A small black bear was captured recently on the government reserve by Spurgeon Edmondson and brought to town. Fortunately for the captor, the mother bear was absent at the time, as otherwise the capture might have resulted in some unpleasantness. A little animal, only a few months old, was left in the care of J.W. Smith, where it is safely housed in a box with wire over the opening. Occasionally young Bruin is taken out and led about with a halter around his neck, when he excites the interest and curiosity of everybody on the street. Young as he is, he has developed a set of teeth and knows how to use them if the occasion demands; but he is not usually vicious and seems to make friends readily.
Being the property of Uncle Sam, Bruin will be taken, after a brief sojourn in civilization, to Buck Springs near Mount Pisgah.
From the front page of The Brevard News, June 24, 1921
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