News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
THE BULL AVENGED THE CALF.
Bruin was in the Midst of His Dinner, but
He Didn't Live TO Finish IL.

Harry Stever, the twelve-year- old son
of Farmer Delos Stever of Tobyhanna,
Pa, was sent after the COWS Monday,
about shutdown. He had to 60 down
the road and through a lane more than
half a mile from the house When milk
| ING time came the COWS had not arrived,
| and Farmer Stever, who had just driven
home from the village, started toward
the pasture in search of them. On his
way through the lane he heard terrible
believing over in the pasture.
When he reached the pasture he saw
the cattle. with their heads and tails up,
and believing as though they were in
great distress about something. Farmer
Stever hurried toward the spot, yelling,
"Harry!" with all his might.
"Here | be, pa, up in this ere tree. A
bears KILN one O. the calves, and had
to git up here out o. the way" said
Harry from his safe perch among the
limbs of small maple tree.
In the centre of the ring OF COWS
Farmer Stever found things just as
Harry had told him. A big bear had
come into the field, seized small calf,
and crushed it to death just as Harry
was about to start the cattle for home2
The lad climbed up the tree, and the
cows began to below. When Farmer
Stever rushed IN amongthe noisy herd
the bear was eating the calf as fast as
he could. Farmer Stever excltedly
sprang forward and kicked the bear in
the side. He regretted it a second later,
for the hungry animal turned upon him
and nearly broke one of his arms with a
blow from one of his big paws. The
farmer Immediately took to his heels,
and, after growing savagely at the
farmer, the bear returned to his meal.
In a lot adjoining the COW pasture
Farmer Stever kept ferocious five-year
old bull away from the rest of the herd.
The bull was paving up the earth and
believing like wild beast when the
farmer ran away from the bear. Every
now and then the bull tried to get over
the fence. He tried to lift the top rails
off with his horns, but heavy stones had
been placed on them to keep the wind
from blowing the rails away, and the
bull was unable to move them. Farmer
Stever was trying to think what to do,
when Harry replied from the tree:
"Pa! Com let the OF bull out an see
# he won't go fur the bear.
The lads suggestion struck the farmer
favorably, and he instantly ran over to
the fence, threw off the stone and tore
off the top rails. The bull leaped into
the pasture, and, still believing with
rage, ran toward the noisy herd, with
his tail in the air and his head lowered.
The cows separated as he plunged for
ward, and gave him chance to get at
the bear. The moment the bull got
glimpse of the big black animal he
seemed to become wild with fury. With
terrific roar he rushed at the bear,
struck him squarely in the right side
with both of his horns, and knocked him
three or four feet away from the carcass
of the calf.
The bear was partially stunned by the
blow, but he staggered to his feet and
groaned with pain just as the bull came
up to hook him again. The bear under
took to defend himself, but the bull
gave him another tremendous thump in
the RIBS, making the blood run. Then
the bear tried to run away from his I'M
expected and very powerful antagonist,
but the bull followed him up and gored
him till he moaned piteously. Harry up
in the tree had Iots of fun over the en-
counter, and Justify applauded the bull
A minute later the bull got the bear
down and soon gored him to death.
Then Harry came down from his roost,
and he and his father put the bull back
in the enclosure and drove the COWS home.