The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-06
SMITHS TREMENDOUS LEAP.

The story comes to us from Connecticut.
and is truth is vouched for by authority good
enough for anybody. It is about humble
citizen, and his roal name being unknown, its
inst as well to chriSten him for a hero with
the threadoare title Of John Smith. He was
RAINING for constable, and all day long at the
town meeting It was about neck and neck be-
tween Smith and his opponent. Smith wanted
TO be constable very bad; he wanted to serve
subpnnas and things for year, and to see
how it would feel to be bloa,ed minion OF
the law and dare his wife to sass him.
| He expended the price Of seven loads of
| hoop-poies IN treats, and swore he'd be elected
anyway.
| The battle went on fercey until the polls
were closed; and when the votes were counted
Smith was three votes ahead, and constable
for sure. He couldn't contain himself at the
announcement, and Immediately proceeded to
celebrate his fortune by another treat all
| round, after which he pulled off his coat, put
| Il ON with lis flaming red lining inside out
| and started for home as he expressed IT, 'to
| tell the old woman she mustn't fool round
| familiar any more - Smith was in such a
hurry that he couldn't take the road, but
struck OFT for home across lots. He'd got
about half way over neighbours big pasture
| when he thought he heard thunder. He
stopped and listened, and the thunder seemed
Betln8 nearer linen he looked around, and
saw his neighbours BULL believing like his
namesake OF Bashan, and coming across the
field with ''head up and tail q rIsin," as the
boys say.
Unfortunately for Smith, tire bull had seen
the .rei lining of that coat some time before
Smith saw the bull. There wasn't a tree in
the field, and not more than one thing left to
do. Smith just gave a single glance at the
bull, threw his hair up, and slanting a little
| forward tired 70 & ect something which came
up III his throat about the size of goose-e ~,
whispered ''Oh Lordy goshr' and then
buckied down to bis work. Smith was about
thirty rods from the fence, the bull about Ten
rods from Smith and gaining one rod in three.
There never was prettier race. Each showed
magnificent speed and each showed lots of
bottom, though the bull had the best view
But a man who has been running all day
for constable can't be expected to run so well
for q fence toward night, and, on the twenty
third rod, Smith showed signs Of Weakening
From tLat point on he lost steadily, and at fif-
teen feet from the fence the bull closed with
and struck him. There was crack like the
report OF a Deringer, Smiths pants were split
clea, across the seat, and he shot through the
air as though he'd been loaded up in a NOR
tar and touched off. He sailed over the fence,
and when he struck the ground he could hear
every bone III his body grind against the next
one. The bull looked through the rails and
beloved and swore, but Smith was safe. He
got up and crawled home, but he didn't go
into the house with whoop and declare him
self a constable.
lie didn't even explain why his coat was
turned wrong side out, but he just lay down
aud called for arnica and rags and frightened
Ills wife 50 with his awful story that She was
nearly thrown into commissions, and now goes
about moping away the days for fear the baby
Will have Il rawberry mark on its arm.
showing man with horizontal coat.tails and
bull after him. 1t wa ten days before Smith
got well, and when he finally got so as to be
about, the first thing that he did was 10 take
a tape line and go over and measure the dis
tanc9 from whence the bull struck him to
where he lit on the other side of the fence 1t
was just thirty-seven feet ana half, and now
Smith takes strangers over there, the misera-
bic boaster . and shows where he made the
biggest running jump ever accomplished by
any man in the State of Connecticut st. |
Louis Republican.