The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-22

the object no ore who heard those Tex
ans singing 70 the cattle VIII likely ever
forget --- III u is really true that music
hath charms 10 soothe the savage breast,
-l-s music ought % have s1othed the cat
ne. Lu- j. did not The usual stampede
occurred, The usual REBUILDING OF fences
and tr1ughs and the usual rasa-hering
of The herd
The same things have happened now for
seven nights ia succession started ln the
scare during the storm. and il has been
F. continued on general principles When
cattle once pet their hands ln s-ampedins
-9F. should / say ho0fs. instead Of hands
they never stop Of their own accord,
and rarely % anybody elzes- They be-
come so nervous that nothing can COM
troll tham. Guards, lights. music and all
become unavailng- IL might Doe wei 10
say just here that not ADJ Texas stock
men sing church music 20 their Wild cat
RE. Sometimes they say bad words, and
the unanDroclative steers are said % Ike
these about as well as anything else
Mr.. Belelcr is the superiute uicut OF the
[ Methodist Sunday school AZ this place.
and his worst enemy never accused him
OF using an oath Some Texas cattlemeu
are Sunday school upcrntendcnts. but
not AN.
Standing guard at NIGHT IS dangerous
business and Mr.. Bcleh-r came near be-
ing killed at it last Thursday night. He
was inside the pens and had dismounted.
The cattle were all lying down quietly,
but suddenly one of their wild, my
rlOus, uncXplainable impulses to run
slezcd upon them without a second
warning, and on they came. Mr. Belcher
attempted to mount his horse. but the
animal frightened by the noise Of the
cattle, threw him to the ground.
Here" shouted Bud True, as he wheel
III llrr Il g. ind
There was not moment TO lose. Mr..
Bclcher is not as active now as he once
was, but in a twinkling he had Vaulted up
behind Bud and away they went. Ton
seconds later the cattle dashed over ths
place where Mr.. Belchc~ had been thrown.
But for his timely rescue he would have
met an instantaneous and Inevitable death
beneath the trampling hoofs. The man
who rides ahead of The herd ana starts
them TO milling has his share of The dam
ger, too. Doubtless the reader has read
that IL a man rides ahead the leaders will
follow him and turn when he turns. In
this way the herd is made 10 circle round
and round and finally to stop. The mil
ler' needs sure-fOoted horse and needs
to hold a firm rein. Suppose I'm the dark
ness the horse steps in a hole in the ground
and goes down. For q moment he hears
the wild rush behind him. and then
Woe to the rider and woe to the steed.
That falls ia front OF the mad stampede.
of course, such persistent stampedes en-
tail serious financial loss. The number of
the feeding troughs here cost originally
$l,10o. Then, too. fences cost something
Fifty dead cattle cost something The
heaviest item Of loss, though. consists in
the amount Of flesh that is lost i'm the wild
rushing about the country. 1t is estima-
ted that soc worth of flesh is lost from a
good. Large steer on every such occasion.
Altogether. the sum which the Belchers
viii have TO pay for the amusement dur
ing the first week viii not fall far short
Of 5000.
only one absolutely reliable way TO make
them quit That is TO ship thoem to St
Louis or Chicago and have them killed
for beef This plan has never been known
to fail, and Mr. Belchor is now making
preparations to adopt il.