Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1878 — JAn Exciting Bear-Hunt. [ARTICLE]

J An Exciting Bear-Hunt.

The rare spectacle of a bear-hunt in the etseets o£>Vhilad|t jfcia was recently witnefßed with no little trepidation and Henry Budoudt, a tavern-keeper, purchased a half-grown black bear and domiciled hu>back yard, intending it as an altreotiott to the saloon. BadhtirOt imagini-1 that h- was an amateur evening when Bruin slipped hie collar, climbed the fence, and took apoaitionJh a shed in the next yard. Instantly the neighborhood was in an uproar. Mothers sraa $ locked, doprs and windows, gaimoseeampered home, and even grown, men accelerated their Speed in « difee-, tion* opposite to where th% fear Waa. Meanwhile Bruin was contentedly holding the foart, havmg stretched wmSSlf out for a nap. The police were called out amid great uproar, and, urged by .fired seven shots without effect. Bruin the Sergeant had spoiled his aim, although he Wfts within five feet of the bear. ' f‘ Yon oan’t shoot I Let me try,” said Offioer Dean. Bis revolver, a seven-shooter, was emptied, the two last shots taking effect. Bruin got up, growled, and shook his shaggy coat, while Dean clambered upon the fence, ready to drop in the alley and run. The wounds only angered the bear, who began a promenade on the roof of the shed. One officer after another then advanced in rapid succession and emptied their revolvers, and others would have fired had not the bear growled and made them run. The polioe were advised to get a mortar or a cannon and send for the Sixth Begiment, the heroes of the Pittsburgh round-house. A volunteer then letoffhis double-barreled shot-gun, and the tiring from all points of the compass became genera]. Just as the brute yielded up his life, another squad of twenty-five policemen came on the scene at a double-quick. The carcass was then cut up and borne away, the officer in charge of the municipal forces remarking, “I wasn’t afraid, but I’d sooner tackle men any time then fool with one of them critters. ”