Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1887 — A Few Bear Stories. [ARTICLE]

A Few Bear Stories.

A heir weighing 500 pounds was killed on Flint River,'near Albany, tya , by the citizens, who never saw a betir in thar neighorhood before. Daniel O'Connell, of Stamford, V’t,. was attacked by a hear near North Adams, Mass., and was being badly worsted, when his dog interfered, and ! flie managed to escape. The dog has not been seen since. A min was going over the Rocky Mountains for pine logs, driving a wagon. <>n the top of a large rock by t h side of the road was a young bear, the mother'having started up the molfhtain an the aunrofith of the team. The cub not moving, the mother came bounding back to it, and giving i t a nudge with her nose started tip the mountain again, expecting tin- cuh to follow, tint the lit!lL one made no move, The pld hear then came back the second time, and taking ttpHbe e«L in her jaws,, gave it several Cuffs. The cuh then obeyed orders, ami followed the old bear in a gallop up the side of the mountain, A passenger train on a Florida railroad stop jed some fifteen miles from Cedar Key to prevent a collision with some cattle, when a black hear came trotting leisurely out of the woods. dimu»d upon the pjatform of a ear and entered the express room, where he" found three strings of fish and some bacon, all of which went quickly into his maw. When the train started Up the swaying of the car shut the door. The bear soon became tired of his ride and looked about for some means of egress. Nothing appeared so vulnerable' to attack as the windows in the side of the car, which were protected by iron rods about a half inch in diameter. He selected one of these, caught two or three of the iron rods with his paws, and, giving them a h ug, broke and twietod them ofl clean, His body was then forced through the aperture and struck the ground like a rubber bail. He turned two or three somersaults and ambled off into the woods.