Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-21
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II vou arc travelling In the wex, yo9
vilI sometimes hear an amman neierteu
so a. the American lion; In lexas ..
6eyoud he may be called COUGAR. ~
portions Of South America you VI, nno
him alluded 70 as the puma, vniss ~
cor Northern or Middle States ne ~
known q tbs panther. or painses; 81
thess names being applied 70 s0s
Ths nanfke. viii Be Recognised 1T
.,c. a the most terrible animal one -
HLsiv n encounter IN backvoods o. |
Z, ontiHreaectjons.i aithouRh, 90 MISTER
- nonrse. he cannot compare IN fesoc
~ strength and daring With MANI OF
shs c,rpivora found in tbs warmer eoot-
syire. ...l
.h,ch haa ever come to nv kuov'edge
vss that vbicl befell George Wood,
,ssident OF Pike county, PennsyiTania.
some forty wears ago. Toun0 Wood vas
,hsn but seventeen years OF age At
thouoh large. strong and active, ~ one
ar see be must 7hsvs been by LOOKING
as the hale, vigorous old gentleman ne
IL today. Dir.
Oesr and beass are still found IN riks
comfy. and At the titne OF when !
.oeak there were sections where u
looked a. II neither white nor REQ men
had aver penstrated. George WOOD
lived among tina mountains, but NJ nao
neiehbors and friends within raaias
Of & few miles, and 10 always tnonent
a neceasary 70 venture sofne didance
X be wanted TO enioy.a good Gays
hunt.
A half milo Oh lived grum Old fei-
lov. Who owned one Of tho worst spec',
mana Of doQs ever known. He seemed
- h. 4 MIXTURE Of the bulldog ano
hloodbOuud. and he was held IN Rroates
Araad than any Of tbs baasts or pau
ehsrs often met in the wilderness. Il,
HfnrriY and his wife dwelt In an Old
Loo house asound which this fcroeioos
doo used 10 tros nights, or crouoh In
font waiting for animal or man to cInse
vithin rsa0h. Many a person who wts
con1,alisd 70 pss4 along the road after
niObtfail has climbed the stone Wall
vhioh hordsrsd the road on the other
sids. and made a long dssour III order
10 avoid this u1iy bTu.s.
Stnrr,x h,msslf was dreaded ~ much
a h,s ho.iy oua,d. He refused 10 asso.
sisfe vith his noighbors. WAS sariy and
crosn vheu spoksn TO, while his wife VA
scarcely ever seen outside the tumble
down building which served them ~ u
home. II Wa the hugo canine, hos
ever. which the neighbors had very ap-
uropriateIy christened Tiger" that ab
sOr(,ed the attention Of passers. lie had
bitten a great many psople: and " on
ons looked at his frigLtfnl head and
favs he could ne. but wonder hog II
vas that psrson ouce seizsl by such
hast could escape With his life. The
natural question which the reader VII
AJAX Il, Why the brute Was no: shot, M
snoh dogs commonly are today, when
Vhey become danger US. One reason.
suppose. was ON account OF tho fear II
which Stusrix was held. A farmer
whose team Was pestered by the dog one
afternoon, fred an old pistol at the
brute, NJ he tried 10 bite the horses
heads. A moment after, Sturix. stand
inc 10 front Of his house.. RAISED his
gan and fred at the farmer, the bullet
passing % close that il cuta piece from
his coat. "I'll shoot any man that hurts
INV dog" was Ssurrix's grud comment
when tho farmer ventured 70 rernon-
sArats with him some days aftorward.
Notwithstanding tho dread In which
"TiQer" was held. no was fired at many
times, and in some cases he must have
been "hit hard;e yet the only effect
seemed to bs 10 make him more fieroer
and moro dangerous. His treacher0us
nature Was shown by peculiar habit
he had Of barking at u person passing.
after which no would 90 and lie down
10 tbs sun A. though content. But IN
soon rs tue passer had CONS far enough
NOT to SEQ him, he would RVS 10 his feet
and sneak mp softly behind, and with
out the least noise spring upon him.
AZ night he would not bark at all, but
lying near she road wonld trot noise
isssly behind . person and then. without
the least warning, leap forward and
bite him. do not think n more start
ling casfrefemps can be imagined than
that Of walking thoughtfully along n
lonely highway, late at night, mover
dreaming Of any danger, and then 10 bs
saddenly aroused by the savage bite OF
suoh dog.
George Wood, ono afternoon in tho
fall Of the year, mounted his roam poay
and rode 10 ths mill for a bag Of flour.
The mill wss two miles beyond tbs ".Abe
Hturrix place and Was reached just ~
10 WA growing dark. All boys in the
country are friends, or nj least acqaaint-
auoss, and the son Of the miller was
fond Of George, who stayed to supper
With him. and then engaged IN playing
aames until about D o'clock In the oven
Ing. 81 which hour he renounted the
roam and started Tor homo.
There was no saddle on the pony, the
haQ Of -four heina balanced across his
back and the lad sittinR In front Of IL.
He had brought his rifle with him on
Nhe advice Of bis father, though thsro
seemed scarcely FEASIBILITY Of is being
needed, and the lad, not having cred il
Oh on the vay 90 the mill, was sorry he
had brought Is with him nj ali, as its
weight grow 70 ba quito a burden.
There vAs 4 faint moon, and when
George found himself approaching the
old house At tho aida of the road. where
The dreadful dog "Iieef" provlcd, ne
began 20 wonder somewhat whether he
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