He said it was a cub only two months old and it had no teeth.

I believe it's a full-grown bear." It then became a very interesting question how they should get the bear out of the house.

Bartholomew thought they had better try to shoot him, and he asked a lot of the neighbors to come around to help with their shot-guns.

When they would hear the bear scratching at one of the windows, they would pour in a volley at him, but after riddling every shutter on the first floor they could still hear the bear tearing around in there and growling.

So Bartholomew and the others got into the cellar, and as the bear crossed the floor they would fire up through it at about the spot where they thought he was.