The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-04-09
NEARLY A HORN TOO MUCH.


Stanley Smith, editor of the Auburn .4nseri-
can, gives the follow ng amusing anecdote OF his
chase By and escape from savage bull, during
a recent visit TO farm in the neigborhood of
Auburn, 10 witness trial of mowers -
''fhat ball was one Of them. tHe was mon
arch n4 ali be could eat, chase, or gore. Reinr
deeply Interested in the apple crop, we wander
ea olt q The field in which the moving was no.
ins On into friend ShotweH's orchard. Fat and
was going a S ess b sFs lying about chewing
tree in the large orchard and while critically
examining some very fine fruit, were suddenly
and rather unpeaSantly startled from our train
of thought by The believing of Mr.. Ia urus,
whose majesty had been reclining, and of whose
august presence we were unaware. He eleya-
ted bis tail, made the earth fly with bis awful
paws and having thus manifested his hostility,
aud given tone, if not color, to his idea that we
were an interlnper made plunge towards US.
A moments view of our antagonist was just
enough His eyes flashed fire he roafed like
'bnll of Bashan' We did not at all fancy the
style of his horns they were as straight as
needles and about as sharp. He exhibited un-
mistakable desire to employ them upon US.
eKnowing that it was expected Of US 10 re-
port the contest trial going on in another field,
we remembered the prior and pressing interests
of our friends, and set up smart run. So did
Mr.. Bull. We scamprred he scampered he
made better time than could bottom out he
gained on US rapidly; we could almost feel his
hot breath on The back of our neck ii was neck
or nothing; rail fence twenty rods off; bull
within five rods give up for 'goner ! no such
thing friendly apple tree with low branches
clutched two of them, and lifted our precious
body into the tree; Taurus arrived just as we
cleared the ground
soar enemy paved around the tree below
ed after the manner of sBoanerges, the son of
Thunder glared at US, and finally walked off
about the distance of three trees. Thinking all
was right, we slid down vertically, and put
| for the crazy cid rail fence. The distance from
| tree to bull, and from tree to fence, was just
| about an even thing. But our assailant saw the
movement, and at once the chase was hot one
again but this time we diStanced the 'horned
| cTitter,' and, scaling the fence, landed in
! field of rye at about the same moment our pur-
suer's horns struck the top rails of the fence
| and set them flying. Separated by the fence,
we read the scoundIel lecture that we hope he
will remember 10 his last moments"
CANNON NOT Disabled by SpIKING.-The
! slIeDCI0g OF OdlteTy oy sp IhtHS tue guns 10 q
stroke OF daring frequently performed by drl-
wing a rat-tail file into the touchhole and then
breaking it short off. In some instances COM
mon nail is used Tn either case the gun IS
disabled for the time, as the touch hole can only
be cleared by drilling out the spike, and this,
when it consists of file, is generally difficult
matter. But an invention has recently been
produced which promises 10 render cannon
| S useful without touchhole as with it, an d
which was tried at the New York State Arsenal
about fortnight ago. 1t is in reality safety
fuse, one end of which penetrates the cartridge,
and extends through the entire chamber OF the
cannon to the muzzle where the gunner can
discharge the cannon as readily as at the touch
hole. The fuse is chemical compound, envel-
oped in fiat paper case, which is wrapped
with cotton, and afterwards dipped in fosin to
prevent its becoming damp. When used foT
submarine purposes, il is protected BY jacket
! of gutta percba. The FIRE passes through il at
the rate Of mile in four seconds, thus enabling
one man TO discharge broadside Of any number
of guns at the same moment For ordinary
mining purposes, il is equally useful, and, from
its composition, will be less likely to tiash
i without explosion, as is very often the case with