The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-06-07

fore we came up with the animal In
the meanwhile, we had made up our
minds that Il was a wild hog. the Of
spring, no doubt. 81 some Of the
stock that the speculaior had not re-
covered Eve years before. On the
third day. was following the track
through a swamp. when suddenly one
Of the largest and most savage-loOk-
ing boars ! ever saw jumped out with
= loud snort from a bush Of laursls.
His bristles stood erect on his back.
and two immense tusks were dis
PLAYED, one ON each side 81 his snouL.
and extending upward at least two
inches. My dog was a few steps
ahead Of me. as l hsd kept him back.
When the boar saw the dog he low
cred his head and began TO champ and
froth at the mouth The boar was
fully three feet high. and never saw
an uglier looking beast In all my ex-
perience in the woods The dog was
half hound and half shepherd He
sprang at the boar at once aud was
received with a lunge and thrown
AZ least ten feet away with
his vitals pierced by the bOar's long
tusks. The poor dog tried to renew
the attack. but he fell. and was soon
dead. The boar stood his ground "a
II waiting for me to attack him. l
aimed at his fore-shoulder and fired.
With a fearful snort the buar turned
and ran into the swamp. apparently
not injured Darbee heard the gun
and soon came up. We started after
the boar, determined to bag our
game, now that We had it. We came
upon him before we knew IL. He was
lying behind = elump Of laurels. He
jumped up and sprang at Darbee. who
was ahead, and rushed between his
legs, throwing him down. The boar
would have ripped my companion As
he did the dog in another second, but
l ran up and kicked him rs hard Is |
could. ! was afraid 10 shoot at him.
rs there was danger Of killing Darbee
with the ball. The kick had the de-
sired effect. for the boar turned quick
IL and rushed upon me. l sprang to
one side and he rushed past me. Be
fore he could turn ard renew the at
tack. had my gun to nv shoulder.
The boar dropped. but he was on his
feet again. and. with h savage snort
dashed At me on three legs. the other
one having been broken By the ball.
The frOth that came from his jaws was
now covered with blood. II was thrown
backward rs the great brute ran, and
fell In great patches here and there on
his body, giving him. with his wild
eyes and open mouth. hideous APP
pesrance.
"Darbee had drawn his hunting axe
as soon as he had rrgained his feet
He was one Of the most fearless men
ever knew. have been in close
quarters with wounded panthers. bears
and deer many times before, and there
had been times when the chances we're
against me in such fights. but never in
my experience had | encountered any
thing that seemed so terrible as this
Infatuated wild hog. Ibslieve should
have soon succumbed To- the attack of
the animal If Darbee had not been with
me. As the boar was rushing at me,
Darbee jumped between ne and met
the erased brute with blow between
the eyes from the hunting axe. That
blow would have tumbled the largest
and toughest bear that ever walked.
but It had not the slightest effect on
the boar. Before Darbee could get
out of the way the hog was upon him.
Il thrust one Of its tusks through his
corduroy pantaloons. below the left
knee and with a quick upward move
ment tore the left leg half way to Oar
bees waist, but fortunately. only graz
ing the skin. II the tusk had been in
serted a quarter Of an inch deeper, it
would have laid the flesh open as It
did the cloth.
"When Darbee was knocked over by
the boar. his gun was thrown some
distance of in the laurels. | had not
had time to reload mine. and it was
only a single barreled one. ran to
get Dirbee's gun. but before ] hal
found il the boar had again turned its
attention TO me and WAS upon me in
the laurels. drew my hunting knife
aud shouted to Darbee 10 load INV gun
while fought the boar hand to hand.
plunged the knife into the brute as
near the jugular vein ~ had time to
calculate in. The blood spurted out
in great stream, but in spite Of all
nv efforts, the boar succeeded in tear
ing me pretty badly with his tusks
BY the time Darbee had loaded the
gun INV clothing was in tatters and my
leg aud one side badly torn. kept
plunging the knife into the boar. and
we were both covered with blood
"Darbee WAS afraid To fire after he
had loaded mp, 50 he came to nv aid
with his axe u | had been alone /
should have been killed beyond -
doubt, for was beginning To feel the
effects Of The boar lusks in nv flesh.
Darbee began 90 chop the boar with
his axe. and the boar turned on
him. Darb,e ran hack toward
the gun and the boar followed him.
Darbee got the gun aud put ball into
the hogs other shoulder. breaking il.
He dropped To the ground and made
great efforts 81 regain his feet, but he
could not rise His fury was terrible
to witness. lie tore up the ground
with his tu,ks. uttered the most fright.
ful cries, and champed aud frothed and
threw himself about ON the ground un-
Ill he was completely exhausted. Then
Darbee stepped zap aud finished him by
cutting his throat. The boar was not
fat, but he weighed four hundred
pounds. We used his meat for bait in
our bear traps, TiiS hrg had been
born In the woods. and was 2 wild
boar in every sense of the word. ]
never was known to go out 81 the way
Of meeting panther. a bear or wolf.
but l made up NV mind after that
boar fight that il ever came across
another one in the beech ! would give
il a wide berth and seek less danger
Gus game guess this one was the
last hog ever seen in the beech. Ed
Mott. ~ ClerelaRd Leader.
School children should remember
that II they are on study bent" too
much they will become stoOp-shOul-
dersd. - Pittsburgh CLyoHtrie- Tels-
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