Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-01

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! remember once seeing, when a lad Il
| school, SIGHT between two bulls, Aithos
! could not have been more than eight years
| Of age, I shah never forget The spectacle.
| 1t happened In this wise. Close BIZ the
| school -hSass ran q deep and Eapid river.
| Across it bad been shrowns a high wooden
| bridge, the AaHd-raii lag pf which time, and
| the wiRaa, and the weather, had entirely
| destroyed. The land Oh the opposite sidsa
OF the stream was owned by different per-
soas and faTnsd by them respectively .-
| One bright summer day, the hour Of noon
1 had arrived, and afrolicksoms, fan-Rssking
troop OF sehool-boys were let loose Tor an
| hours reeruati0Bs
All az once the believing and roaring Of
| tive huile, that had broker out Of their en-
closure ca eaeh side Of the river, astra cted
osF attsntlcn. Tia animals were not vet
| 10 sight Of each other, but were approach
| Tag slong the highway at a rate az spesd
! which woaId cause them TO meet near ne
centre q the hlgh bridge which have a.
seFissa, and+beneath which. al some thfYey
feet ran the EtxeE hskmean staap hanka -
Nearer and nearer approached the pgoud.
paving ecsnhatsnts, Presently. as Ehey
simultaneously ase ended the respective A.
butmsnts, they came full In aight Of each
UthsF Thars they wsFe--frorft to fFout,
their horns locked, every muscle sstafned.
they were lighting as only bulls can fsehE
e seemed Al even match Now one woald
preas back his oppunsns few PAGES, and
presently his adversary would be pressed
back 10 return. Ths struggling was hard,
was long, was savage. For while naith-
eT obtained al adYaasags. a..
Hitherto they bad been pushing eaeh
other iengthwtss os ths bridge; snldenIy
they began to wheel, and "a 1 monent
were facing each other erssswlae. They
were at right angles with the length Df TIE
old bridge, which shock and eEsaked and
rocked again with their II ampsng and their
terrible strife. II was tbs work Of ala
gle moments one Of the heaMts made yio-
TENT, dsspsxats plunge forward and pres
sed his aeangabist baek--baek--slll over
be went.
Sach sight never saw--I probably
aAallnssaE zee again. gmaglms ball patca-
% BACKWARD ovsr bridge and falliag at
ssast thirty sess, ever and ever He sarnsd
sEaee % twice, pgphasiYs shaagazk he sug.
ned hesy nRaa@s sfaaER seemed sagh d eoafu.
sion Of hDgns And feet regUiyfnk. ayanw
shroagh che ais. Bat down be vent -
water was deep, and ka disappeared, isav.
ing whirlp sol os goaza beliad him. ard
makamS the EiB@ wndalaka Gar and wide
with tae sonsaasaen Of his paadsrons |
bsalk. - m
Tfaga stood kfe victor, lsaksna diraotlv |
saessn ahEp tAs ahgna below, inkn whieh be |
bad hurled bis 1alneky foe. Ia skn4sd /
h0Wsyers bot manaenk, and then, a. Il /
fSaSAaaasaaA Ahs peeapass, 10 haxmas ID nnogt /
sasa asep backward. Back, back he raa /
tEeaasds with bis bead 10 gha same uaaaas /
sAa8a azaktaae M wheA a. eamsAat-@4assSs over /
Pei sasS whnt, ca tAe opposite sade a the /
bridge, performing tnsk az uany aud 10 1
ladaefeas saHasFaass ~ his aavas8ary lad /
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seen, well aohagsd bg their anEklnks aFlp-
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