St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18

of the beast. The cast was long one
but the expert accomplished the fea,
with neatness and dispatch. His horse
was very fractions and the others had
to 90 to their comrades assistance be-
fore the fierce brute was made sure
captive. But now that they had him
the boys did not know what to do with
their elephant. He was finally dis.
patched with six-shooters from safe
distance.
One evening not long ago herd OF
Angora goats that were being herled
by Miss Teresa Tallert, on Lost river,
Idaho, came home in hurry and
crushed pell-mell for the corral, log
concern some eight feet high. They
were shut in by the young shepherdess.
no male members of the family being
home at the time. In a search among
the foothills no cause for alarm was
developed. In the night Miss Tallert
was aroused by her dog whining at her
ear, and getting up she saw from the
window, BY the aid of bright moon
light, some wild animals raising havoc
in the corral. She stepped outside al
most into the embrace of four noun
tain lions and without moments hes
itation attacked them with an axe.
Two of the lions jumped the corral and
fled. The other two rushed toward
her and stampeded the goats. who
nearly trampled their young mistress
to death. She sprang to her feet just
in time to deal we'll directed blow at
one monster who was springing at her
throat. She laid him out, cutting the
back open to the bone. Then both
fled. The next morning fifty Of the
valuable goats were found dead and
thirty wounded. Fourteen of the latter
died afterwards.
There is young nimrod living on q
ranch near Helena who is quite an
expert with the rife and who has, in
addition to his expertness with powder
and ball. a very large amount of in
domitable pluck, endurance and good
sense. His name is Ole Synnes and he
is just fifteen years old. On the 18th
of February last father and son We're
out in the mountains near their ranch
taking out timber for fencing. The boy.
who had been sent on short errand,
came running back saying he had seen
the track of large mountain lion and
was going to follow out the trail. Re-
monstrances from the father were use
less and in few moments the plucky
boy started out with 44-caliber Win
chester rifle to hunt the fiercest wild
beast in the Belt mountains. After
following the trail for mile and half
the boy lost it at the entrance of .
wood. When about to give up the
search he cast his eyes upward and
beheld the beast crouched upon the
limb of large fir. The head of the
creature was hidden from sight, so the
boy aimed at its fore-shoulder and
fired. The animal. upon receiving the
fire. sprang upward and climbed still
further up the tree, when from his
elevated perch he sent forth series of
roars that made the mountains
with their echoes. Not in the
least deferred by such fierce expostula-
tons on the lions part, the boy
fired again and this time brought the
beast crashing down through the
He lay for few minutes
partially stunned upon the ground and
the dog, which had hitherto kept in the
so to speak-perhaps be-
cause he couldn't climb . tree-now
rushed forward and attacked the
lion. Apowerful blow with
one of the immense paws sent that dog
on an exclusion through the atmosphere
that had wonderful effect in cooling
his enthusiasm. In moment the lion
sprang to his feet and was going up the
nearest tree like rocket. He got on
the loftiest limb and endeavored to con-
ccal his body behind the friendly shell
ter, but he left q portion of his head
and the boy second later
lodged bullet in his brain The father
had heard the uproar from where he
was working and fastening to the spot
came upon the scene just in time to be
in at the death. This big fellow meas
lred scant ten feet and weighed nearly
three hundred pounds.
Mr. B. M. Boyle, at one time en-
gagged in the United States Marshal
service in Montana, relates an adven-
sure he had with big mountain lion
n the Bear Paw mountains when he
vas doing duty in the Northwest:
1T was an evening in the forbidding
of December that Jack Davis
md myself. both deputies, in response
% a telegram from Major Lincoln,
started out from Fort Benton to antici-
,ate a party that was going to trade
With the North AssinaboineS, near the
,oint in the Bear Paw mountains
where General Miles ami the Fifth In
antry rounded up Chief Joseph and
lis band of hostile Nez Perces. We
we're equipped in light marching order.
,ut well armed. We left at five o'clock
md after riding all night reached Bel
map for breakfast. We passed through
Fort Assinaboine at four in the morE
ng and YOU can appreciate the rapidi-
y of our movements by the fact that
he distance is ninety-five miles. Our
lorses were badly jaded at this time
md we changed, securing q relay from
he post trader at Belknap. Our next
objective point was the camp of Chief
rroche. an adherent OF the late Riel.
md chief of all the Half Breeds on this
ide of the border. We reached the
camp at four that afternoon, distance
# fiity-three miles. There We met with
cordial reception from the breeds,
hey cheerfully sharing their supplies
md blankets with us. Next morning.
With two breeds for guides, we started
or the pass in the Little Rockies.
When we struck the foot of thes
the guides exhibited an
Inxiety to return to their camp and
We consented from necessity. Owing
o binding snow-storm, that came up
Don after, we lost the trail and wan
Tered about in the mountains until
lllout five o'clock, when we struck q