Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-11-19

CAuonr 4 TARTAR.--we learn from the
Concord, On. H. Statesman, that on We'd
ncsday morning last rs Mr.. Burbank, aeon
cord milkman. who resides IN Boscawcn
was ON his way to supply his customers, and
passing in the darkness between 3 and 4
o clock, on the highway he was met bya man,
who asked in heavy voice. If that was the
Boscawen milk wagon; being tjd that it was
he said he wanted some money. Mr., Bur
b INK replied that he should like to see him
get it, when the robbcr began to Chamber over
the wheel Mr.. Burbank struck him with
the butt Of his whip, and spraug out of his
wagon 20 give him battle Quite a scuiie
ensucd. the highway man getting the
worst Of the conflict. being finally
knocked down aud left AS Mr.. Burbank
drove of the robber shouted, 81 shall see you
again. Sir" AN right call any time"
was the reply.
Mr.. Burbank found the rohbar had used a
knife in the contest his hat being cut
through and his coat being perforated in
three places by II large blade, the stroke cut
ting through buffalo and under coat, ond |
into a stout bill-book in his breast pocket. |
A VOLUNTEER BULL FIGHT.
remember once seeing, when lad at
school a fight between two bulls. Although
could not have been more than eight years
of age, shall never forget lhe spectacle. 1t
happened in this wise
Close by the school-house-a very UMPIRE
tending edifce it was-ran a deep and rapid
iver.-Acrpss it had been thrown high
wooden bridge, the hand-railing Of which
| time and the winds and the weather had en-
| tirtly destroyed The land on the opposite side
| of the sire IN was owned by different persons,
ald flrmed by them respectively. One
| brght summer day remember it as it
| W re vesterday-thc hour of noon had arriv-
ell, and a frolsomc, fun-seekng troop of
school-boys were let loose for an hour recre-
| alton.
| All atonce the believing and roaring OF
| two bulls that had broken out of their cnclo-
| sure on either side of the river attracted our
| attention The animals were not in sight OF
each other, and were approaching along the
highway at rate Of speed which would
cause them to meet near the centre of the
high bridge which have described, and he
meath which at some thirty feet ran the river
between steep banks The more daring of
us gathered near the bridge. lining it, to see
the ANTICIPATED fight We were not disap-
pointed. Nearer and nearer approached the
proud, paving combatants. Bashan never
produced two brutes of fercer aspect. They
dashed their sides with their tails, they tore
the ground with their feet. Occasionally
they kneeled down trying to gore the earth
with their horns. And as yet they were con
cealed, each from the other, by the ascent t
the bridge at either end. Presently, as they
simultaneously assembled the respective nbut
ments, they came in full sight Of each other
The roar was mutual and actually tremen
dOus.
Every urchin of us sprang into the fields
, | oul h., ,Io.
not pursued, we hastily retraced our steps
There they were, quite as scnsibly employed
as some of their hnman ilntators Front tC
front, their hons locked, every muscle strain
ed, they were fighting as only bulls can fight
1t seemed an even match. Now one would
press back his opponent a few PAGES, and
presently you would hear quick, sharp, short
steps. and his adversary would press back r
return. The struggling was hard was long
was savage. For while neither obtained al
l | advantage.
Hitherto they had been pushing each 9th
err lengthwse Of the bridge; suddenly the,
began to wheel, and in a moment they wer
l facing each other crosswise. They were q
right angles with the length Of the old bridge
which shook and creakcd and rocked agar
with their trampling and their terrible strife
: 1t was the work of a single moment; one
, OF the hcasts-I could not tell whch-one Of
them, however, as if conscious of his position
made violent and desperate plunge forward
, and pressed his antagonist back, back, till
| there was but another step of the plank
behind him, between him and nothing The
moment was one of intense interest to us ju-
venlle spectators Never was the amphithca-
tire of Rome the scene of a more exciting com
hat. Another step backward, yes, the unfor-
tunate bull is forced to take it Back he is
pressed and over he goes.
Such sight / never saw-I probably shall
mover sec again. Imagine a bull pushed
backward over bridge and falling t least
thirty feet over and over He turned once or
twice probably | thought he turned fifty
times, there seemed such confusion of horns
ami feet revolving, flying through the air
But down he went the water was deep, and
E he dislpTerrel, leaving a whirlpool Of foam
. behind him, and making the river undulate
far and wide with the conclusion Of his pom
derous bulk.
The other bull did not laugh, merely be-
cause bulls, as supposed, could not. But we
) laughed and shouted our applause. There
stood the victor, looking directly down into
, the abyss below, into which he had hurried
his unlucky foe. lie stood, however, but O
f moment, and then as if frighted at the pros.
pect he began to snort and step backward
Back, back he retreated, with his head in the
same pugnacious attitude as when in combat
f -back-still another step back-and he, too
won't down on the opposite side OF the bridge
|, performing just as many and as ludicrous
summersets as his adversary had done before
1t was scene to be remembered; and the
performance called forth immense applause
from the group Of juvenile amateurs who
| witnessed it,
In about five minutes both bulls were seen
well sobered by their ducking, dripping wet
scratching up the steep gravelly banks, each
on his own side of the river. I" Those bulls
will never fight any more" said boy behind
me- His prediction turned out correct, for
two more peaceably disposed bulls than they
| vera avar q ftaruord could not bovo haan