The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-01
TIPToN, IoWA,,issDECEMBER I, 1864.

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pleasure He only hoped his legs would
not be saized by one of the alligators, Of
which he had seen several in tho water
during the day. Then, to his Infinite
horror, q singing sensation II his leg
made him feel sure he had again been
bitten, BY. apothet Find Of serpent. And
still the buffalo showed DO signs Of re-
turning towards the land, when just as
be though: she was preparing ,o lie
down, he dug his heels into her side and
delivered random blows with his fists on
her head and neck. Then, striking out
for the land, the brute speedily reached
the shore, on gaining which she again
commenced her glad gallop. A few min
utes brought them to tho spot from
which the animal had started, where the
calf was still standing The buffalo was
preparing to lilo down, when, seising the
branches Of the tree from which he had
fallen on the brutc's neck, he swung
himself up into his old position. He had
not, however, been very long thero when
the smsrting in his hand aud legs csused
him to remember that he had been bitten
by snakes. The very idea of this, and
the knowledge that one Of those venom.
Gus reptiles was in the tree on which he
was pcrched, caused a deadly faintness,
from which it was some time before he
rallied ... g., y... G
"Altetnately fainting and rsviving,
hour after hour passed away, night dark.
eped down upon the Jungle, and the buff
falo still Kept watch sod ward at the foot
Of tho tree. AT length, at au advanced
hour Of the night, he suddenly became
conscious thata tremendous struggle was
goiog on between tho bntfsho so4 some
largo animal, which he judged to be
tiger o'The growing Of the latter he
continues, the groans of tho buffalo, the
noise Of their struggles, and the incessant
plating Of the cali, combined 10 pro.
ducing series Of sounds which in the
darkness Of night appeared worthy Of the
inhabitants of Pandcmonium., For full
five minutes, which appeared hours to
me, the dreadful struggle continued, un.
I'll at length the groans of the buffalo
subsidized into q series Of aconvulsivs
gasps and shorts, aud the sounds Of
struggling on the ground almost ceased
l could, however, hear the tiger growl.
ing, suarlng and splitting like an i'm
mense cat. OF course descent now was
quite out Of the question. / therefore
determined to remain where was until
daylight, if I did not die from the effects
of the snake bites before morning appear
ed. So strong was the interest with
which l listened and strained my eyes
for the purpose of learning what was
going on below, that even ceased TO
think of this contingency, and forgot the
death like swoous had previously cx,
! perienrnd Afser soiooa fino xpsnt il
listening to the noise made BY the ami
NAL while enjoying his feast Of buffalo
flesh, the sound ceased suddenly. felt
sure, however, that the beast had net
departed, for had kept my eyes fixed
on the dark outlines Under the shadow
of the tree, aud the mass remained OF the
same appearance. l fancied could trace
the form of a tiger lying alongside the
deod buffalo, and this was the shape the
dark objects had assumed aud retained
since the termination Of the conflict
"At length, however, succor WAS at
hand. Seeing light in the distance,
he shouted as loundy as he could, and
this attracted d the notice Of party who
had set out in search Of him On COM
ing up to the spot, both tiger and buffalo
were found dead, On telling his friends
he had been bitten by snakes, they first
examined his hand, aud pronounced the
wound be had received whilst in the tree
to have been caused by the sting of d
hornet. On turning down his stockings
they discovered several leechcs gorged
with blood, for numbers of these vora
cious animals Lad bitten him during his
ride through the water on the buffalo.
back The Paintings he had experienced
were attributed to loss Of blood from tn,
leech bites They then turned their at
tcntion to the dead tiger. Not woune
was discovered about the carcass, but or
slightly moving the body Of the baffal,
they discovered the bottle of cyanide o
potassium, which had been inten;ded fo
chronological purposes, broken and par
TALLY introduced into the wound in tn
neck from which the tiger had sucke,
the Blood Of his victim. While imbib
ing the life blood of the buffalo the tige
had also received one of the most deadl,
poisons known, which in the course of
very shut tin,o, had produced its usua
fatal result. The position Of the tw
ANIMALS and sf the deadly bottle left n
room for doubling that sdch had Bee
the case On ascending the tree in sucl
hot haste the poison bottle and o.he
little matters were dropped, and. dhrin'
the struggle between the animals I'll
former was broken, and perhaps even Gu
its way into the jugular Of the buffalo
thus probably assisting in the death 0
the latter, as well as proving so fatal
destructive TO the tiger. On the appear
ance of dawn they discovered smal
wasps' nest hanging in the tree. Late
in the day they had tho satisfaction Q
experimenting the skinnissof the tiger
and distributing the meat to the villag
ers, some of whom regard it is particu