The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-12-11

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The following is d, account OF 4 recent
hard fight between & man named Hit and
a seven foot alligator In Texas. Hit was al
work an o. tan-yards He went 10 work
in the morning as usual, but during the
hight an alligator had taken posaeasion.
and, was in the vat when Hit le7tWork The
evening before Arriving 1t the yard NEXT
morning, Hit entered the yatwifhout dis
covering the, intruder, took hold of side
Of leather pulled and tug9ed, but could not
raise II, aand called his son % aassisfA He
had not yet discovered the monster lying
onthe side, nearly covered withTtan oozc.
He heard q splash behind him, and Thought
it washis son jumping in. Notso however
the alligator. had made iunge II Him,
but only caught The seat Of his bfeechea
Thinking Nilsson had missed his Erlbp he
bawled toihim:l What ere you puiling ~
me fort Why don't you take hold Of the
the -hidef'y His son answered: Pap, i
amt there, ~ ~ 4 =
Appolodorus relates that Theseus sstEso
longon rock that t1ongth he grewtfouit
so that when Hercuiesa tDre him forciblyg
hind him. M Hitt mad I narrow escanc
from a similar fate. He screwed himself
around, minus the scat OF bus breeches, TO
oce sne ,it;n ~ ~, s -. 80
1be ALLIGATOR. ne Il n known bv Those ac.
ouainted with the brute. ia. alike him who
who mas his quarrel 'iust doubly armed bc.
IND able 20 knock down man ar an ami
NAL with blow Of his tail as wcif AZ To-
break bones with This ponaerous laws. but
here the sides Of the VAT infcr6oscd and
kent the beast from briuginr ;ts rear into fhc.
fight. HIT struck out with MA fisss. but
finding the coat Of mail of hir .adyc,pary
too much for such assaults. lcapcd tl,ou biz
back. and PLAYED Kcptuck wifhnhis
thumbs bringing something more than inc
tabled I tears, to the ewes Of the ,crocodiles
Mean time the bow had run, to the house,
aIter Mister a and his oun II. the
great hurry and excitement. Mr.. d. per per-
sented his gun cock ed. at some huge mas.
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and head elevated about twelve de1resss
Mt "a was' nd;ng. nsarIv over tbs,n IN
a shooting position- : Hitt saw the dancer.
INT foo much exhausted 10 sneak. disenlh
gagged his hands and elevated then, when
fred, killing the animal. Ifitt recoyg
erina little from exhaustion ana Gang out.
eNhat did yon shoot for24a had him whip-
ped all to. putting tho, strings on him.
Eschalge.
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Tine GspsIEs IN HUNeAIsr.--A German
paper gives aniaccount of the Gypsicsoin
Hungary. In l417, under the rule Of King
|Sigismund, they quickly adopted. Hith the,
Initiative spirit of their race, the manncra
and customs of the people among whom
they settled. In Northern Hungary. which
is an Agricultural country, Enthusiastically
by Slayonians, they seldom moved beyond
the bounds oftheir villages in southern
Hungary, inhabited by Wallachians, Ger
mans and Seryians, they led q nomad life.
The Hungarian q ypsies are Of all varieties
of color, from white 70 yellowishrsE. like
thatof the Indian Gypsies. Therel.rr ran,
thirty thousand to, forty thousand 81 ;lrss
u hungary g proper Excluding Irapss iSal.is
dealers, musicians md blacksmith ~
They have always been well treated BY
the Government ibnt: notwithstanding Iail
the efforts Of Maria Theresa and Joseph H.
they could never be persuaded to busy
fbayt, col uooA ,rifh ofxrsf..ff,xra nuaa Az.