Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

ia'an'D ochLo or ihn hhihif'
1
IRON 's ndnsas 1asoas''e,l
Appearances indicated that this shaggy
old fellow had becu making very good
| fgEt Of it for several days. dare say that
IN the maintenance OF this social status he
had gone back into the herd and stared at
his descendants, and paved and grOaned
rs much as hfty times. The long hair
upon his huge neck was tangled and pulled
until tuiLs OF it hung loose and unkempt.
The outer hbres Ut his huge black horns
hung in fiia,nent and spinlors. His wick
ed little eyes had reddish glare, aad his
beard as limp and troth wet beneath his
chin. Mr. was this all Sundry long,
oblique. hairless lines appeared on his flank,
and lie put his left fore foot dow tendeily,
very likely remembering, at the same time,
square juunce he had got Yesterday On the
shoulder from some strong necked young
ster that had taken it upon himself to whip
his father.
| lie stond little upon the outskirts now,
his head toward me, pretending to eat
grass. IL was nice herbage as bull,
whose teeth were probably none OF the very
best, could wishLthe first tender grow til
ol ame sir'ng; nu. SUI. ne ala not seem TO 70
onJ"y ~. s ,n.efVais ,',, y, .n.nuIe VI 80 ne
"ou'u "oA lounu qu,chy over Ills snouiuer
unu si1.h' anu ethuu tlriihinS' anu tl,en
p.e.enu " cav aSaiu. 10 tnis ols.l' ss'ul
pa"tnnin. tne ten 'nousand shaggy siaz'rs
'aiu "oI 'ne ie"ss at'ehtioh' Ahel were
ousy. pou.u , near .neni ';,i croppiHS .ne
s,"os 40 nay 'I.io, viii d onn.,'.pus ,,'s
'a'pimnA I"u,'u l.. VIE on'y et,uG". 'n..
W w. All .nose cows Wnoun ne haa 80 OF
,en uonoeu s ] ,n.o cur,nGss a' VIII Viii ms iI "nS
i.J.S W c III ~ i;.,ne ..hu
/
u, ,,,, ,i,,,, s's ". , ,so All
NV, wish HIN, d;"rnsod,s Nv. ,.,"rd;,,, tn bnf.
S,Io I.'s,;nw ar o,,,,,I -, s',',n ,;s Iast
fi,,ht wi,h the -, v,,'.s was orer onJ h;s
monumental sknli lar stand;ng unnn ,ts
iaoved base on the bijltnn viii scprce sn
much as n tbiyh home or, Inf, of brown
| hair by way of obituary
| But this old one was still n buffalo and
! a bull, and he kent surreplitiously getting
nearer and nearer to the ruy.ed border of
the herd
| Presently a calf came toward him slow
| ly, and i'm an inyesliya,ory sort of way. its
| little black nose wet and wrinkled. ite r..-.S
black hauks tlistended with ,,..'neso' "nu
| the white milk .f--.~' Vt cpe,'"lhS ~ 'onS
threads ell ils mouth. urauuaiy anu
,,.",S ne menI up 70 ms iatner, ana Tue
wv, .mo 'iau Jue' .oucueu noses auilcaloiy "nen
e.. mi
llienuiy' a'u Gane 100. ipen came. an
oIu.t ;.., NV, aue ano.ue,'an9 pIesen'Y aul.e
n..sr minS VI .,ie .Ic.u nau sn'l,ersu lhure,
I'm. ,'iu .no DIVtoieu vi" T M tooseu niouhI
nnt snui PhioonJ. 1nis n A'uu y, Inins tau
uouotoss 'iaPleueu ~ oi'er I,ia' iNwo"uot
ne u!u no. seem .o ''inh vi thc leeui', W.
ne uiu not' ne n'"uI haVs huown INA. NC
nau i,rlIseu al tiaI aSe "nen the young
oioous VI the tieiu wouiu hot iooA c1nipia-
cehtiy upon MS hoary saiiantries' ne was
si'hply laying piahs ior aho'her neht, anu
tne trouble pesan III tue very mids' oi THIS
eonCenI.
n leiiow as 0iS as the oiu one must nave
seen Inis sociai gathering from olslahce,
anu threw OUT certain lel,inaliohs Oh ms
aapProacl oy iil'te puhs VI uust which new
hiSn III the ar ABOVE Ihe crowd, ana oy
0inihous snortihss ana iuguorious groahs'
ne 0le one stopped chewing win green
nouthiul pelweeh MS ups, ana isteheo'
Inc cows looked rouhu WIN Tue coihpia-
cent expression whch seemed 10 say tnat
Tue lighI was none vi tneirs' ana crowdeu
IN upon either side, and very soon the an,
tagonists Stood facing each other. Inc OLD
Doy stralghtened out MS wlsp ol a tsll 10
iine win MS oack' gathered his tour Diack
hools together, arched his spine, and placed
his nose close 10 the soc, shaking his huge
mead as thOuSh ne wished 10 SATISFY hin-
sell fuily Oi MS freedom from any entangle-
ment when would hinder him from Just
tossing that ambitious youngster over his
back and breaking nm IN two. The other
came slowly, twisting his tail from side to
side in semicircles which we're very delibe-
rate and grand Tor SO silaii an organ. lie
took pains TO make II distinctly appear
tnat every hair he wore was angry. His
eyes rolled IN constantly increasing red
ness. His black, sharp horns were en-,
crusted with earth gathered while he had
been tearing the sod in ecstacy of valor.
His nostrils were distended, and he halted
in his slow advance to toss the broken sod