Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-18
AN INNOCENT PARSON.
HIS ATTEMPT TO. DESCRIBE A RAM
FIGHT IN RING VERNaCULAR.

HIS ATTEMPT TO. DESCRIBE A RAM
FIGHT IN RING vERNAcULAR.
/ The Er:l. E.oturel a S--xessior. Which
Csugh: Cn-Thc Preacher D.dn't Fully
Succeed Hn Appearing UEsophistica:ed.
! Tho Little EsM's King Tactics.
A preacher told this story at q wed
, ding supper on tic South Sido tho other
| evening:
~ was riding along country road
hear Bloom;ag agtou," he said, "when
noticed a group of sheep in pasture.
There was large oDen space in the
midst of tho flock, and ut either srd of
the space stood ram. In tho center,
Drit standing little ut one side, was
third ram. The two rams had evidently
had falling ONT about something, or
else they had coIne TO settle III a friend
| " contest which was TIE better ram.
Ram No. 3 seemed to be acting as
judge, umpirs-whgt do You call il?
Referee? Yes, that q it, tine third RAM
what rules the meeting took place 1t
iiay have been Queensterry or Rosebery.
4oa see ;...I ECU UP &c these technical
matters.
"W'her al the prcliminaries had been
arranged ;.ni 10th contestants had been
cautioned a,rar,il.ly hat there was to
&c no ':oUline'-I think I have seen
that word - 'i.>c .! -. Scc2sioaai-
iy- All t!rrrcfcro ! E,.pposo j Is cor
rect wor.; - nc IL this co-iuec;iou--
e..ch h;:c,;.I II "a the f@rt!lest limits CT
tho circle, which, t. Tie way, wcs not
Il =; ,...TuJ circle. The referec stepped
or, II the Wy. ini lie r;.il!. dashed to-
wari C;.c,l Other. When their heads
cari= together, thrrc Vas !. terri tic crash.
and the iurco # TIE concus5ion threw
them IS fa- apart a3 the Length, OF this
table.
All the guests Looked the full length
Of the table from the passion flowers at
one end to the brides cake il the far
perspective, ard teen at the PREACHER III
the middle distance, bat nobc,.y said
anything.
''Then," continued the preacher,
the worse fo- tho cIcoUEtcr. Again, evi-
IDENTIFY at {. pleconocrtcd signal from the
referee, tl:er ,,,eSEa:; together. This tine
the shock was even more terrific thun
tine first, and / noticed tifat as one Of
them won't back 10 his-ah. what do
t:..T call It, cOr,Ior:-lie was l:ttie TIL
steady OH his legs.
''GroS:Eyi" veutJred the bride
Il believe that is tie technical tCi:n,"
replied the preacher, although, a.
have int'ru;ted, 1 am not at all familiar
with sporting phraseolo2y. When time
was called for the third round-ahern--
that Is, mean to sa' When the rams
had recovered strength for Il third col
l;s;oa It there was another rush, {.
crash, and one Of the rams, the ono you
co aptiy described us 'grccgy' with an
acknowledgment to the bride) fell to
his knees. His adversary did not seem
inclined to follow up his advantage, bu.
possibly he riay have been restrained by
the rules-of the meeting 1t any rate,
after contemplating his fallen foe grave
" for moment re walked back 70 his
place. The o,het ram, after resting
bril:!y. struggled to his feet. The third
rau.--the one l have called the referee
looked a.5 him rather inquiriDSly, rs
it seemed 10 ms, bat the warrior show
cd no sign of recognition. He ambled
to rs side of the ring and feed about.
A murmur Of SOHO sort seemed to 90
through tho i'1cl- The ODDS wero ',p-
palentIy 3 To / III favor Of the other
rarE-thaS Is to say, it seemed tO be the
general opinion that the ram with the
weak knees had been CutclaSsed, us Tho
other one was decidedly the heavier of
the two.
"Howeveg, tho smaller ram seemed
to have wonderful recuperative powers
When the proper interval had elapsed,
he came mp smiling, as it were. ! even
thought I could see twinkle in his eye,
for l was quite close to the fence, and
this thing teok place only little dis
tance away. AS the referee stepped back
from the center Of the ring, where he
kept his position between the meetings,
the other two rams drove at each other
pclirlel. At the very instant when
their hard hons would have met. how
ever, the smaller ram suddenly changed
hi, cou-ao to the right. ;:naAthc other
won't th-oura thc ranks like a casapclt.
..Cuss IS he turned about, evidently
bo;lirx c,or With Indignation, ut the
tx which haa hocn played or HIM,
tbs "t hc- "te' WITH 'Ao ho'n'H i"sco gwen
ty - +.r1-r' f'i2i rom one i!"c ~ ''ie CT
che t. :: p,int several icct CIl3!uc ~ II,
where TIC .a-Ssf r:sni 5 liiJ!.i2:i;u.-! .:at
Carried i'm, s.lIi at A'.n 10 IL t-hh non
L't:i. S!:.':,-i2; M:i in-l II lie i;co airi
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