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Show A Bear Escape. The ordinary menagerie bear is a good-natured animal and takes to appk3 and civilization kindly, but his country cousin in tho mountains will not stand s-ny nonsense. Mr. Jmes ' Wilson had rather a narrow pocapo yesterday from one of tho old settlers, He was returning from the unsuccessful unsuccess-ful pursuit of large game, in fact, deer" game, up City Creek, when, on turning a sharp angle in the road, he came suddenly upon, a large brown bear, that spemed to outer tain the idea that he was "monarch of all he surveyed, "and did not budge an inch, but with a low growl rose on . his hind feet and extended hia arms very invitingly. in-vitingly. Mr. Wilson, who is partial to a coj'fain kindqf hijyyhu;, objected tq being wrapped in the fond embrace ol bruin, and -therefore trippingly ambled down the canon at a 2:40 giiit. Tli2 bear, winch was a largo one, probably 1,000 lbs. in weight, when last seen was luiaurely pursuing the eveu tenor of hid way up the road.' |