The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-18
"when this star has set, o rise another

"When this star has set, o rise another such ~
Mr.. EproR; These are the days of chivalry,
and we should sing Of the hcroism of the Pleb
am, as we'll as of the aurels of the &" iceH b0rn;"
therefore allow your humble correspondent to
relate an incident of interest which took place
the other day in the forests of Jackson town
ship,
Mr.. NELSON GRAY we'll built, athletic young
man, being hunting coon-his axe upon his
shoulders, suddenly encountered huge ancient
buck, in the midst of very thick tree top. He
was upon il almost lit sprang up, and endeav-
ored to extricate itself from the bush, but the
gallant young hunter pitched in He actual
ly felt indignant
- Ave now the soul of battle was abroad,
Aud burnt upon the air."
The gallant animal seeing his enemy charge
at him so Vigorously turned upon him and
made fight. Then it was that the truth of the
old quotation was verified, "When Greek meets
Greek then comes the tug of war; But young
Gray determined to sell his life dearly. He
raised his axe above his head. the sunbeamS
kissed it's edge, and swinging it with all mis-
lerGultdu nbNSI, u uulu eN'OhN ~ wv hN"N
of the noble enraged animal The axe however
glanced from the head and antlers of the agile
animal, aud did him but little injury. The
hunters ak naw from his grasp, and the buck,
having extricated himself from the tree top,
turned from his enemy and ingloriously fled -
This inexplcabe condnct of the animal, but
the more cmboldened the intrepid hunter, who
now "got madder and mddder epery minute," and
with yell of vengeance equalled only by II
Pottawatamie war whoop he drew his long
hunting knife from its sheUth, and with the
erocity of Brazilian tigSr, sprang after the ileet
fugitive The young Nimrod was the very i'm
pcrsonation of the Storm God lie leaped like
a kangaroo, and coming up with the bewidered
| animal he pounccd upon it in the iierceness of
| his wrath, and grappled with it in close NOR
tai struggle. For time the result of the con-
! nct was doubtful, and as the hunter drew his
trerchant steel away, mark how the blood OF
| the noble animal followed it, lie rode on his
shoulders like the old man of the sea, and stuck
! to him like the poisoned shirt Of Nessus. The
terrified and enroged animal made desperate
res stance lie threw the Young hunter TO the
ea,th and gored him terribly, With the light
ming strokes Of his feet he literally tore from hi;
enemy almost every vestige of clothing! Bat
our INTREPID friend, like The lrishman and thC
rolling saw log, "tcas on top half the tims. -
Although bleeding and exhaused, he kept plung
ing his .rusty Damascus blade into the quiverins
body of the painting, PROSTATE animal, unit
both were placed horS de combat How lon!
the combltants remained in this position is no
known, but when discovered by woolman
the gallant hunter was unconscious, and la,
near his late antasoniSt--hiS bloody knife still
clcnchcd in his iron gresp, The noble deer wa
dead.
The hunter was restored to consciousness, ia
|, ken home aud is doing we'll, but says, shout
live to be as old as the North Mountait
III never forget my encounter with that curse
old buck ~
Yours on the Goose Qppstion."
J. ID
> r, S, The young hunter is a candidate fc
the Office of Constable at tbs spring election
and he'll get il. J. D.