The sun., 1893-08-13
A WILD RIDE ON A BULL.
4 DEAD SNAKE MAD BJTTEy HIM AND
THE CASE WAS URGEHE

| THE CASE WAS URGENT
Il Was Impossible TO Get whi-key ssa An
| the Horse. Nenr ny Werc In Use. SD 20
| Lem Had to Take the BuIi aud GO Lsoh-
ETY. split for Tea Miles 90 Fave Ms IAfs.
sEABsRRY SETTLEMENT. N Y. Aug S.-Len
| Lawson Of this place Is something OF back
| woods naturalist For instance at times he
| watches the bugs under tree in preference
| to fshing for trout, even when trout rise read
lily to the ny. He carries small turtles about
| in his pockets. and leads mice around with
| threads about their necks. He 10 prime ia
| vorite with the dogs about the settlement be-
| cause ho often gives them squirrel. bird.
| or q nsh; but most remarkable OF all to many
| backwoodsmen was his former fondness foI
| snakes. Thore is no more fondness for snakes
! in LENS mind now He had an experience
| with one last week to remember which is to
mako Lem shudder.
| in the pasture at the lower end OF this place
is q long. lank. and very quick bull owned By
] Ike Frazier. and the bull had very impor-
| tant part in Lens experience. This bull 10 Of
| mild disposition. All the young people OF
the village like the beast which they call
"Gangsy." for he allows them to pull his
| horns and n half dozen or more to get on his
back while he gallops about tho lot much
\ swfter than any OF tho horses here. being
guided by gees" and "haws" quito as readi-
ly as q horse is by reins.
| Lem was going up the trail to the old Frazier
clearing on last Thursday with three OF his
| boy friends, when he saw snake OF brownish
| back and pinkish belly. He picked It up. and
with his customary disregard for other peo-
| pies feelings shook it's head toward tho boys.
making them run and shout with fear. He
| amused hmsel for some minutes in this man.
| ner. and then. Just as two men who are board.
| ing at the Postmaster's came around bend,
| he took the snake by the tail and, lifting 1t
high in tho air. with quick motion snap
ped it. The head Of the snake fell on his dis
| engaged hand whore two OF tho teeth tore
Lem was about to laugh at tho mishap. when
Gl the nS men rnsod MS ha9d apd said
less 2 moment gazing at his @ scratched ed, hand
snS n oas hksI ask RH RrG 81 @
drank it at one pull. and then started down the
When he disappeared the men and boys
looked again at the snake and found it was
on only an unusnaly lights garter 81 snake. ,i,
and concluded that he would stop at tho set.
tlemeat inc a and get hlariSusly drum drunk t.. ,.,,,,
found the horses were back IN n. the s, woods
laughter. he thought Of the bull, long, ,lanE.
doets Il hs kSsnS E
door door he ga gasped Ia to Ike. who sat mending
goin' ter die-I reckon" Ike mumbled some.
h: sna ash tSs ai%
tho house. leaped the garden fence into the
pasture. snatched paling from tho fence. and
them wn. he rushed to the bull surrounded
by children, swept two girls from tho bulls
back and thep HapaE w himse hS
was headed toward the bars. while beyond was
the trail to Black Lake.
The ms hs s5 Gs w
the bull dashed. leaving the children gaping in
snd Settled III in ff the tra Whs ock Of chick.
ems feeding near by ran with Tapping wings
and screaming cackle.
fish pole in one hand and jack plane in the
critter 50. you blamed fool.
mind 1t was q race for life with the odds
About o'clock that afternoon people in
with a tall man astride. whose legs were some
spread out almost horizonta. with one hand
The combination was Lem Lawson and Ike
Frazer's bull. Lem rode up to Dr. Longsides
seps atd s Of
he received is matter Of inference. About 10
o'clock the next day the two city men came
isG man eas on LONG, @ ianH % bu As tRey the asked this
Of the first man they met, figure on q red and
white bull rounded the corner and. with shouts
ON till he rect .nized the two men on the buck
board. when. with whoop. he said
Thar amt a thc) darn snake In the country
'H Then e with with his club pounding @ the uniortu-
nate bull. Lem raced again through the street.
this time headed toward the settlement.