The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-12
ONE FROM JERSEY.
A Bicycle Story That Secrecy Tests the
CredulIty.

A Bicycle Story That Segerely Tests the
Credulity.
A gifted correspondent living in the
neighboring hamlet of Morristown
sends us the account of an alleged hap
pening which seems important, II true;
or, perhaps, the case is more important
if not true, since the presence in the
country of so active and agile liar
cannot be without interest to all.
While recently wheeling in the
neighborhood of Morristown he had
truly astonishing adventure with dogs.
No less than two of these intelligent
animals attacked him simultaneously.
We have no reason to suspect that they
were imaginary dogs, with green eyes
and flashing nostrils, such as some
times pursue Jersey gentlemen after
too free Indulgence in the state cleo
trical fluid; rather we presume that
life, flesh and hair dogs really did way
lay him, since the canine nature seems
for some unknown reason to object to
the new means of locomotion. Grant
ed, then, that two dogs attacked our
correspondent. One of these dogs was
an ordinary beast, showing no marks
of any particular breed; the other was
fine specimen of the full-blood bull
dog The nondescript was the larger
of the two; the bull was of the usual
low build, with great width of beam,
retreating nose, projecting lower jaw
short ears, stub tail, and so forth. Our
correspondent takes occasion to dwell
upon the well-known fact of the stub
bornness of hold of the thoroughbred
bulldog, and how, when his jaws once
close upon an object, nothing in the
world can open them except actual
mechanical force in the form of lever
introduced between the teeth All OF
this is readily granted and need not de-
tain us.
Our correspondent was directly in
front of the house to which the dogs
seemed to belong when they came at
him. The cur was in advance, Since he
was the better runner of the two The
| bicycle was, of course, provided with
pneumatic tires. These were new, of
the best quality, and heavily inflated.
| The dog in advance uttered d villain
GUS bark and sprang at our correspond
ent. He throw his weight on the ped
ais in an attempt to escape the fangs
of the beast. He also at this point
throws his weight on his pen, in the
evident attempt to escape veracity. He
appears to have been successful IN
both cases. The beast missed our cor
respondents athletic leg, but buried his
teeth in the tire of the rear wheel of
the bicycle There was deatening
report as the imprisoned air rushed out,
and our valued correspondent looked
over his shoulder to see the dog
"hurled through a space twenty
yards" and alight in a hedge. But
there was no time to take observations
on meteoric dogs. The next instant
the unsuspecting bulldog fastened his
Jaws around the tire on the forward
wheel. There was the smothered hiss
of escaping air, but the animal did not
let go. But under the astonished gaze
of our intelligent correspondent the
beast suddenly ''swelled up like a
football" to the ''size ola bushel basket
or larger" Our esteemed and veraciou.
correspondent dismounted, pried open
the jaws of the now pneumatic ami
NAL, picked him up and tossed him
over into his front yard, where he
bounded up ten feet and alighted on
the veranda of the house, across which
he bounced like a tennis ball just as
his dumfounded owner opened the
front door to see what all the trouble
was about Our CORRESPONDENT shOul
dered his disabled bicycle and trudged
away down the road.
What ought to be done in such a
case as this? What is the duty Of the
community in which such man as
this correspondent lives? Ought i
man of this sort to be put down by
law, or is it best to pay no attention
to him? Here is much food for thought
N. Y. Tribune.