| Show adventure with a bear utah july 31 am 0 editor deseret news about two feea ago one ot of our IM respectable citizens citizen mr don DOB C fullmer fallmer was traveling tra in the mountains some distance to the east of utah valley I 1 think bunting stock and had been without food nearly 24 hours on OB seeing a very young bruin brain he resolved to dine on it nor did he forget the bounty on bears noti not desiring to precipitate any movement he watched the tat cub tor for something like an hour during which time it had bad climbed a tree of about IS inches diameter brother fullmer at last went up no the ibe tree to take possession of his dinner and secure the bounty offered by our le legislature ture of 1887 8 peature pla when hen about 15 or 20 feet up the tree he be heard a noise below and to his surprise and horror saw the mother bear approaching in a f urious furious manner he mounted the tree with almost catlike agility brother fullmer had neither neltha gun nor pistol and as he related the circuns tance to me he said he did not want an any weapon just then hen he saw the f folly 4 0 of his adventure and the perilous condition he be was in he felt that nothing but a providential power could save him from being beina the bruins dinner he fie uttered a very short prayer aloud which probably would not net have b bow appreciated in a public audience timet afir its eloquence Brot brother lier fullmer lost no BO time ra making a vocal treaty with bruin he told her very earnestly to go g back and let him alone and he would let her baby alone strange to say the bear actually stopped when about half way up to him looked savagely growled her dissatisfaction and returned to the ground but quickly began to mount the tree again her retreat had inspired brother fullmer with confidence in the escape he had bad prayed for and he lost no BO time in talking to the bear but kept telling telling her he would not hurt her cub if a she e would go down again and let tim get down he even peremptorily told her to go down and go off she went down the second time and nd walked hurriedly away from the tr tree V a rod or two but returned more f furious than before and came up within four or er live five feet of him this time brother Ful fullmer lafer was more earnest and more confident than before he told the bear to go down and so go farther off and he would come right dowland down and go away this time the bear went hurriedly off tour four or five rods and fell to shaking and tearing another tree in which occupation my informant left her and disa disappeared feared among the brush respectfully respectfully yours urs 60 0 B huntington |
