Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-23
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A BULL BEAT.

Blast that crit,err roared Uncle Jess, as he
eSpird old Babcuck's big red bull numbering
over gates and fences. and making o bee line
for our cow-yard. Blast him do say!-There
goes two pannels of the new fence, smash, and
cuss him. There he goes right over the grind
stone through the cabbage patch--sm- N. mash
into the cow-yard.'
why don't you set the dogs on him, Uncle
JESSE | ventured to observe, as the whole
family, big and liltlc-Aunl Katy and The whole
co.huke OF the boys and gals thronged the door
to see Babcock's bull perform his customary de-
structiOn to get into Uncle Jess's cow-yard.
Dogs be hanged! They won't tech him !;
feard of him rs death!
Shoot the ugly cuss Uncle Jess
sShoot him! Hain't | tried ibat ? Peppered
him one morning with my double barrel gun
pint Of shot no USE the cussed critter mined
il no more than he does the flies but hanged ct
I stand il much longer I've complained of him
to Babcock nigh forty timeA; 30 have the neigh
bors; Babcock swears he can't keep The bull in
knocks down everything, aud clears out jest
WHEN he's a min to-
sUncle Jess says T.'I'll floor him. or put him
to his trumps, if you'll stand the damages
Damages Lord bless me, hain't stood EN-
these twelve months Damages! Eff you'll
drive him off. Dick, I'll give you The sorrel colt
and pair O boots, Christmas, be hanged eff !
don'tr
I'll try,' says, taking up my gun, and Load
ing it with double handful Of buckshot and
powder, and calling the dogs, started for the
cow.yard, met the two gals with empty pals,
blessing like troopers, old Babcock's wild bull.
Looking over the fence espied the bull anus
ing himself with feats Of jugglery, tossing up
Uncle Jess's hay ricks, unhinging barn doors,
and tossing them bp on his broad horns as easy
and delighted as b"y with shptte.cock.
Now old BULL I'll give you merry pande-
monium in the rear, and then set the dogs on
you, while cousin Jake and the Dutch boy will
charge with pirhfnrks and give you hts at once
To make sure thing Of it, climbed over
the bars to get nearer to the bull, who suspi-
cioned something was going on, turned his ugly
face towards and came at me. let her rip
gave him the pop bang had intended for his
rear, into his shaggy face. expe cted of course
had done his knitting-expected to see him fall
down; but no, sir, he merely shook his head, the
shot rolled off like drops Of sweat; he turned
up his wall eyes, cooked up his tail, and giving
one roar and snort, he charged bayonets at the
burs with his horns carried them easy myself
cousin Jake, and the Dutch bov, with the two
dogs were standing behind the fence, and before
you could say smear case he had us. One
dog was knocked into the middle of last sum.
ner, the other scooted. Jake fell over the Dutch
boy, and / fell-very suddenly, over the fence
Bahcock's bull was master Of the field and look.
ing about him, with the Iudicrous bravado of 9
drunken prize fighter in Quaker meeting, he
seemed to nay:
well, this is deuced ightp
And then to assuage his irritated bump o
destructiveness, he pitched into the fence, and
threw it pretty much ell over the coward ani
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