Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-17
lrHAB0D AND THE BULL.


,'-, IN New England. 10 condensed
'.n most authentic statement in the Bos.
ia Galaxy, whose editor ~ not ce,tainl v
amous for makiuS bull,
The congregation met, and the meeting
house VAS filled bu, the minister put /, Off
'-fnbly The belI KEEP, toll,ng and toll.
Ins and the people thought II never would
'o done. They yawned and stared about &
h'rl pecpog out nj the windows, Just u.
., hey expected he would come the sooner
iif ,ha, 81 last Deacon Snncks 70, M
and spoke to Squire Birleycorn
Squire where "a the minister z
Really, iNacon, I don't know Tic
c1ne oct my house just after me, but he
walked 60 stow iha, got out OF sigh, Of
him
lbs very strange he don't come
Very strnnge'
Here Miss Dchornh pccrabou,. nm elder
Is virgin, who held tho opinion Of Paul Pry
that The splut Of inquiry IS the grand char.
aciouHic Of the age in which we live, and
who also felt a particular sympathy in the
tate OF unmarried clergymen, thrust her
long nose between the Deacon and the
squire am asked
Law mel Deacon Squire, why don't
Nc minister Gomez
Then Mss Martha Buskabody, seeing
the Deacon, the Squire andMies Pccpabou,
'ngnCed in a colloquy, wrggied herself
INTO their company and asked the same
question
Then another and another nnl another
tllowcd the example, and there was quick
" knot Of people gathered round the
Deacon aud the Squire all asking qncs.
tons which nobody could answer The
whole congregation was in n thnzz bu7.
7'nc Every one was asking where tho
MINISTER was, although every one know
,ho' all the rest were just as ignorant as him
saf
Bi'i Mugs, the sexton, kcp, Juggling n.
way q, the bcll.ropcll he had ,oll,d the
people on, of patience Blu, we must leave
,he tell ,o'liug and the sexton fretug, and
the Deacon aud tie Squire and the old
m,id. and all the res, ofthc congregation
on'h' .','uter hooks Of suspense and 60 back
10 see what has become OF our friend Ich.
abot.
lch,bol had slnckencd his pace after
leaving The house and had fallen into sort
81 rcyenr. Finding himself rather lat be-
f,rc he GO, near the church, he resolved TO
make short cut across n field where the
road made an nnglr. 50 jumping over n
Stone wall be- s,rcred dirccll, for The church
bat hal roy preceded many PAGES when he
was startled by n most savage mad unmusj.
cal hoo boo ing sounl in tone of the deep.
- bass he ever heard Lifting up hi:
eyes hr bchcld furious bull making n,
him with all speed and believing like
NAL II is needless to say thu, he took t.
hl, hccls the bull made after him, and
lchabol put on with all the ncc,ness he
could exert Four legs are better thnr
two, md II was soon evident that the quad
rupcd would win the roor, Ichabod founC
he could not reach the wall before the bul
would be up with him Now though
he ~ is all over with me = Ills shoes flew
Of, but the bull KEEP, on He dropped hi:
hat. but the s,ra,lgem did no, take ,h'
bull was no, to be made fool of III
threw his sermon behind him, but with M
better success the bull was not to be rca
soncl with Tho gave the manuscript
whst with his tail and scattered it TO tn
(onr wjnds'
I'm gone I'm goneN said Ichabod
for the ball was close behind him "a
this instant he cspicd an apple tree close o
ham, --sRd spmmo ming all his remaining
strength he made desperate leap and wa
fortunate enough to spring into the tree a
tho moment the bull was y, his heels
Here was an unlocked for delverancr
tu, unluclilv the bull was not 50 casil'
got nd Of Though disappointed Of hi
prey be KEEP. about the tree with such
menacinS disposition tha, lchnbod dared M
descend Il seemed rs ithe mallc ous an
NAL knew that he kept a congregation wa
ing. he suck 10 the spot with such pert
nlcty For,wo mortal hours did the az
lucky iehaboI So, pcrchei upon the tire,
VI slgh, OF the church Every mnul
seemed an age to him flcskeard the bel
toll, toll, toll, AMI each stroke seemed n
funeral kncIl to lis hopes
lie pictured to his fancy crowded col
Ctegalon waiting ia anxious suspense m
los in wonder and nmazrmenl at his noi
appearance 'AlasF sad he TO himself
4 hear voice YOU cannot hear
Which bids me- thus delay,
sec the horns YOU cannot see
Which force me here to stly'
Tie saw the congregation come on, Off
church nni scatter hrher sod ,hnher hG
shccp without n shepherd vet he durq n
leave u" apple Tree because there was-n
hon-tu, n ball IN the wny.
! he congregation were At last IA.
u,ed ou, Two hours had they waited
no psrson came TIE sexton lr6 Of ,
ting the bill and indeed was quite TN
fr he had neafy WON the rope OF f.
people ali came oar' Of che church. havi
niirt ,so hours dchr,ng upan thu matt