The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
Pecnliarities of the Buffalo.

There is a very marked and curious
difference between buttalOes and domes-
! tic cattle. The buffalo COW seems to
possess scarcely a trace of maternal in
| stinct. and when frightened will abandon
| her calf without the slightest hesitation.
! The duty of protecting the calves IS de
| volved entirely upon the bulls.
| | have seen evidences of this many
| times. but the most remarkable instance
| | have ever heard of was related to me
! bv an army surgeon, who was an eye
witness. He was one evening returning
| to camp after a days hunt, when his at
| tention was attracted by the curious &C
| ton of little knot of six or eight buff
faloes. Approaching sufficiently near to
see clearly, he discovered that this little
knot were all bulls, standing in a close
circle with their heads outward, while in
a concentric circle at some twelve or
| fifteen PAGES distant sat licking their
| chops in impatient expectancy at least a
dozen large gray wolves, excepting man,
the most dangerous enemy Of the buff
falO.
The doctor determined to watch the
performance. After a few moments the
knot broke up, still keeping in a compact
mass, and started on trot for the main
herd, some half mile off. To his very
great establishment, the doctor now saw
that the central and controlling figure of
this mass was poor little calf, 50 newly
born as scarcely to be able to walk At
ter going fifty or a hundred yards, the
calflaid down. The bulls disposed them
selves in circle as before, and the
wolves, who had trotted along on each
g cot
down and licked their chops again and
although the doctor did not see the end
lit being late and the camp distant), he
had no doubt that the noble fathers did
their whole duty by their offspring, and
carried it safely to the herd.
When feeding, the herd is more or less
scattered, but on the approach Of danger
it closes and rounds into a tolerably com
pact circular mass. Although there IS
not a particle of danger in approaching
such a herd, it in a novice requires an
extraordinary amount of nerve. When
he gets within three hundred yards, the
bulls on that side, with head erect, tails
cooked in the air nOstrils expanded, and
ewes that seem to flash fire even to that
distance, walk uneasily to and fro, men
acing the intruder by paving the earth
and tossing their huge heads. The
enemy still approaching, some bull will
face him, lower his head and start on a
most furious charge. But alas for brute
COURAGE When he has gone twenty or
thirty wards, Mr.. Bull thinks better of
it, stops. stares an instant, and then trOts
back to the herd Another and another
will try the same game, with the same
result, and if, in spite Of these terOcious
demonstrations the hunter still an
breaches. the whole herd will take incOn-
tincntly to its heels. This bullying pro-
clivitv, combined with his natural indis-
position to get out of the way, has been
cause OF the death of thousands at the
hands of men to whom buffalo killing
was no novelty, who needed no meat, |
and would not have gone fifty yards out |
of their way to kill; but in whom oppor-
tunitv so rouses that spirit of murder |
which is inherent in every spOrtsman's |
breast that the temptation was too strong |
to be resisted.
RICE Rock CREAM-Wash teacupful /
soft, in new milk; add white sugar to
taste. and then pile it on dish. Lay on
in different places, humps of Jelly or thick
preserved fruit. Beat the whites of five
eggs to a stiff froth, with a little sugar
and favJring When well beaten add
of rich cream, and drop it
over the rice, initiating the form of a
rock of snow
CONCLUSION of the last Philadelphia
obituary poem: Gone TO meet her favor
te uncle who died about twelve moLths
iuca IN her StaD-brOther'g side "