The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-08
TOSSED By A BULL.
A Little Nine.Year.Old Boy
Struggling for His Life
With q FerociGus
Bull.
Rescued By His Father After Hav-
lbg His Arm and Two Ribs
broken.

One Of the Mo.t thrilling incrdeais oe
CURED ~ the county iasi Wednesday even
inx, the Cts II which reached The ci,y zee.
'srdsy. Mr. Hoffman, a IL m.r reading
about three miles s"rIhss-t vi tic usrol.ia
in THE cou.ts, has a nine ys.r-".d buy
; and little girl Of ssvea. VITO frequently
herd HE stock iH large pasture. Il .e-m.
sna: tie 6~id IN which the e,;iI. we're
he,sted hes = PH,i"n U: u sJs,d dosn ia
! whs.t, aud the he.,i,ag coU.,.t. IN keeping
stock aWsy tsosn Tire wheat. Among the
stuck belonging To Mr.. HoE.ssn i. = large
bolt, Which has periodical sp~iis 81 iero-
clo"sns-e, aud when Ia ,nsi mud will
tackle anything that hss lite IN II.
The LITTLE HERO TIGHIIs0 For LIFE.
Last Wvcnesday evening little 10y H.6
man and hts SISTER we're buoy hessiins the
| cattle, when ell Il . suj,len the bull spisd
tie 6ne and i0Iurisni ioGking vlea:, snd
made fOs 1t. LATHE R,y. seeing the amin II
u, the wheat, vent over and attempted ,o
drive il Cd. The besst became infuriassd and
made . rurh 1t the boy, but before he
could move he wss CT the horns IL the bull
| and iC-s~d high ny in the ar. He luckily
| landed on top Of = bsush pile or ne sUuid
have been killed. The buiI stosd still fur
! . minute sGd ws.ke,i around TIE innocent
! little victim Tor . time n u ne %. devils
ing the beat szy To speedily dispose Il him,
~ the ssms time Seiiosinx i.,udiy end
seraj.ins the g,ou.d ~ith its hooi.. The
bos, ala bruised and b!c.-,iins, srrus. i-i To
. citing p.si.ioo, ard ji', ., that moment
the suii again made tor hio To pin min TO
tine ground. Tn- heroic little fellow sss
hnx .frhf 10
While IL vss Stamping him With IT. lee,
and src~ssurins 10 run IT'S Eo &C through
him. When the by vouIa b,in.. .he boil
b. Pr,ctiis him in the s,ss. tbs snirnsl
~ouii withdraw from The 6sht, xrI alter
walking around Tar fsv ni;nn'es, snuid
sxaIn Seturn to the child o. -ooo a. ne
showed sny yEs al life. 4, sssa return
the h~.o,c lIt,is fellow wuuid 6sas tn.
blood thirsty t~sst in the ewes Had tie
bull esen q long horned animal there 10 TO
douo, nut Rns Hofnsn would have bSsn
killed in the Ere, s,isrk.
TIE BATHsR To THE Rescue.
Rpys ii;,Ie sis,er, - she -,~ the ball Of.
t.ck her br. tier, r.n lor hes name s.ou, .
IA %; mile distant i,oV tive pasture Frigh,
!fviu Tire nsidsn.d hull ard ie,r foe nsr
rroihss- lie gave the little g'ri a ,p~sd -
4 sn~ had ~'rx-. Arriving =; home out vi
breath. s"e ~ u.i 1s her ia her, sLo
made gu, through ,ts ch,id'. hsif in,eii,.
gent words tn danger Of h's sin, and Re
Q1,ckis B,oeui-d bofse and DASHED to The
b-id The is:her vas horTsi II to cad the
bull -, b gaming A.osuer 6,hi With the
tra.e hpy. WHICH W1uti undoubtedly have
pf"vrn f:isI. hal il q, { h-en iur ne ,Im-iy
arrival, ~ The little hsro W-s ia.t losing
c.ssciou-neSS from bruises AMI less 81 b.voi.
The ansrs bat sss driven away With dti-
6eu!iy, and X ~ was z sthsrsd mp 10 his -.
there arms and tsS.I ;r ne hnuEs. The
n".t-'y aud Rr'~. Ia he II j,nan hoos~-
hoi.. wss very as-.'. ssj 50 svo, ss ply.
-ir;sa e..uii be .u,nmOn-i 80 Sas ~ The
b-d-iie os the snff FIRING hoy. In oGe II the
6.h'e the bull ,rsmrl-d IN the toys right
I'm .nd bsoke It IL .n,,ner stack two
"s the rihs III the .hi;i were br..ken, ans.
h,- entire body, from hi. brad 20 HE iees.
sere covered With many large bruises.
Strange to siv, the boy vas still Fepof,.d
siise Yesterday and the CHI snce .or hi. re-
cov~ry il fasnr.tle.
When r~l,iinx IN. . .r;ic,,iAr4 Of the
q :ht he inioFnard h;s psIS.is that all ~
thought abonr VS. TO scss,ca the bull IN
The ewes, and H. did not r-siiz. his H. jar o.
until re Wa nearly exhausted.
Wh.n j. il c"n.ii-red INA, the battle |
~i,h ta- h.i; ia-i-d half sn hous before the /
h~." R.y HDf n@n il. Such brave bov !
sh .u.i r.rover, and probs"Iy his grit will /
tide him owe. his 'jIri-s safely.