The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05

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hiEnneiI out them IN TWO with ono blow from
isR days ago Lyman J.. MAYNARD o, Cool;
IN TIE fosono Plateau I" rest. small blasS,
nnd-tan dog accompanied him. Mnynsrd ~
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toward il with its head Q foot above tho ground.
Maynard ran to help the dog. but 10 vas
dog to death. and Wills Maynsrd was, search
Ing fGE y It glided into thS Hush y;
as' sS Ser $ in pleee
bark IN an old HS
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When got so ssr Scent C Sp 'S eN into
sanity Tor several minutes. Suddenly the
i ts with thS
| Triangular Fight for . Trout-A Sly Kips.
fisher Got the Prize.
| SCRANTON June 3-Elkanah Reese. . Gin
| seug Mountain woodsman. saw q bittern
standing on one leg in the still waters OF
Racket Creek ono day last week. The bird ap-
| peared to be taking nan. but Keese knew
that 1t was watching for trout, and he sat down
| on q log and watched. Presently the bittern
thrust its bill into the water with great rapid
ity. lowered its other foot. caught good-sized
trout by the gills. and lifted it to the surface.
The trout Topped so hard that the water flow
all over the bird. and before the bittern had
succeeded in getting complete control OF its
prey a water snake swan swiftly to the spot
from pool near By and seized the trout with
| its jaws Just back OF its dorsal fin. The Bit
| tern tugged and pulled to keep possession
| Of the fish. and the snake writhsd and
yanked in its efforts to get 1t away from
the bird. Neither gained an inch. and
whom they had pulled and twitched for
q minute or so. the snake flung its tail out
Of the water. gave it sudden whrl. and
| struck the bittern on its back. The blow
caused the bird to squat trlfle. but it hung
on to the fish, and as 1t edged away from tho
tail end OF the snake 1t jerked ut tho trout
harder than before. The snake held its own.
and In few seconds it raped the bittern on
the back again. Once more the bittern danced
away from the snakes troublesome tail. and
in tho contest 1t got another thump on its
| back. 1t still had a good hold on tho trouts
Rills, and it moved In quarter circle every
While. the tenacious bird and the thievish
snake we're nlpP ping and tuggins at the ash e
he orooe The pttern sn Viewed tSs
taT OF war Tor ley sec and then
midway between where the bittern and snake
yaak that lifted ths. bitte5n and snake clear
1t yankee again. and the bittsrn and snakr.
tore. got side by .siie ia a twinklinx and pulled
with all their might agai INST the long -necked
sSmSc s
trout and then the crnne lot loose OF the fish.
A hftaFp IA n G n n far aH n N md
trout to the bottom Of the stream. raised it out
they snd tasseS hare
time. The crane kept them busy. but they
didn't weaken n the Least and Reese said that
would outwind the crane ai in few minutea @A'
selling ne srost sioss g e. %
tinusi to hang on to, the tail end. The blttern
of. and the bittern gave scream and dew to
tr9ston Then the snake rs, and and, crane p stEug.
81 s ns " saaHS
ssss Z; {sss e4sn RaIi:S f. .!ss
90 nearly exhausted thut it could hardly swim.
No sooner had the Crane got possession Of tho
caught the hshs head in It's yil Without slacH:
ening its speed: and sailed OF to the woods with
Seating ste fnsshe9 and S s ~ Tho
The Old Bri.dls Cows ret Dr.so. Fly .,A
Its Sad Fate.
"when Was q lad our folks had an old
brindle COW. and that COW had q pet dragon
ny." was tho Professors rather startling re.
mark. "As long as I can remember l have
taken great interest In the dragon lly. from
the time it is not fly but fierce. beetle like.
marauding insect terror on the bottom of
ponds and sluggish streams. until 1t bursts
forth from that ugly shape into the gossamer-
winged. big-eyed creature Of the summer mir
We are all so familiar with. and too many OF us
afraid OF. had captured my first dragon fly
larya in q little pond near our house. and had
taken 1t home to watch its interesting change
to the perfect fly an event that was then not
many hours distant l placed the creature In
q bucket OF water. not having any aquarium at
that time. Our old brindle cow was standing
In the shade OF an apple tree near whore had
placed my observation bucket chewing her
cud and stamping her feet and switching her
tail IN efforts to relieve herself from the an
noylng flies. which were uncommon thick and
pestiferous for that time OF year
II paid frequent visits to the pail OF water
to see whether my larva was making any move
to climb from tho bottom OF tho long bull
rush had put In tho water for the purpose.
preparatory to working itself out OF Its shell
and becoming q full-grown dragon ny. As i
came out OF the house on one OF these visits OF
INSPECTION. was alarmed to see the old brln-
die COW with her nose stuck clear to the bot
TOM OF the pail. yelled at her. She lifted
her nose out OF the pail and walked leisuroly
pacS to her place under the apple tree and re-
sumed her chewing and her fly switching. l
hurried to the pail The COW had drank every |
crop OF water 1t had contained More than |
Ii'a', she had at the same time gulped down |
my dragon Fly specimen: at least naturally |
ihiefred that sho had. as it was nowhere
10 W found; An angrier or more disappointed |
n'y n h,i stood in shoes than Was. started
~ H. " kili mat old COW without u moments de,
ny ny nut my father appeared ON the scene. and
tn " COW WAS saved And 1t has boon the Joy
Gi iI hy he that such was the case, for II had
k aas, tne COW would have missed ono OF tho
i 10y exhibitions OF affection ever record
ea q members OF the animal kingdom.
was 30 angry at the COW for spelling my |
ohAnee. ~ lsuDposed. OF witnessing one OF the