Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1918 — Troops Called to Subdue Bear. [ARTICLE]

Troops Called to Subdue Bear.

When the Swiss army was mobilized three years ago the soldiers surely did not think that they would have t<f fight bears, but that happened to a detachment of the troops on Rorschach on the lake of Constance recently. A large brown bear escaped from a traveling menagerie and trotted through the streets, causing a panic among the population. The bear finally entered a butcher shop, where he enjoyed a good meal of steak and fish and created general havoc. In the meantime half a company of soldiers of the local garrison had been called up and hastened to the scene of the disturbance with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. The butcher shop was surrounded by the troops and the bear held at bay until his owner and a couple of trainers arrived and lassoed him.