Show turned the joke it was at a well known resort which basa has a large patronage from in I 1 georgia as well as aa other states that the following ludicrous Jac incident ident occurred several years ago A man had bad come along alone with a pet bear which had bad been trained to perform I 1 various tricks it the crowd for awhile and at length forue orae one began discoursing about the fondness of bears for honey to which the owner of tile the lays days attract attraction ion answered that his bis bear was as food of it as any other one after it ic was agreed that the crowd would buy a bee hive from a neighboring farmer bring it up to the grove in trent front of the hotel set it on a bench land and let mr bruin brain try his hand at it within a couple of hours two servants brought the bee gum with a table cloth wrapped around it ii the i thousands of angry occupants being in enclosed securely therein they they placed it upon the bench beech some fit fifty tv yards or more from the hotel drew down the table cloth and hastily ran from it leaving the bees in ia possession ot their new stand af er some considerable swarming swarm ipg around it I 1 they settled down again and aid the bear I 1 was brought forward so that the fun could begin his owner led him up within sight of it and then stepped to one side braia saw it and at once started lor jor it in a rapid shambling troi the piazza and some of tha th benches under the trees thirty yards yarda of the hive were 1 ged with people men women and co children ildren all gathered to see the bear get the honey he reached the hive within about a minute or tw othen rearing up on his bis hind bind le gsand bt bankin it with one of his paws knocked it to the ground tile the enraged insects swarmed out in a perfect chodd but as if utterly oblivious to their presence lie he b agan gaa reaching his bis paws into the box bax and pulling out the honey which he devoured eagerly apparently with ith great relish he seemed to ray pay no attention to the bees which settled upon his shoulders and back but would frequently qu lly bring tits bis paw down across hii lR nose e I 1 in a quick manner knocking off those wyica were sting iv him at that tender spot this went on for some two or three minutes the honey in the meantime was getting decidedly scarcer and the stings decidedly wicker thicker suddenly he turned to one side and gave a snort shook his bis head in a manner I 1 indicating a g great annoyance anno ance and stalled stai ted in a rapid run back toward the hotel where the crowd was gathered the bees accompanied him in ilia his flight swarming about him in thousands there was instantly a general yell of conster consternation natian among the gentlemen and feminine shrieks filled the air E every very one arose to get out of the way but the flight of the bear exceeded exceed eu theirs rs and within less time than ihan it il takes to tell it he was iu their midst the bees darting in every direction among toe teeing fleeing p people e ople soon edve them cause lor the uproar which iney abey had raised one lady who was on the bench fell across a chair and was almost instantly in the of the occupants of the lately robbed hive knaule leto to apse rise she lay upon the ground screaming throwing her arms around and abd kicking in a macher that would have brought dismay to her sweethearts in ner her early d anys ays eys there was a frantic scene as and children stampeded in a every direction through the grove into the hotel and across V ne neighboring fence tle tae beaz bear ran raa under tho bout boute bou e syl aft soon jooa escaped bis tor tormentors mentors is in w comparative dar darkies kues but the hie t t tir which nearly half the crowd d gave them very practical reasons for remembering with great discomfiture the occurrence which at first seemed so very funny fanny |