The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-11
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I REME&iii.h Is Jgyyr !s't!v Incident
that hHpI nod while vt rrro ll'iHg
10 MJa#arhu t'ttH. My !athrrwH7aln''i
ui HHr cattle. uud our iafm could Hh""
su.ur at the iIud-uucst uNcn and cow
to hv found in the state. u wac H'in'
ut,d uu the north bank of the 'harlr'
river. which swept along al ihr loot oI
our broad pasture.
I'm the ruiirN rumUrE HHl the ~ ~
% kline would often .'HHI lm- h"u-s in
thy wafer, "a~'''"; 'H'''"~''''... ""d
brushing on the Nics with 'hr'r vel
tails,
Tho river, although bu' TO-" t'l-
wide, was very deep )" 'l'' w"""' B."
THAT the ""iH'''' new "'"'"' ." ]"
cruss a. D. "ar Ap"""'" "' q 'I''S''
acr"7 which irh ih' I''.''' L'H'""N'
nud hy l"I. highway '"r '.'"'' WIS
h"und'" '' "n' '"n.
ne r"'" '''"l''" 30" ''''"'''' i'''~'
Of ground, 5000" 'hr Drudge "'- .'n' ~
feet ""''r tie" water.
have said iHut u"r cattle were very
handsome; hui "i Iil '.' iiur.lo"h.u'
herd th" m"ei rrwarnn"l' was bag
i!nls'rin ball which h'd iwt" taken
the highest prir' "' ''' r'"l" ''l'' ~
weighed l.N' l"""u-. Was i'f'''' ~
Shape, H' ] hhd rich. N'"r's coal lh'i
81 WIS u'"Hhi j" a.'. l'"' ''' 'i.
Ii"'r'r'n~' "' wac "'''h ana "i'l'' 'h'
NhIlr hrin2 'tr 1'''. ''' "'''H lh'
ebony. hu' with ''i h'- beauty the "i''
iri'"" "'a o." NOR d." ''' .'n.''' VIA"
90 I'"nEal tiger Ii'- "f-.". i"t'N'"' .''h
900 u"h r"'l whenever Jazz was ap-
preached los "ifan"'r-. aud l'i' deep
i"" "''i"" ""' "a'u"'ir .'''l" 81 We
huoi would warn the curious usIlt"
"E''"H' '''' E''"' ''''''''".''''
A. % g'h'I"' Ihi""' h' ""- keep DO ms
s'all' secured JOS '".' ..'..'l-' winch ''.
i"R "i'',h'd '' I'. b" 80. """,' ann
reading o" Opposite "l''''"it, 'H'''n'
ally rFr'rnl'd ANY "H"r'T""' use "i
10" Nh"ri' Sh"rI' glossy ""'hN. hu' a'
li"''H h' W"s allowed 1" run ~ iN'
pasture, N'rh ms queer h""ra' ""lnH'
ana % Ninh "i inui'rrru thunder 'h'l hc
"''"H'"h''iN gave i"''h. W'"'u "'''l''
me attention ui lh"7' "h" '''''" "l""s
'he '"Hd'
oar iar'n was situated below the
bridge, as the river rau. on she other
side OF the Charles. Int above the
bridge, was the wilson harm. Mr.. VIII
son, iis owner. was, like my father,
mu'h Interested lh cattle ana lf idd
"rgr trrHrl hull ri which he Nas
very proud.
The animal weighed Hut q little l"ss
Than ours, aud WIS NEARLY hs hand
soinc. II" had won the Hrt' Nr's" TOR
.irr-'Ns. and was. IN fact. q urvIh ,rya-
turr'
MI Wilson's pasture reached DOWN
tu the water. like our own, and though
not exactly opposite. was -iill very
near occasionally our neighbour, bpIl
would be- out at the same time with
ours, aud then there would be- mus.,:
Although the intervening rund which
crossed the bridge prevented them
from srrinr each other, they wyuld
still brllnw defiance. Each would PAW
TIA" soft river bottom. thruWiur mp ar
abundance ~ mud and water that be-.
SCATTERED only his OWE handsome coat
while he yaiuly lnngcd Tor q good. say.
age clinrh with his enemy.
would not have mrt either al those
bulls in the middle of a tru.acrc lot
for the hest farm IN Nrv EprIapd IA
fact. whenever ours was to he set frrc
q convenient gate ur fence easy To climb
always entered intu the calculations uf
the person who held the rod aud haltcr:
and equal care was necessary when the
old king NJ the herd was Ia hr replaced
in his stall.
Onr day. when my father was ah.
sent, an unusual amount ut hrllu,,iug
was heard. aud. after time. we pcr.
cci,cd that II did not seem 10 come
from the direction Of the pusturr. We
children ryu Ia ard n,,t y,h,t th,. ,,,,,
ter was, taking good care, however, not
to pat oursciyrs In the way Of danger.
4 very brief examination told the
Whole story, y cloud OF dust was GO
ing up in one part OF the. highway, and
giving forth thunder very much in the
manner Of other clot,ls tndrr II we
could SIZE some huge animal, which
might once have been black and white.
hut which was nov nearly Of the color
Of the d,mi Itself The discovery was
startling. Dur big bull was out In the
ruad.
our hired men came running TO the
scene, buf they were JioNrrlcss In the
premises no one Of them having the
least incIinnisqn to pvnetrBtc that
thandereloud. or head IL IN" from
whatever direction 81 might happen 10 |
take.
just then the old stage coach. which /
ran regularly past our place, made It's 1
appearance around curve Of The high (
wny. and WINS Jogging along toward the .
river, when the driver suddenly drew
rim.
lie kaew our old thoroughbred hy
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