Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18
BULL SMITHS NAME.
How He Got 1t by a Diversion From an
Old Story.

DULL OWL TO IN%WC.
How He Got 1t by a Diversion from an
Old Story.
When Mrs. Abigail Tuthill Smith died
in P%atchoguc, n. Y, some time ago at r!.e
age If 96, old settlers in tho town ''ai.
lowed that the oldest inhabitant of Long
Island had gone to Ees reward A lincal
descendant Of Bull Smith she was, the
neighbors said, as they discussed her years
and her worth. But few of them know
why her ancestor, the man who had found
ed Smithtown, had lost his own Christian
name in favor of that of the animal.
The story Of it much resembles that of
the founding of Carthage that is told by
the classic writers. The city of Hannibal,
the legends say, was surrounded by tho
hide of a bull. Tire men who wanted to
settle and own it were told by those who
had a prior right that they could havc as
the hide of a bull. These prospective set
tiers had brains that were finely developed,
and by cutting the hide into thin strips
they managed to work out II claim on
which they built a city that became the
home of one of the greatest conquerors the
world has ever known.
- Ill NAN INV l.
with a bulls hide. The bull in his case
was a live me-. In the days when Indians
owned Long Island, Smith roamed over
there looking for a good place to settle on.
He was well received by the Indians, who,
however, did not seem particularly anxious
to give or sell him more land than he
could stand on.
He made offers, but received no consid-
Grafton. Finally, partly to lave some fun
with him and partly to make him tired OF
his hun for a section, the Indians told
him they would give him as much and as
he could cover, riding on the back of a
bull.
Smith was willing, INC the bull was
lively. The Indians, in glecful anticipa-
ton, watched Smith struggle to the back
of. the animal, which tore frantically away
with the determined mai digging his heels
into it's sides. The bull snorted and ca
vorted, whirled and jumped, but that was
just what Smith wanted, for the more fire.
quent the deviations from Il straight course
the more land for the dauntless rider.
The land the bull trod is now Smith.
town, and Smith, the story goes, never
heard his Christian name again.-NeW
York Times.
Why Foxes Must Be Hunted.
The city mans desire to hunt is bascd
neither on affection nor ON mimicry
Americans do not hunt foxes or ride across
country because it is lone in England
The strain Of English blood may show it
self perhaps in American Workmanship
but Americans ride across country because
that is a far livelicr and more interesting
form Of riding thar riding on the road
even when it is a park road or a paved
street. And when Americans hunt foxc!
they do it for the same reason that tn,
English do-bccause following the trail o
a fleet and willy animal is better sport thai
following a cross country trail artificial,
laid, and because the fox is the only wilt
creature fit for tho chase that will live ant
flourish in proximity to man.
That the city man, be he Briton O.
American, should wish to hunt is a rea
sonable desire. The circumstances of hi
daily life are such as draw on his ~vitalit,
and abate his vigor. When once he ha
put himself in the way Of making an ade
quate living, his physical life is apt to b
easy. He gets no taste of cold or hunge
or hard physical labor. He is too apt t.
be overfed and overheated, to drink NOR
than is good for hi:n, to work too har'
with his head and too little with his body
to be luxuriously lodged and generally t
be made too insidiously comfortable. H
has to fear the facilitating influences q
such a life both on his physique and o.
his character. His simplest remedy is som
sort of out OF door exercise which involve
some self denial, some exertion and a rea
soDable amount of grit.-Scribner's.