The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-08-13
i" OLD PIZEN."
rhe Fighting Horse of the Sta n is aus
RcuuinIsccnce of The Ear ly Min
Ing Life oil Senator mes. OF Neyad a.


inx Lille OIL Senat or mes, Oh Nevada.
From tie Virginia CITY. (Nev.) Enterprise.
In the early days, many years ago, Sen
ator Jones was engaged in mining on the
Stanislaus River, California, at a place
called Cherokee Flat. 1t was a small
camp, containing scarcely more than q
dozen inhabitants, all told. The most i'm
wosing structure in the camp was board
Jog -house, owned by a Mr.. Joggles, Mis-
sourian. Thi. Joggles was man of sport
ing rroclIyities. He owned q vicious
looking bull dog, sith but one eye, whose
nose was covered with scars, and whose
front teeth we're always visible, even when
in the most friendly mood. Ills dog he
was ready to back against any dog on the
river for fight. lie also had two or three
game ROSTERS of whose powers he was
boastful. But his especial glory and pride
was his fighting horse, large, powerfully
musclcd, and exceedingly vicious "bron-
cho," which he cal e1 " Old Pizen." And
B.Ztn lie WIS W iOuT- IOotcu
lures in tina. region; indeed, was so "mean''
that he was almost poison to himself.
This fierce aud unsocial beast has taken
possession OF large grassy flat, about
half mile above the camp, and would
allow no other animal to come upon waat
he viewed as his private domain; nor, for
the matter Of that, to come anywhere near
the camp. At Cherokee Flat the old
broncho was monarch Ct all be surveyed.
lie had whipped aud run off every animal
that had ever been brought to the camp.
The miners several times swore vengeance
against "Old Pizen," and would have fhot
him. but that they liked Joggles. and the
ouI Of Jocgels delighted in Old Pizen,' y
hyrefore they let him live.
Not content with conquering intruders,
the old broncho would chas Sc them for
,niles, running them clear out Of the coun-
try The moment he saw n strange ami
n.l he laid back his ears and went for him
using both heels and teeth.
About AL this Jog-les didn't care cent.
When told of one of the exploits of the
animal he would laugh in spite Of himself,
and would sw ear that Old P,zen vas the
"BIGGEsT FlCHTIN' moss On ITP STAINS
LAUs,n
and that he would ." back hm agin any
critter that ever wore har." He would
tell how big American horse, chased
away by Oh pizen, was found forty miles
distant with bis tail gnaned off TO q mere
.tump. When he thought of the comical
appearance tho manned horse must have
presented with his little stump of a tail,
Joggles would laugh until tears would run
down his cheeks.
The fame of the "fghtiag horse " tx
tended for miles around the camp. Pros
pectors passing that way with pack animals
were warned against him. Beware OF
the fighting horse was the word through
all that section of the country.
Sonora, the county seat of Toulumne
County, was the source whence the miners
at Cherokee Flat drew their supplies Of
"grub" and other necessaries. The town
was fifteen or twenty miles distant, and the
miners would occasionally 90 up there, or,
der what they war ted and have it packed
down to their cabins,
One Gay j. P. Jones and one of his part
ncrs went mp to Sonora 10 procure supplies
for their company, known as the Buck.
eye They renamed over Eight in town,
intending to return the next day. In the
morning, soon after they arose, they heard
terrible commotion in livery stable just
across the street from their hotel. Run.
ming over to ascertain the cause, they
found that
BIG SPANISH JACKAss
had found his way into the stable through
q rear door, and was on the war patti
among the horses. lie had cleaned GU
several stalls almost at a dash, and thel
reached that occupied by powerful blacl
stallion. Here he found work to dc. A
Jones and partner entered a furious BATH
wac raging, the horse using his feet am
the jack Ii. teeth. The ho,se being con
fnei by strong halter, the jack had rath
er the best of it. After tearing and mang
ling the tanks of tue horse frightiully, tn
furious jack, unmndful of the blows til
stsblemen were raining upon his back
suddenly crowded himself forward into tn
stall and seized the horse by the under Lip
Here be held on ike bull dog, the poo
horse quivering in every muscle and moar
ing in agony.
One of the proprietors of the stable dre'
his revolver and was about to shoot th
savage ass, when his owner arrived an
fierce wrangle ensued. The owner {
the lighting jack drew his pistol, and for
time it looked as though there was ike
to be 50 man for breakfast"
Finally, however, the owner of the JAG
succeeded in getting him sway from I'll
trembling and mangled horse, and dro,
him out of the stable.
1t now occurred to Mr.. Jones that the
was an animal that would make Old Piz,
SICK AT THE STOMACH.
a word Of this thought to his partnt
and they agreed, if possible, to secure t
: fighting jackass. Following the owner
of the jack, they soor came to an unde
standing with him. They were told ii
the jack was a good pack animal, and
quiet as a lamb when no horses VI
about. When he came where there W.
horses his whole nature changed, and
went for them With the fury of tig
The jack being "a unusually powerful a
NAL, the owner a Led SIS for him. Jor
and par, 'cf f.resi TO run him trip
trial, a. ave !, re owner SIS, which
was 70 -, II Csc the jack returned wi
II c.-i..-.i time,