New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-02
A BULLrIeHr AND A MoRAL.-" Ralpho I"


ells the following tale in The Haitian Eo0a ScOtian
I remember when a lad at school, of once ere ng
fghi between two bunOcks never shall forge. 1t III
Waugh could not have been more than 81 hit years oil
Z ~ AZ ii e time. Ithsppened on this wise; - ,.
Close by the ,hOClhOusc-avery unprc.en ing Sdnce
wa'-ran & deep and rapil river Across hal Deen
thrown high wooden bridge the hsndrnlngs o. wnch
hnie and ID winds and the weather Esd ;alrey nc.
srOyed II was one br ght SUNNI r day rememoern
Were yeserday--ihe hour Of noon had arrived, and
airohe'ome, mpiug funoving company OF lale were
LEI 700 LOT IN urs recreation. The land on he OPP
po,tc loc OF the ryCr owned by different persons,
land harmed by them respectively The believing and
roaring OF two bue that hid broken OF he Enclosures
on eaci noe on The river and approaching each
eper ti'hg nc NJ hwHy at a rate which would cause
them 10 meet about the center Of this hioh bridge be-
nesh wie h, ct come thirty ieet ran deep and sluggish
stresin between high and steep banks attracted 1T
tenfion.
The more daring Of us gathered near the bridge lining
the fences ,oeee e hght aud not disapoointcd
Nearer and nearer approached the proud paving com.
bstanis % each ether and Bashan never nrodced twin
hercer looking bmtes thgn those no,y de.c,;ba bev
tore the ground with their fectthey knerled down Or
casionny. trying TO gore the earth with their horns
they dashed their rid hercey with their tas but unob
sevedly Of each other for the high bridge obtrnc,e1
their view. Pre- emily, they Elk nul.ansosly a.cend
ed the repeS tive Gbun ns they full in sight of
one another. The mutual and actually trsnen
ldous Every urchin Of Us sprang into the helis and
Iran but gathering courage in finding were not pur
Issued hasty retraced steps; aud there thew
&sere both OF them front front the horns locked TO-
~
- even mstch. Now one would press back his opponent
few par e. and presently you would hear quick sharp
short teps and his adversary would be pressed back in
tretuTn. The struggle wss hard was long, savage
They begsn 20 wheel,-in another moment they were
faced at night angles with the old bridge, which shook
and crceked. md rocked again with their trampng and
| the effects OF the terrible strife.
4 II was the work Of a single moment-one of thu
tbeasti never could tell which of them did tone of
ithem, however if conscious OF his position, msdea
eperate, terrible unge forward Gnd pressed his
tagonist btck-back-back-there but another step
Of plank beh nd hm-betwren him and no,hing-back
still further he pressed md over he went headlong
Such ri b. never saw never again shall sea bull
of bridge, falling at least thirty feet and over
he turned once or twice prObably- thought he turned
over hfy times. There seemed much horns and feet
and tail tying through the air,-bu down he went, the
wster was deep and he disappeared
The other bull didn't laugh merely because bulls "a
4 SUPPOSED could not But we au he'd There he
stood, LOCKING directly down into the ep abyss below
and into which he had hurled his unucky foe He
stood, however, bW moment as II frightened nj tbs
prospect before BIN. He commenced 10 step back.
warG-back- Observation-Disclosures his head in the
same pugnocous attitude as when in combat-back an
other step and over he too on the opposite side of
htba b performing Just many and exactly az Iudi
crous snnerses as his adversary had done minute be-
f<,fore II best all ever saw
In about FIVE minutes both bulls might be seem their
a sls trailing IN the sand dripping wet and scratching
~ the steep, gravey banks, each his own side of the
Nriyer.
"Thera are bulls ,oont fgh no more" said boy
Hbehind me. turned around; ii redhaired Bob as
<we used to call him. and every hair on )bbys naked
bead looked rs ii il was in spssms But Bobby right
There are two political parties in Nova Scotia with
they had that fight it-that is all have to
say for the present