The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-25
Stopping q Tiger.

| Unjust give you slight description
of All adventure had with tiger OH
thisAtrip, and my miraculous escape.
BY Jovet Old fellow, had any betting
men bcen' there, they would at once
| have given the long odds all round,
that III. G. would never i'm this world
| receive another scratch of the pen from
\ A. M. 1t occurred on the 25tll Of last
! month; So to make short business
| of it, here goes:
Intelligence was sent i'm to me that q
| tigress thatI had followed for two Or
three days, having wounded her in the
leg before, was lying un.!er a Burgut
tree. = OutI went about IL O'Clock in
the day, some three miles from my
camp. On. arriving, / saw it was u
case of close quarters, as the Shikaree
and the men about him only made
signs and would, not speak and on
quietly asking where my friend was
hanging out, they pointed to a large
tree, certainly not more than 25 yards
off. took my rifle and stood facing
the tree, just Oh the line of road my
latly took on going, out visiting a
sign was made-the men placed on the
nights about commenced to shout and
scream, in one instant I heard the
,purring sound like u cat, but about
thousand times louder. The Shikaree
pressed my arm, and told Inc to take
a steady aim directly saw her, as she
was very ghussa (angry.)
Immediately after this she got up,
ami began walking up and down UNI
der the tree, as you see \ tiger in q
large cage, her tail lashihg her sides,
anu sent at times slap over her back.
All ut once she saw me rather stopped
the forward part of her body, put
back her ears as you see an angry cat,
opened her mouth, gave three or four
low grOwls, and showed me the
whitest set of teeth 1 have ever yet
seen without. the use of tooth POWDER.
At this moment 1 lcvelcd my gun and
fired, struck her, and no sooner had
the bail struck than, with one of the
most fearful roars / have ever heard,
down she came upon lie. .-rss -
=, Thank. God was steady and COOL,
not stop her. | had just time to get
my second gun from my aid (lhat great
mans son, who stood as steady as q.
rock, s.-,nay his shadow increase !''3
hen she was upon ine. / fired the
right barrel slap into her chest; but
this was not enough for the infuriated
brute; she got ME down right on the
broad of my back just as was about
pulling the left trigger; in her rage
She turned a little, and just took my
foot in her mouth on feeling the pres
sure I managed to twist it out like
and then she was OH me
with one paw ON each side of my
81, ba ho,.
with that kind of growing. noise,
terrier worries any kind of varmint,
right over my throat ami chest.
In being thrown L had managed to
keep hold OF my gun, and OH the brute
down to worry Inc, showed
it up III self-dcfence: she laid hold of
it, shook it out of my hand like
straw, broke it. into half-a-dOzen
pieces, and i'll fact expended all her
rage upon il. The ball L had put into
her chest began to tell she roeled
away from me about SIX yards anu
droppcl deaU l:.E -.
There was an escape for you! 1t
was the secret wish of my heart to
see tiger charge slap up to me; 1
have seen it once, and now, by heavcni
I never wish to see the timing again. I
lnl now aware what Il cliancc thing it
is; / thought :: man, it steady, could
always stop one. The tiger before
this has dropped dead with one ball :
but you see this brute, although with
L mortal wound of which She died,
might before doing so killed a dozen
such Us 1. Had she nmuled my throat
instead of the gun luckily had in my
hand, L should have been Al lost sheep.
The Fellows round about would not
believe their eyes, on coming to lift
me up, covered as [ was all over with
tne biood of the tiger, that l was un-
hurt. You never heard such ''Wah,
Wahs?" i'll your life. d.. ....-