Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-19
rrIrLs or the BnttIng Ram.

large. 3.year-old Cotswolu rum
n tbe flock OF Farmer Hezekiah Zoo
LITTLE Of Benton township, near Scrah
ton Pa, owes n good deal OF nus VIC
ions pugnacity To the training WI irn
be has received from the farmer 10,
~ear.old son. Henry. The ram dld
NOT show Il disposition % butt any
body until no was nearly TWO Years
old, when young Henry took y INTO
bis head to tease him and teach nun
10 be cross. He began by placing ms
two fists against the rams forehead
and pushing with all his might, now
and then backing away short dis-
tanca and making proyokingmotlons
M The ram, and then rushing mp and
hitting him ON the head with the heel
81 his boot. The ram hadn't been
trained in this way for more than a
fortnight before hp got in the notion
of fighting back, and young Henry
was tickled over his success as u
trainer. After the ram had got 20 be
pretty cross the farmers son made
him still more SO by jumping behind
the end Of wagon or sleigh Just as
the ram was about 70 butt him, and
then the big sheep would give vent
to his anger and disappointment
with sort oil whine and grunt com
binpd.
Along in the winter Grandfather
Doolittle, who lives in the adjoining
township, came oycrto his son'starm
TO stay Tor q week. on his visit 10
the barn yard the ram sailed up b.
hind him, and sent him sprawling ON
his hands aud knees into the deep
snow, aud Young Henry, who was
peepirg through crack ia the shed,
chuckled till the tears rolled down
his checks. II hurt the OLD gentleman
a little but theattitude hewusforced
to assume Just after the rams head
came ia contact with him vas s0eOm.
zeal that Henry would have laughed
ii his grundtuther's injuries had b~cn
tWiCg as severe After that the old
carried Il iour-tiurd fork
with him aud Whenever he srrullri
around the baru.yard, and ever time
the ram started yo rush al him, h.
held the fork pointed az bis assnilnnf.
The ram never yGnturrd 10 ran hia
head against the sharp tiHca, and af
ter awhile he ceased 10 look upon tho
old m-,n as Il proper subject for his
attacks, and lef; him entirely alone.
The other day Henry trained ran
ran against snag, and IL now tefu-
porarily u cripple. Absl Chase, "a
bark peeler, Wns passing through the
pasture On short cut to The bark
woods The lock were hudllrd IN Il
hollow near the center III the field.
and Chase was striiiug straight 10.
ward down the hillside with bis az
on his shoulder trrdgin. along with.
in Il tew yards Of tire sheep. whrn tbs
ram stealthily approached him from
behind, gave him Tremendous
thump in the buck, aud sent him
headloug down the stecphill. lhasas
Knees were skinned when b. got M.
aud he was ~ mad ns % hornet. The
ram made for htn ugaiu. aud Chase
struck az his he,ld with the ux.hplys
lie aimed To low, though. fpr tbs
heIyc, instead oflandiug on tho rarn'a
head, struck him urruss tho rfrht
iorcleg aud broke il. The ram then
hmped back to the flock on tbrre lt,,.
After the snow had gone Of in tbs
spring, u ucighbnring farm bpv
whom Henry had mn oil gr1,dsc
against came to Farmer DnOlittIg'a
70 borrow nm augur. The cattle and
sheep We're IN small lot near tbc
barn, and there WAS mud puddIla n
the lot. Henry rot the boy 10 I'd
over and look ut his pct heih.r that
was chewing her cud close to- tho ri,d.
die, and while the ncighbor Ina wns
pattlng the hcitcr on tho bnck and
a,dmlring her, the ram dashed nm H..
nina HIM and drove him hpndyorr.
most into the mud md wntcr Tho
Iad WalIowed out sputteriur nnd
blowing, and covered with mud nnJ
Henry wiped off his clothing with
straw and declared that he Vas az,
ing to hoPple the unruly ram beforo
nightfall. ''''" "e'ose
Early in June Scranton fisherman,
win creel fnll Of trout. WINS trnrn'
ing across Farmer DooIittl,'s .En,,n
assure late in tho afternoon npJ
~, ~ ,'rsL thlhg he knew h. WIS M n
ne back and driven against ~ atn,n, -
ms basket and tackle tlyiup th;s v,i,,
ma that. He was verv tn9cb n.t "s,S
Ishad, and when he looked nropn ,,y =,
M, ".at IN The mischief Ind given
~. -, s . an nncallcd for blow. fbe
IN, ~ was ,backin@ OF to butt him
y, :, v. me fisherman whalcd tho
. rsn,,i WIN his bundle Of rods, and tho
.ractlous beast trotted on VIZ
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