Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-10-31
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Is Post, oitlis town -hipioWnsa 6ioodcd
bull, which has long been ali object oil
terror 20 an tmiaoeed on me Fnl1n,
owing TO its fierce and aggressive dis
nosition. Z This bull had always been
-, ilpder the control OF itsyowner, wno
. tiLssIarel-tltst,- se-+ong any one
II stood up boldly against'the animal.
~ no fear OF its attacking him need be
entertained. He urged this upon his
hired help. but he never could employ
any man Who would not put himself
in safe place as soon as the bull a..
=, sumed q belligcrcE; attitude, and
Posts wife frequently appealedto HIM
TO have the. .aaimal Killed, believing
that, sooner or lntes, il would rc''el
p, against the authority ol her husband,
~ and attack hira. The beast was too
li valuable an animal to be sncrlhctI
81 and Post, .ridiculing the idea that the
ia bull could master him. refused TO part
with i'd
On Thursday evening Post had I'M
ished milking a COW in the barnyard,
=, and was returning to the house when
he noticed that the bull, which was IN
.; the ward, shook its head savagely as
he passed byit, and had an unusually
o. vicious look in its eyes. Post passed
O." on, paving no attention to the ami
NAL. He had gone only u short dis
tance when he heard q quick step be-
hind him and a low believing which lie
knew was made by the bull. lie turn
ed quickly and saw the animal bearing
down upon him. He grasped the bull
with.one hand by the horns hoping to
q prevent it from goring him, and the
1. next instant he was tossed III the ar.
"a lie fell on the bulls head and neck,
. and was tossed the second time, this
time being thrown to the opposite side
of the harvard fence. Hewas badly
bruised and his clothing was torn by
the rough handling he had received,
hut believing that If he allowed the
- bull to remain master Of the field Its
Enthusiastically be goneand itskilling
necessity, Post determined to assume
the offensive himself and use every
effort to conquer the savage animal;
He is large and muscular man, and
* arming himself with heavy club, he
Jumped over the fence and advanced
boldly upon the bull, which was paving
the ground and believing furiously.
~ Tie moment il saw Post in the yard
it plunged mt, him with horns lowered.
Post met the bull with a terrific blow
y iitith the heavy club across The fore
head. The heavy wood was broken
TO pieces, but the blow had no effect
Cd the animal except to Increase its
fury. Thebull pressed upon the farm
er, who jumped aside and caught it by
one horn and one ear, and endeavor-
ed to keep it's head turned away. He
p {" was thrown from side to side and his
% hold broken. The bull caught him in
his horns and once more tossed him
in the air, this time throwing him over
theience into an adjoining field. The
maddened animal charged against the
x fence and endeavored to knock down
the barrier between it and the object
,.. OF it's rage. ....- 60 ..t
Still the farmer was undismayed,
and, entering his barn, he armed him
self With heavy three-tined pitchfork
and returned once more to the barn
yard. The bull rushed again tothe
- attack. Post stood his ground and
thrust the sharp tines OF the fork into
the oulpsInosei supposing the acute
pain caused by the stabbing would
force the animal to turn back and
make it more cautious. In this he
was mistaken. The animal rushed on,
and was forcing him against the fence,
where he would have been crushed to
=, death in o moment. To prevent this
~ Post thrfw himself forward. aud, the
bulls head being lowered to theground,
jumped astride the animals neck. \
few pluhgcs by the bull threw him from
that position, and he fell on the
~ ground close by Fortunately he re-
tanned his bold on the fork, and, rails
ing quickly to his feet, he thrust the
tines again and again into the ami
mails side and neck. The blood squirt
ed from every wound made by the
fork, asd the, bull, beloved with
pain Ind rrdoubied its efforts to
catch the iarmar on it's horns, but
Ibis desperate Situation hid served
him TO greater activity. and the beast
failed in all its efforts. Post continued
his;qssaults, with the pitchfork as he
jumped from side to side to AVOID the
charges of the bull until both sides OF
'hc "hiiH.tt WeiO uIIppile DfOOu rum
neck TO tanks. The bull continued
the contest for few minutes, and
then turned and ran to the other side
of the harnyard, believing with pain.
,Rost did not move away for some
time, and then went to his house He
ggiyas eoyeretl7with blood, almost naked
and dripping with perspiration. lie
washed himself. rested moment and
then. against the earnest protest oi
his wife. went back 10 the barnyard
lie found the bull standing in one cor.
ner OF the yard. Post walked briskly
up to the animal, and it cowed at bis
approach and stood trembling in fear
.Es The beast was completely mas; cred
and walked sullenly into the barn at
= Posts command. On the farmer ~
iI' turn TO the house he found that hi.
own injuries were greater that I've bad
supposed, and he is now confined tC
ms bed under q dOct or's care 80
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