The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-07-23
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How n Runaway Cow and a Hon
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How IA Runaway Cow and a Hound
Fought "a Bear.
Silas Bottoms old black and tar
bear hound. Scout makes his master,s
only COW his constant companion from
the time the bear hunting season
closes until 1t opens in the fall. Boil
TONS COW runs at large, and Scout
stays with her from morning to nipht.
asserts a Pennsylvania correspondent
OF the New York Sun. One day late
~ the COW wandered away to Brier
swamp three miles west of this place.
Scout followed her, and along In the
afternoon Amos Jennings, who lives
on Maple Hill, three quarters Of a
mile from the swamp. heard the
hound baying down there.
He recognized Scouts voice, and in
q moment he heard Bottoms cow bel
lowing as though she was in distress.
Jennings ran all the way to the
swamp and when he came In sight OF
the COW he found her and Scout CIV
ing battle to q bear near the edge of
the swamp. Scout was nipping the
bear from behind, and when the bear
turned to strike him he sprang back,
and the COW pitched into the bear and
gored him till he turned on her. Then
tho COW would Jump out of his way.
and Scout would instantly bite the
bears TANKS and force him to wheel.
The moment he did so the spunky
COW would sail into him with a below
and pillow burrows in his fur. bounding
to a safe distance the instant the bear
turned on her. Then Scout tackled
him again, and between the two thew
made the bear plunge and roar ter
ri6cally. He failed to strike the
hound or COW. but Scout seemed to
worry him the most and when he
made a vicious lunge at the dog the
COW drove one Of her horns into the
bear left side. The bear reared and
raved to get at the COW. but Scout
kept him at bay, and within twenty
minutes the angry COW gored the bear
to death.
Scout is the most famous dog in
this part Of Sullivan county. He is
not quite five years old. Two years
ago a Williamsport sportsman offered
Bolton 800 for Scout. Bolton Is a
poor man, and although he hated to
part with the hound. he agreed to
take the 800. The bargain was made
in the road. and the Williamsport
man told Bolton that he would tie
Scout to the rear OF his buggy till he
reached Laporte. Scout was stand
ing near when the mar counted out
the money. and when his new owner
went to his buggy after a strap Scout
gave o yelp a down the road as
fast as he could 60. leaped a fence.
looked over his shoulder. and dashed
into a piece OF woods. Bolton called
on him. but he paid no attention, al.
though he had disobeyed be.
fore.
Tho Wtlliamsport man stayed at
Bottoms owe night, and Bolton hunt
ed for Scout all the afternoon but he
didn't find him. So he returned the
money and the Wnliamsport man
said he would be there again in two
months and get the hound. It was
three days before Scout showed up
and he looked lank and sorro wfuL.
In nine weeks the Williamsport man
Odli0 dS GILL. DCOub saw MIN before
he got out of his buggy. and away to
the woods he few. looking back every
few steps as though he was afraid the
mar was after him. Bolton then do
cided not TO sell Scout at any price.
The man offered him $3.50, but he re-
fused 1t. Scout stayed away three
days again. Since then he hasn't
run away.
Last year Bolton had an old blind
shepherd dog that had boon q terrible
w~oodchuck killer up to the time he
got blind. He was strong and yigor-
GUS, and Scout led him around the
fields last summer, and occasionally
caught a woodohuck for him. After
Scout had stationed the blind dog by
q stump he would watch for a wood
chuck to leave its hole. When he
caught the woodchuck he would carry
it alive to the old dog by the nape of
its neck and hold it toward the dogs
nose. and the blind dog would seize it
by the back and shake the life put OF
It It did the old dogs heart good,
and Scout knew IT.