Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-06-27
FROM HEDGEsVILLE.
nEpG EsvILLE, juno I'd. y

a.
stontown, in this county, whilst on
his way home some nights since,
was accosted, in the vicinity of
the new Back creek bridge, by a
very formidable looking animal,
which he at first mistook fora large
dog. The elastic spring made by
the monster and its peculiar cry,
soon, however, convinced him that
he was mistaken, and he now feels
! assured that he was attacked by a
panther. The gentleman referred
To- is Il noble type of manly beau
| ty handsome as young Grecian
athelete, and like the renowned
Don Quixote, is possessed ola Won
deiful propensity for knight err
rantry-one would suppose so at
least from The way he stays out at
night--a Rosenanty and Dulci-
ma He prides himself on his
great presence of mind; and the
amount he displayed on this occa-
sion was truly wonderful for one of
his years. Having visited theshow
recently, he didn't care to see any
more wild animal, and his mind
was little further on up the road,
so, of course, he went in that di-
rection, that he might be present
with it. You must know that this
road forms quite an acute angle,
and he not being acquainted with
the law of the center of gravity,
and being very upright youth,
attempted to display his upright
ness on this occasion, Las heretofore,
but found it wouldn't work. He
regained his presence of mind,
though, and came out of clump
of blackberry bushes, on all fours,
with it. The horse didn't stop to
think, and went on home. The
gentleman only had about four
miles to walk and the little stream
at Johnstontown wasn't more than
waist deep. He had no idea of the
fearful fate he had escaped. till on
arising next morning to make his
toilet, he discovered that one skirt
of the handsome cloth coat with
which he had adorned himself was
missing, and on repairing to the
stable, with a soul brimful ofgrat-
itude and half-peck measure
brimful of oats, he noticed CHASTITY
laceration of the left side of his
steed Of course, the panther had
separated the skirt from his coat
and inflicted the horrid wounds in
the sinewy flesh of his Rosenanty.
While picking from the wound
some pieces of a hard and appar-
entity norny substance, which he
took to be the toe nails of the hor-
rid beast, he went into rhapsodies
of praise and thanksgiving for his
safe deliverance from this his great
peril; and from the number of
times he repeated, "a horse!" "a
horsev' one would have supposed
he was praticing Shak espeare's
Richard III.
He says when he traded for that
horse, the fellow told him che was
sound of wind and limb, and fleet
o. foot" And he has every reason
to believe it.
A farmer living in the vicinity of
the encounter,o on going to his work
next morning, discovered piece
of silk-lined cloth. about the size of
a coat-tail, hanging on fence stake
and about four inches of fresh
horse hide with the hair on, in a
thorn bush on the opposite side of
the road. Further comment is un-
necessary; but it may be we'll to
add. for the benefit of his friends,
that he now pays afternoon calls,
and says, Goodbye, Julia, dar-
ling" before sundown.
! What a time this is for denying
the statements of correspondents.
The Little Georgetown man denies
Catching the fish the day before;"
and says they we're caught Monday
morning. We believe that, for he
could not forcgo his Sunday morn
ing nap. and we have heard he was
at church Sunday evening"; of
course, if he was, he didn't have
time to fish. 1t certainly was un-
charitable in him TO show up that
Hedgesville fellow in that way.
We noticed he was a good deal
sunburnt and had weak eyes, but
he didn't say a word about having
fished any. / am no fisherman
myself, but from what little know
about fishing, would suppose fei-
low ought to learn to catch min
nows first, that he mighthave them
to bait with.
We consider the Georgetown
man truly kind to make such an
offer, and don't for an instant think
that he could with his little boat I"
supply large quantity sof ''sUN-
FISH"