Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-06-30
A Bull Fight and q Moral.

Gin. Sun, May 27th.
A Bull Fight and Moral.
"Ralpho" tells the following tale in
the Halifar Nova ScOtian:
remember when lad at school. of
once seeing a fight between two bullocks.
| never shall forget it, although could
not have been more than eight years OF
age at the time. 1t happened i'll this
wise:
Close by the school -house-a very un-
pretending edifice it was-run deep and
rapid river. Across it had been thrown
high wooden bridge. the hand railing of
which time, and the winds. and weather
had entirely destroyed. 1t was one bright
summer day. remember 1T as 1t were
! sterday-the hour of noon had arrived,
and froicsome, romping fun loving
! company of lads were let loose tor an
hour recreation. The land on the OPP
posite side of the river was owned by
different persons, and farmed by them
respectively. The believing and roar
ing of two bulls that had broken out OF
the Enclosures on eacn side of the river,
and were approaching each other along
the highway, at a rate which would cause
them tn meet about the center OF this
high bridge, beneath which. at some thir-
ty feet, ran deep and sluggish stream.
between high and steep banks, attracted
our attention.
The most daring of us gathered near
the bridge, lining the fences to see the
fight, and we were not disappointed.-
Nearer and nearer approached the proud,
paving com batants 10 each other, and
Bashan never produced two fiercer look
ing brutes than those now describe
They tore the ground with their feet. they
kneeled down occasionally, trying to
gure the earth with their horns; they lash
ed their sides fiercely with their tails,
but unobservedly of each other. for the
high bridge obs,ructed their view. Pres
entity, as they simultaneously ascended
the respective abutments, they came full
in sight of one another. The roar was
mutual and actually tremendous. Every
urchin Of us sprang into the fields and
ran, but gathering courage In finding we
were not pursued, we as hastily retraced
our steps; and there they were, both OF
them front to front, their horns locked
together. fighting as balls only can fight
Ii seemed TO be an even match. Now
one would press back his opponent few
PAGES, aud presently you would hear
quick, sharp, short steps, and his adver-
sary would be pressed back in RETURN
The struggle was hard, was long, was
SdpGge.
They began to wheel--in another mo-
,nent they were faced alright angles with
the old bridge, which shook and creaked
and rocked again with their tramping
: and the effect Of the terrible strife.
was the work of a single moment
one of the beasts cannot tell which o
them did it, one of them. however. as i
conscious of his position, made desper
. ate, terrible lunge forward. and pressed
his antagonist back-bat re
was but another step of planks behind
! him-between him and nothing-bacl
-.;,I e..ther he was pressed. and over he
weni headlong. Such a sight never
saw-I never again shall sea bull off q
bridge, falling at least thirty feet Over
! and over. He turned once or twice
probably thought he turned over nlty
times. There seemed SO much horns, anC
feet, and tails flying through the air
. but down he went. the water was deel
q and he disappeared.
The other bull didn't laugh, merely be
r cause bulls, as supposed, could not
= But we laughed. There he stood, look
n ing directly down into the deep abys
below, and into which he had hurled IN
. unIucky foe. He stood, however, but
n moment. as if frightened at the prospec
= before him. He commenced 10 step back
+. ward---back back-back--b back--wit
his head in the same pugnacious attitud
as when in combat-back another step
and over he too went on the other sid
1t Of the bridge performing just as many an
lie exactly as iudicrous some rsets as his ad
le versary had done a minute before.
ID beat all ever saw.
e, In about five minutes, both bulls migh
in be seen. their tails trailing in the sant
A dripping wet, and scratching up :he stee