Way The bear stopped. srlelled ut
ne orr and gulred it down erccdily.
Then II" ;nimal. noting the source
of the morsei. came toward the wagon
and rose GA his launches MS II to shy
that another bit OF pork would prove
acceptable.
The tcamster laughed and tossed out
second piece. which brnin devourcd.
and then he posed again But the
teuMster wanted the rest of his dinner
himself and paid 10 attention TO the
shaggy intruder The beggar. seeing
That the teamster was no longer aware
Of his presence, snorted sharply two CT
three times and walked back and forth
across the road as If reconnoiterins
the situation. Presently he growled.
but the teamster, thinking that the
beast would go away IL he got nothing
further continued his meal.
The bear ventured near and finally
climbed up the load Of bark at the
hind end of the wagon. The man was
unpleasan,ly surprised at this move
ment Of bruins. as he was wholly
unarmed.
Accordingly lee threw Il bit OF pork
into the road. ct the same time yell
ing to the bear to direct its attention
to the meat. The bear dropped down
and went and picked 1t IN. but as
soon as 1t was swallowed and there
WAS no more forthcoming he made an
other charge upon the wagon
The tealnstcr started the mules on-
ward. but knew that he couli moi hope
to escape with his heavy load OF bark.
An idea struck him. He would coax
the bear ON by feeding the lunch tn
him until they should come To n
friends house mile or two along the
road. Then he would get gun and
shoot the old fellow
The teamster sni The bark. facing
backward. his III. Il. yer bucket al
| hand When the lear came up with
the wagon ard threatened to climb
upon the load the tealnSter tossed Oul
IL piece Of pork. The supply OF this
edible was limited. 40 he tossed the
beast slice of bread. which fell but
ter side M. Bruin noscd il. then
licked the butter of and left il.
The next slice fell butter side down
and the bear ignored 1t. Boiled eggs
and cheese Jared the same. Rruin
wanted pork The tenmster dealt this
out In small bits. which failed to salts
fy. and the bear was growing ugly and
aggressive.
At length the teamster saw his friend
at work In n field and called to him to
run for his gun. The man seemed to
realize the state OF the case and sci
Off on dead run for his house. q
quarter of Il mile distant. Hut the
supply OF pork was csl before he re-
turned. and the poor lralnstcr was III
sorry plight.
| The bear climbed n!nnn the load Thi
| tealnster tossed him tia. last piece OF
pork and then jumpr'! .som his wagon
and tore down the IL. L. Bruin. prob
! ably lbini.in. that teamster was
fleeing With IL stock of coveted pork
started after him. The terrified man
had fair start. but he stumbled Over
IL stone aud fell full length. and the
bear was close upon him when there
came the loud report of gun.
The friend had come at last The
teamster rose and looked round There
lay his late pursuer in the road. dead
The teamster declared that never again
would he fool with bear.-IIarpcr.
| Weekly
| They Bumped.
A true happening which has been