Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-12-06

AM, F,c4r AND MoRAL.--"kaipho
tolls The following tale in the Halifax Nova 0co-
tian: LoI of once
81 remember, when lad at school, OF once
seeino fight between two Bulocks; ne''
shall forget it, although | could not nave wee"
more than eight years Of age at Inc '''he' ~ mop
pened on this wise: n,nroterd
Close hy the school honse-a very uupte'ehu
inn od;6ce if was-ran a deep and rapid riVer'-
Across il had been thrown high, wooden ofiuge'
Tho b,ndrailinus of which, time, and the WINS
and tho weather had entirely destroyed IL was
nm one bright summer day Iemempef 1t as II
! were vesterday-the hour OF noon mad at'Neu'
and n froIlicsome, romprng, fun-lovlng company
| ocI,ds were let loose for an hours recreation'-
| The land nm The opposite side OF the river was
/ owned by different persons, and iarlnea ny caon
respectively. The believing anu roaring oi WV
bulls that had broken out OF the lHc'oeUiea VI
each side of the river, and were apE lo'on"S
zach other along the highway, at a rate Whleh
,'o,iJ cansa them to meet about the centre OF
this biob bridge, beneath which, at some thHly
feet ran deep and sluggish ste am, between
bigh and steep banks, attracted our attention.
7rhe more daring ofus gathered near the ofioge
En;n, the fence 10 see the fight, and we were NOT
Gsanno;oted. Nearer and nearer approached
In. proud, paving .combatants to eacn olhef' anu
Rasbau never produced two liercer looking brutes
than those now describe They tore the srounu
with their feet-they kneeled down oCcasioha'iy
, trying to gore the earth with their horns' tney
dashed their sides fercely with their lais Out uI
observedly of each other, for the hgn oiiuSe w"
strncted their view Presently, as they simuha-
noonsly ascended The respective abuments, they
! came fnll in sight of one another. The roar was
,nntpal and actually tremendous Every urchlh
of MS sprang into the fields and ran; but, gather-
inc courage at finding we were not Parsueo' we
: ill, ratraead nnr steps ;and there they Were'
n gether, lighting as bulls only fight 1t seem
s ed to be dpS SSsa patch w Nay ss gpe a MoB
you would hear quick, sharp short steps, and his
o adversary would be pressed back in return. The
n struggle was hard, was long, savage.
!. They began to wheel, in another moment they
If were faced alright angles with the old bridge,
d which shook, and creaked, and rocked again
with their tramping and the effects Of the terrible
: strife.
5 1t was the work Of a single monochrome OIL
o the beass-I never could tell which Of them did
: it--one OF them, however, if conscious of his
: position, made desperate, terrible lunge for
i ward, and pressed his antagonist back-back-
back-there was but another step of plank be.
bind hm-between him and nothng-back still
4 further he was pressed, and over he went, head
d long Such a.sight never saw never agaiI
e shall see-a bull off bridge, falling at least thir
" ty feet, over and over He turned once or twice
n probably thought he turned over fifty times
d There seemed so much horns, and feet, and TAI
n flying through the air-but down he went, tn
o water was deep and he disappeared.
Y The other bull didn't laugh, merely becaus
rs bulls, as | supposed could not. But we laughed
e There he stood, looking directly down into tn
: deep abyss below and into which he had hurle
d his unuclly foe. He stood, however, but mo
l. ment, as frightened the prospect before hin
3. He commenced to step Observation-Disclosures
baok-wilh bis head in the same pugnaciou
attitude as when in eombat-back another ste
k and over he too went, on the opposite side of tn
d bridge, performing just many and exactly "a
n udicrons somersels as his adversary had done
5 minute before 1t beat all ever
/ In about Eve minutes, both bulls might b
h seen, their tabs trailing in the sand, dripping wei
rs and scratching up the steep gravelly banks, eac
d on his own side of the river.
10 Them are bulls Won't neuer fight no more
y said boy behind me- turned around it wa
n red-hared Bob, as used to call him, and eve
j. ny HAIR on Bobby naked head looked as if it wa
re IN spasms But Bobby was right.
lie There are two political parties in Nova SCI
rs tia; | wish they had seen that fight asI saw it.
that is all have TO say for the present.