The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-03-25

intsrest--a worthy companion to tom
Quick. the Indian Slayer"
Some few weeks ago Jonas espied one
Of these hated felines, while going
through a piece Of woods, aud, true to
his instinct, he made after the animal,
without stopping to consider that hs
was unarmsd-not even having Jack.
knife about him. He followed 1t until
! 1t retreated to q sort Of cavern Ia tho
rocks, whore Jonas made up his mind
to go In" and capture the "varmint." +"
So, picking up tough hickory club. he
proceeded to enter the cave. After pass
ing the entrance, to his surprise, hs
found quite o lofty cavern, extending
back some thirty feet, and In the fur
therest extremity glowed not only one,
but half q dozen pairs Of ferocious eyes.
which betokened warm work for any
intruder. Jonas was undoubtedly some
thin took back" - hs expressed II, q
the sight Of % many glistening syss
fixed upon him, but - II was mot II his
nature 70 retreat under any clrcumseea-
CO, hs cautiously advanced into The
cave.
He soon discovered that hs had walk.
ed into real litter or wildcats-two old
ones and four young ones--and about
the time he had got through counting
them the biggest one Of the six went
for him." Throwing himself back IN
an angle OF the cavern, the Herculean
backwoodsman met the ferocious mon
ster with 4 well swung blow Of his
cudgel, which rather "wilted' the ami
NAL for moment; but befSre Jonas
had time fairly to recover himself from
the first onslaught, the other cat made .
dive at him, catching on his right arm
and shoulder and almost rendering him
powerless, so terrible was the gripe Of
the monsters claws. With his !e!s
hand, however, Jonas grasped the throat
of the animal, < after a desperate strug.
gle succeeded In shaking him off. Jo-
mas now thought that discretion in such
n case might be the better part of valor,"
and accordingly began to consider the
vi tCStS0ls I1S T0NOlSeu 6Il IuV
chances in his mind ''in about the mill
ionth part OF second" he said, and
came to the conclusion that it wouldn't
do for him to leave the little angle In
which he was so well posted.
Both Of the old wildcats mean whiIs.
were lashed into II state Of the most In.
tense ferocity, their eyes glaring like
Goals Of fire, and their hair literally
standing on end. And to add to Jonas
the four young ones
which, although only "kittens," were
not exactly Of the kind which n lady
would like to hold in her lap-began to
exhibit symptoms Of joining in the
fight, just to ''get their hands in," a.
Jonns naiv"ly told aar informant. This
was situation. Jonas began to think
this would be his last fight with wild.
cats. and that the wild cats would have
the extreme felicity Of eating Jonas
Brooks for their supper. All these
these thoughts passed through Jonas's
mind while the animals were for mo.
Inent kept at bay hy the lively motions
Of his hickory cudgcl. Only for a mo.
ment however, rs his first antagonist
again took the lead in attack, and al.
though she met with sharp blow Of
the cudgel, the whole litter followed in
such quick succession that Jonas was
unable to keep them off. And now en-.
sued struggle which 1t Is useless to At
tempt to portray.
The ferocious animals clawed into
Jonas in every quarter, while he made
almost superhuman efforts to tear them
about right and left with
his club, as well as he was able, and
them by the throats with his
eft hand when he got a chance Luck
ly Jonas was arrayed in good suit OF
'omespun, instead of "shoddy" or he
would have been stripped to the skin in
10 time. The fight was a fierce and
lively one, as can be readily imagined.
Jonas was fighting for his life, and soon
ucceeded in putting the young cats
'ors du combat, by cracking them judi
'iously over the heads. His blows upon
he old ones also began to tell, and after
last desperate struggle, in which one
If them got finishing blow, the other
'etreatsd to the back of the cave, where
Jonas proceeded to do for him also,
eaving Jonas "master Of the situation"
All inventory of our hero's wardrobe,
AIKEN after the fight, exhibited one sus-
bender, about half vest, one leg Of
'antaloon, no shirt to speak Of, and
pair Of boots that wouldn't "shed
,eavy dew" as Jonas expressed it. His
whole body and limbs were frightfully
acerated, and the blood fairly ran from
1is wounds. Notwithstanding which.
Jonas tied the tails of the six wild cats
ogether. and swinging them around his
leck he walked home with his trophies.
a Coop THING FOR THE BuFrALoEs