The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-05-20
A Professors LudicrOus Adventure
With q Mad Bull.
buffalo Sunday News 1

tree-tops, and the brooks happy in their
freedom from winter captivity, babbled
joyously in return. Upon this beautiful
afternoon Professor Podger, ofSmithville
Seminary, was returning from one of his
chronological rambles. The Professor
was happy; his expedition had been a
success; in his possession were two of the
rarest beetles belonging to the Malachide
species, and he smiled as he thought of
his coming lecture upon the habits of
those rare insects, and the renown that
would certainly be his. On walked the
Professor, unconscious to all external OBJ
jects; so much so, in fact, that the little
robin kicked up his heels and sang
"ShOo Fly" without attracting his at
tention. The efforts Of the gentle crow
were as futile; his sweetest songs were
lost upon the Professor, whose thoughts
were far away in bug-land.
A high rail fence now separated the
Professor from large field through
which he wished to pass. Now, the Pro
fessor never climbed over a fence if he
could helpit. Itisa triumph of engineer
ing skill, he used to remark, to be able
to get upon the other side of the fence
without climbing over. So, with great
deal of twisting and tugging, he forced
himself through small gap, and gained
the other side. Unconsciously the Pro-
fessor had crossed the rubicon. In that
field he was destined to do the hardest
work of his life, but still he smiled and
walked on.
Suddenly there broke upon his ears
sound which caused every Joint in his
body to tremble, and leach particular
hair to stand on end" Podger looked
up and saw at distance of about ten
rods what appeared to him to be fer0-
cious bull. He was about to drop from
sheer fright, when the thought how base
for noble intellect to succumb to a
mere brute aroused him, and he determ-
ined to test the superiority of mind over
matter.
The Professor concluded that the only
way to succeed was to excite the ami
mails curiosity, and, by helding him at
bay, wait until some chance for escape
presented itself His manner of proceed
ing was unique. He mounted a stone
and commenced series of eloquent ora
tions. The novelty of the scene caused
the animal to stop and gaze with wonder.
After awhile Podgers grew tired and
stopped for breath. The animal started
for him and he commenced again. He
exhausted every subject that he could
think of to pacify that brute. At one
time he argued the Alabama claims,
then he took up the Louisiana affairs,
then the Civil Rights Bill. In fact the
Professor was in fix; he couldn't stop
for moment, but had to talk right on.
After awhile he began to get hard up for
subjects, and took up the Beecher trial.
That was too much for the beast, and he
started for the noble orator. He now
had recourse to the "Mother Goose Mel
odies" and other light literature. At
last he got hoarse, and as his hoarseness
grew upon him his audience drew
nearer.
Podger knew that crisis was at hand
which demanded immediate action. So
he acted, and this was what he DONE
First he jumped off from the stone and
stood upon his head; then he walked
upon his hands, at the same time edging
his way toward the fence. These ma.
neuvers were a complete success; the
beast was taken in by the performance,
ahu WdihCu oiOWiy diOci ouSCI, dstou-
ished beyond measure. Slowly Podger
worked himself along, now rolling on the
ground, then hopping along with his
hands under his knees, holding his ears
until at last he reached the fence. He
didn't stop this time to show his engi-
neering skill, but just got tover that fence
lively.
When Podger related his adventure to
the students they didn't appear to be Of
Tended very seriously by it. One irrev-
erent young man suggested that POdger
in the future had better find out whether
a bull or a playful heifer was after him
before he made circus of himself.
Burial Of the Balloon Zenith Victims.
The Continental Herald of recent date
had been brought to the station of the
Orleans railway company in Paris, and
at the hour announced for the solemn
ceremonial the goods yard of the station
and its approaches were packed with a
dense crowd. Pastor Dide's funeral SER
mon, touching and eloquent, produced
deep impression in the hushed attitude
of his sympathetic listeners. Not far
from where the pastor officiated, and
deeply touched with the scene stood Gas
ton Tissandier, the sole surviving COM
panion of the daring aeronauts. Many
men eminent in scientific circles had
gathered to pay the last tribute of re-
spect to their deceased friends, among
them members of the French Institute
while there were also present men whose
mn In do ri md ovrn.
cessful aeronauts. The Ministers of War
and Of Marine had likewise sent officers
from their respective stafls to represent
them. There was large crowd in the
Rue de la Roquette and the Boulevard
de la Bastile, while the windows were all
thronged as the melancholy procession
passed. After traversing the principal
avenue of the Cemetery of Pere-ia- Chaise
the cortege stopped at the entry to that
part of it reserved for Protestants, where
the remains were deposited in a provi-
sional vault. Pastor Dide again addressed
the assembled mourners. He traced the
lives of Croce and Sivel, developing the
idea that in the pursuit of science to
which they fell victims there was q
moral grandeur in which their country
uiiShb pdi pdoCs LIE 1huiicI disO ~
dressed those assembled around the tomb
He dwelt upon the idea that heroism be.
gets heroism, and he recalled the eminent
services rendered by on of the aeronauts
during the siege of the capital. M. Herve
Magnon, member of the Institute, re-
ferred to the circumstance that they
owed to M. Croce-Spinelli, the spectre
scopic observations taken at great alti
tudes that were now placed among the
records of science. Some other short
addresses were given, in all of which
there was testimony borne to the devo
tion and heroism of the martyrs o
science.
A HARD-sHELL Baptist preacher thu
characterizes the religious sects in Ken
tucky: The Methodists go out into tn,
wilderness and new countries and blaz,
the trees for the Baptists to come alonI
after them and cut out roads for wagon
and carts. When macadamized turn