The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
Long Battle Between Oxen.

The Augusta (Me. journal has the
following account of q protracted battle
between two oxen in that State
Mr.. Corydon Chadwick and Mr..
Sullivan Erskine have q pasture in COM
mon at South China, which they use for
the pasturage of cattle. They have the,
present season had several yokes of cat
tie in the pasture. MIR. Chadwick anCe
Mr.. Erskine have each an OK with lop-.
ped or crooked horn, the right horn OF.
one and the left of the other having that
peculiar formation. These oxen We're
turned loose into the common pasture
and 1t was between them on that SPOT
that the pitched hattie of which we are
to speak took place. For several days
these cattle had been missing wherz
the other cattle came up these were not
among the number. How many days
they had been missing before search
was instituted is not definitely known,
but becoming alarmed the owners went
in quest of them. Coming to an open
ing in the woods, covering an area OF
about half an acre. Mr.. Chadwick, who
went in search came upon sickening
spectacle. The Topped horns of the
oxen were clasped, and the exhausted
animals, united compaotly, stoed face
to face, waiting for death, having appar-
emily given up the struggle. It is sup
posed that while they were engaged in
play their horns became entangled
! failing to disconnect themselves, ter
rible struggle of several days took place.
| The open space was literally torn up as
though it had been plowed with a sub
soil plow. When they were turned into
the pasture they were large, fat, 7-feet
oxen, but now they had become so ema-
ciated and famished that a person could
almost clasp them round with his arms
They were perfectly docile when found,
but Mr.. Chadwick could not unite the
knot. The horn of each was sunk into
the others head, and it was only by call
ing help, and saving the horns off, that
a separation could be effected. There
| were fostering sores where the horns
went in. Thus a mortal conflict, lasting
eight days, had been going on between
these oxen, who in that time had not
partaken of any substance, and perhaps
had not been able to lie down. Their
jaws had to be pried open, and cruel
administered to them. Their heads had
been united so closely that their faces
were bare to the bone. 1t is possible
the animals may live"
! OPPRESSIVE BR11L1ANGY. Madame
Podsnap," says the Saratoga CORE
spondent of the Washington Capital,
" descends to breakfast with the dia-
monds good society countenances in
those who owned gems before the days
of shoddy, sparkling as solitaires in her
ears, and representing 20, 900 on her
fingers, and beneath her heavy silk, of
a shade dark enough for winter wear,
is concealed small fortune, say $5O,-
600 worth of diamonds in muslin bag.
She dare not leave them in her room, of
course, and cannot put them in the
hote, safe without giving mp the pleas
ure of wearing them each evening, SO
she conceals them until evening, when
she displays them every one; and she
sleeps with them beneath the mattress.
So she is doomed to diamonds for con-
stant companions. It is well. 1t is the
only brilliancy she understands"
How THEY GET HoRsE UP.-When
horse falls down, fourteen men put
their hands in their pockets and ask
each other why they don't do something.
Fifteen other men advise the driver un-
til he is half mad, and two small boys.