Dec. 9. 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
831 
MRS. EISCHENBAUM’S BEAR. 
Witiiin a few days “Deddy,” which is a pet 
diminutive of “Redcloud,” will be permanently 
domiciled in one of the big open-air cages at 
Golden Gate Park. Redcloud is a bear. He was 
not born in Nebraska. The name was given to 
him because he reminded the man who name’d 
him of a scarlet nebulosity. There isn’t a yel¬ 
low streak in Reddy, although sometimes goad¬ 
ed on by an exuberant nature he does repre¬ 
hensible things. He loves to frighten and tan¬ 
talize his human brothers, and doesn't seem to 
place too much confidence in them. Hitherto 
he has been considered a perfect companion for 
women and children, and has been petted and 
pampered. 
It was while President Taft was turning over 
with the spade of silver and gold the first shovel¬ 
ful of dirt for the Panama-Pacific Exposition 
recently that Reddy revealed to his surprised 
admirers that he was at heart a rollicking sort of 
a pessimist, and they then were instantly able 
correctly to translate into "Bosh” the peculiar 
and characteristic utterance of his which they 
before believed to be nothing more or less than 
a good-natured grunt. 
Reddy ejaculated "Bosh,” and then bit the 
hand of a benevolent lady who had given him a 
soda cracker. It was Mrs. C. Bennet, residing, 
she said, at 27 Clement street, and when Reddy 
fastened his long, wicked teeth in her hand a 
small panic was caused in that little section 
of the great sea of people. 
The man who had conducted Reddy to the 
park was Sam Eischenbaum, and he was arrested 
by Policeman Frank Mahoney and was charged 
with battery. Reddy and his master were locked 
up in the same cell at the Park Police Station, 
and subsequently they were both bailed out. 
Before Police Judge Shortall recently came 
Eischenbaum and Mrs. Eischenbaum and little 
Sammy, their son, clad in a red coat. Although 
Mrs. Eischenbaum declared modestly that she 
was “no spheaker aber mein hoospandt he iss a 
beautiful spheaker, but suffers mit deafness undt 
can’t hears notings,” it was her address to the 
court that got Reddy and the whole Eischen¬ 
baum family happily out of trouble. She had 
such a charmingly good-natured smile that she 
probably would have won the case had she not 
uttered a word, yet when she spoke she made 
a better impression than ever. 
“Vy, dat little bear iss a darling, Chudge,” 
said she. "He iss nafer in troobles pebore not 
efen vunce since I knows him. Vee takes dot 
little feller by der park for doing honors mit 
der President undt he iss so happy yust like 
der keeds. So comes dot lady undt mit foolish¬ 
ness gifes dot Reddy some crackers undt he iss 
so gladt he schnaps some more undt it is acci¬ 
dentals. If you iss villing ve vill gif dot little 
feller mit der museum for keeping.” 
“I can’t find a man guilty of battery when a 
bear bites a lady,” remarked Judge Shortall; “so 
I will dismiss the case if you promise to give 
the bear to the park.” 
“I pleads not guilty,” interrupted Eischen¬ 
baum, “undt ve iss to say goot py to Reddy. 
Tink you, Chudge, tink you." 
STEALS FISHERMEN’S CATCH. 
A party of ice fishermen here had a most un¬ 
usual experience with a fish hawk recently. They 
had caught several pickerel which were laid out 
on the ice. 
One of the party noticed the great bird circl¬ 
ing overhead, and suddenly it swooped down 
upon the pile of fish. The bird devoured half 
a pickerel in a flash and was eating ravenously 
at the rest of it when the fishermen rushed to 
save their catch. The bird was shooed into the 
air, only to come down again and take another 
fish and make way with it. It is the first in¬ 
stance reported in years where the fishermen had 
to combat with birds in saving their catch.— 
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