The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09

Bai'Sp Ike Old- tlMe knights. When
VII ' 8ln ten.teet OF each other, both paused
and again drew back y It seemed ASH
each though the hadn't secured NON IN.
tnm enough 70 give full effect to the COLI
sion. s '14f 8 49, 8 !.
gam they drew back to almost duoble
their first distance apart Then they
/ charged There was no pause then
Their heads snaote togetll Ell with q sound
Ing crack The result was disastrous 70
slams antagonist, for his neck was bro
Ken, anu &c fell sidewlse aud died.
t,sAs g for Glann, he shook his head slight
~, then paved his dead rival, and turned
70 the spectators, as much as to say.
aFetch on anothor.p II,
The two Frenchmen were much excited
and wanted to kill CLAN. For "a ] ,1,art
n think it would have been more thar. than
justice If they had been made Nv LEGAL
enactment to- butt their own leads togeyf1h.
3er. s IL ss ~ .
There issa kind of wildcat, or lynx.
found IN the region of CLAIMS EXPLOITS,
that sometimes throttles sherp. It IS q
coWardly creature, but when AZ bav. n
W y surprised while eating It's prey, will
light sayaegely, and is then by no .aeans.
an antagonist to be coveted BY either man
or beast. Sometimes the old males reach
the the size Of large dog, and have long re-
tractile claws and big round heads,
One morning in the spring, shortly
after the sheep had been turned into the
pasture, Maxime. on going there to give
them salt, found both CLAM and one Of
his largest lambs were not with the flock
The other sheep seemed to have been re-
Gently frighted. . s,s7 \
al tier q brief search Maxine found the
lamb lnlsomo bushes, dead. It's throat
was torn4and punches Of wool were mil.
ed out and scattered around. But where
was Glan2
!. Maxine L called and called, but ii was
not till / he had searched almost every
section OF the pasture that he last saw III
ito1rdship. He was standing under a vel
tow ablrch-tree. CLAM must have attack
ca the marauder and driven it from the
lamb, and had butted it so hotly that the
lynx had been forced to climb the birch
tor safety. II. 7r,.
" Maxine ran to the house Of neieh-
Dor, borrowed a gun and then shot the
lynx -
But CLAIMS great feat-one which It
seems to me should make him forever
famous in the history of sheep-wv,a,s not
performed till the autumn OF the nert
year.
The black bearlis also common in the
REGION where Maxine lives. Farmers
owning sheep often suffer from its attacks.
which are usually made in the night
Sometimes an entire flock of twelve or
fifteen sheep has been killed in a niYht.
by asingle bear. 4; US + 5#a'
That autumn, several Of Maximes
on that side Of the river. re-
peatedly lost sheep. Rightly or wrongly.
they attributed their losses to one particu-
lar bear, which had been seen at severa,
different times. a.
~ secure the safety of lis. flock.
Maxine, who was prudent lad, drove
bis sheep home every night, and shut
them her n their cote. But one afternoon.
toward the last of September, the bog
had his buckwheat to get in, for it threat
ened rain. 4sS
Before his last lead Of wheat reached
the barn, it was twilight. Taking his
salt dish, he hurried up the hillside to the
pasture. just as he reached the log fenco,
he saw the sheep running along the upper
side Of the lot, with large black animal
chasing them. ell
Dark as it already was, Maxine knew
the animal to be the 'ssoore oors noig'. 2
Bent On saving his sheep, he leaped the
fence, and ran toward the frightened ami
mals. But he had a b,lshy hollow to
cross. When he had reached the other
side, the bear was no longer chasing the
sheep. Clam was facing him, and back
ing, as if he had just given his bearship a
butt, and was preparing another.
f.2 N azinie heard the bear growing saw
agely, and feeling somewhat afraid, as he
had no weapon hat a club, he concluded
to remain spectator. Clam backed off
thirty or forty yards, tt:en, lowering his !,
horns, plunged at the bear. Seeing the
ram. c ming, the animal rose ontits hind
legs, and stretched out its paws to seize
him. M 5S# s$s.
& Clam hard head, coming ike shot,
hit the bear full in the stomach. IN the
very roundest portion of it, and instead G,
clasping the buck, he went fheels over
head Backward Maxine said 1T sound.
ed like striking,on a big pumpkin.
I With a fierce growl, theastounded bear
scrambled up. But at the same time
Clam had backed off again. Maxine
could plainly hear their heavy breathi1g g,
Scarcely had the bear regalned lis feet
when the ram again, charged him with
tremendous force. Again the bear rose.
and again was Knocked fairly heels over
head before he could seize his hard head.
ed antagonist.
This naneuver was repeated eight or
nine times. At each charge Of the buck,
the bear would rise, bear fashion, to
grappie Clam, and every time was
promptly sent sprawling upon the.
ground.
5# After the eighth or nineth Ground =
the bear failed to rist, Clam butted at
him several times more, however, but he
he did not respond. 81 4.
Maxine then went cautiously up to
the PROSTATE animal, who lay limp, and
with his tongue hanging out. 50 com
.plete'y used up was he that the lad had
no difficulty in making an end Of the
dangerous brute with his club. SI
And now, if any reader Of the Com.
marion has better true story ofeitner
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