Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-23

"Gentlemen,n said a tall Kentuckian
l : hauling up, and leisurely taking his seat il
a vacant chair, .'don't make fun of tha
| thar dog, if you please,p and with face o
profound mt Ia lcholy and touching patho'
he added, ''uniess you want to hart hI
! fellings.'1 ~~-A -
| %Of course not, sir, if you dislike it. But
pray. how did he become curtailed of his
fair proportions? ?'' s., q.
well, gentlemen, I'll tell you" said the
I Kentuckian. replenishing the spacious hol-
i low of his cheek with quid of tobacco
THAT thar dog was the greatest b'ar-hNn-
ter of Kaintuck. A few years ago useG\o @
take my rifle and old Riptearer, of an arteA
noon, and think nothing of killing ten
bars, One cold day in the middle of win
ter, being troubled a good deal with an old
herb'ar that used to carry off our pigs by
the dozen. / started with old Riptearer,
determined to kill the old rascal, or die in
the attempt. Well arter we had gone
4 about two miles in the woods, we all of a
sudden came right smack on the old bar
with his wife and three cubs. l know'd l
3 co,Ildn't shoot 'em all at once, and know
ed that if killed either of the old 'uns,
p SO5he f1WOuld make at me, for i could see
ttat they were mortal hungry. So says I,
v..Rlp, svlfat'H we do ?''s Rip knowed what
/ was sayiL' aud without watin' to hold any
confab aboutit, he guv.a growl and pitched
right in among them. q With that l let fiy
at the she-b'ar, cos Iknow'd she was the
worst of the two when the cubs was about.
5iJ SOver she rolled as dead as mackerel.
Rip he hitched onto the bar, and they had
mighty stussel for about five minutes
when the bar begunito roar enough like
blue murder. i ranu then and knocked
9 his brains out with the butt-end OF my RI
a file. The cubs were so scared and cold that
Il killed 'em in two minutes with my knife.
But Rip took on terrible about my knock
i'm of the bar in the head. At fust [
~ thought he was agoin' to tackle on me,
and says /, RIP, that's DOWNRIGHT un-
grateful With that he sneaked off in a
q huff, but could easily see he was terrible
mad yet. Well, L left all the bars on the
: ground, concludin' to call back with the
q neighbOrs for 'em as soon as 1 could let 'em
9 know. On the way home, Rip KEEP ahead
of me-, Every time he thought how kill
ed the old bar, his tail would stand right
upon end-he was SO powerful mad. 1t
was getting on to night and began to grow
freezin' cold. About a half mile from
the house, Rip he came to a halt, thinkin'
he'd have another look back in the di-
rection of the bars. The scent of f'em
raised his dander wuss than ever. His
tail stood right squar' up, as stiff as hoe
handle. Just then it comes on colder than
ever, and Rips tail friz exactly as it stood.
/ was in bad tix-I had no fire to thaw it.
While was thinkin' what i do to get it
down. again, a buck deer Sprang up and
darted right over fence about fifty yards
ahead. Rip did net wait to be told whar to
go, but pitched eYil-bent after the deer.
cracked away with my rifle and just raised
the fnzz between his horns. AS soon as Rip
got TO the fence, he thought he'd make a
s/9rt cut, SO he dashed right through. but
his tail was so brittle that it broke off be-
tween the rails! Poor old Rip was done for
good! He never had a tail to show after
that-it broke his feelings as well as his tail,
and that's how he came tn loose it. And
now, gentlemen, I'm gettin' little dry, and
If you've no objections, we'll take horn"