The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-11-17
How Mike HOde the BwiJ.

N''uo e'iibal' uuL Hut CpBS netr XIII.
INK two ar three persons consequent
ly Mike felt rather "dubus" lie dic
not want to cal for help, and the near.
cSt place assistance cold arrives va.
the meeting house. which was. at tn,
Tine, filed with vorshlpers, among
whom vae .ae sal Mike was payinr
his drvours to-" So he dodrei th,
boil, as the animal came TO him. ani
managed to caic. him ty tho tail. lie
was dragged round ill he was nearly
icai, and when ho thought he could
bold out to longer hc made up bis
tnidc he had better boiler"
And now W. viii 10, him tell his
own story.
$50 locting at the matter in all IT,
hearings, | cum to tie conclusion that
fd bstter let somo one know what
Mas. 50 gin n yoll louder than u
locomotive whistle, and it warn't long
before | seen the dcacous two dogs
coming dowo as if they war seeing
which could get thar first. | know
ed who they were arter-they line
the bull agiu me. so, sez .old
brindle, ridin' is as cheap as walkin'
sn this route, and. If you've no OBJ.
jection', II jist take a deck pass age
on that ar back o your'p.' 81 !
warn't very long Citing astrido Of
him.
Then, If you'd been .herc, you'd
have sworn thar warnt nothing hu
mao in that mix. the size flew 50 or
fully, rs the crtter aud | rolled til,
teld-ouc dog on one side AMI one on
the other, trying to cl.nch INV feet. |
prayed aud cuss.d, aud cus,ed and
prayed, until | couldn. tell which
did at las,-and neither warn't of no
use, they were 80 oriully mixed up.
" Well, | recon | rid about u half an
hour this way, When old brindIe
thought il was time to take in a .up-
ply ot wind, aud cool off little. So
VIXEN he got round to tree that stood
thar, ho naturally halted 50, seq |
old boy. you'il lose one passenger sar-
tain. 81 ji't clum up II branch,
kaiker'atlng u roost thar till ! starry
cd atore Ia he rid about that ar way
any longer. | war making tracks for
the tree, when | heard something ao
orful buZz,n' overhead. kinder look
cd up, aud lfthar wasn',--well, there =
no use -weariu'-but it war the big
est hprn't's nest ever built. You u
gIn in now. rec,u, VI ke. bs,lu-e
thar's no help Tor you. But an idea
struck me then that stool heap
he ter chance hen ridju' the bull
than were ! was Sez old itlier.
II you'll hold on. III ride to the next
station anyhow, let that he whar i,
will.
$50 jist dropped abroad him asin
md looked alolt to see what | hai
gained by changing quarers, aud,
gentlemen, Pm liar If thar wasn't u
halt II bushel of the s:iHsiu' varmintS
rca iy o.pitch iu,o mo when the word
90 was glo Well, reckon they got
II, for all 'hau!s started for our cum
pany. Some on '"m hit the dogs.
about a quart struck me, aud the res,
chu.g"d on briUdle
This tlms the dogs led of fuS',
dead bent for the old deacon $. and ls
soon as oh brindIe and could get
away. We followed ani as | was only
u deck Passenger, had nothing to d.,
with s'carln' the crait--it ] had, we
shouldn't have run that ch,nnel any
how. But. as | said before, The dogs
took the lead, brindie and next, aud
The hornets dreEIy artcr. The dog,
yeli'n, briodle hollerin', an the horu-
eis buzzin and stingln
"Wcll, We had g,t about hundred
yards ron The house, aud the deacon
heard us aod cana out. | seed hl;n hold
up HIS hauds and turn whi'e. reck.
on he was prayiu then, for he didn't
expect to be called for SO 5 ,on aud it
warnt long neither aiore tho wnole
congrcgatlon--meu women and chill.
h'""-S"" Nu', -'ut tuNu Nii uuLu>
weHt TO yollin'. Nouo OF them had
the lust notion that tie br;uje aud |
be.oag u this world. Just turned
my bead past the congregation.
seed the run woull 10 up soon, for
b-indls couldn't tu-n an zach from IL
fence that slU,i cad ahead We'll,
va reached the fence, aud | went ashore
over tho whole critters mead, laoiln.
m tho other side, and lay there
stunned.
1T warn't long lfore some of them
AZ Was not scared. cana ruunin' To see
what | war--ior ell hands kalterlasli
hat the Lull aGd | belonged togethr;
But when briudlc waacd on by him-
Seii, they ,-W how /, wGr, ani one ol
en- said {.
Nike Fink has got rho .crummage
once IN his iiig.
"Ges!lcmsu, from that day to this
| dropsd the eourring bi"iness and
hala't spoke 10 a clri since, and wi en-
my hunt is in upon this cirth. there
won't be any more FMS, aud Is al /
owing to Deacon Smiths br,nd,,
bull"
On HALL thinks there !s some risk
in attempting to reduce or add Ia