Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16

HE COWED THE LION.
THE DARBY eELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.

and Ugly Circus Animal Wns Re-
turned to the Snowman After q
Railroad smash Up.
Its queer how animals will act n q
railroad wreck" said the boss canvas
man. "Now there wus tn Saberlee
wreck. Six cars wus In tn ditch an
half o. tn shows dens wus under 'em.
There wus one cage o monkeys mash
ed fiat that we knowed OF, an lot o
tn other animals had took I III woods,
little animals, zebras an wolves an deer
an such Ike. Nothin I do any harm
exceptin III big lion, Monarch. His
den wus bottom up in little puddle @
ditch water, with hole stove in II big
enough t let out a COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ant
mails.
We'll. It wus all of with maxim III
stand that day, SO We put up III runs,
got tn cookhouse outfit down on III
ground, had breakfast an started IN [
dig tn stuff out o. tn ditch. TIL rail
road company's wreckin crew come
along I help as, an we'd got purity well
under way when tall, black buck
darky come out o. III woods an stood
round ruhberin
Nobody paid any attention Z him fer
awhile, but by'nTby Mack, tn chande-
lier man. spoke Z him, kind o kidded
him about bein han some, er some such
CUFF II wus Missouri, an he WIS a real
black buck. Didn't have anything I
say back-didn't say anything at all. in
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shuttied round in
his cowhide boots from one foot I tn
other an grnned hashfull!ke. By'n'hy
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind O took courage.
Ibid any O you gemmen losed 81
raffeF he says.
'G!rafeT Mack says. No; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
Why
We'll, boss, All done foun' some
thin up in nah 'tato patch this mawu-
IN, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longed
{ you all
Mack got interested. Wot does it
look lkeT
"'Lawdy, boss, hits mos monstrous.
Nevah did see no sech ole thing befoh.
sab Big cat vahmint, with yaller eyes,
an 81. done come a-snahiin an a-sp'ttin
at NE soon as All got out O bald
Where is IT. says Mack.
"'Oh. All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
{ nah cabin
go an sit It an fetch It down here
says Mack. Then tn wreckin crew got
a tackle roun' another den, an we for
got al about IL darky.
Maybe It wus 20 minutes, an maybe
Il wus half al hour when we heard a
noise over on tn road amongst III trees
"a noise kinder Ike niger drivin
mule or like somethin be!n driven. 1t
come nearer an louder an louder an
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
listened. en- III ole man himself come
out O his car with his napkin hangin
roun' lis neck.
What is thatr he pipes up in his
srappy way. Who is that out there?
Go an see what that racket is, some o
you boys. Hurry up, now
Nobody paid any attention Z him,
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. In
q couple O minutes a cloud o dust
sailed out from behind III trees. When |
II got within a hundred yards o tn |
track. It cleared up bit, an there wus
that big, black niger with rope in |
one nit IN piece o fence rail IN tn /
other. On III other end O. III rope wus |
Monarch.
"Of all tn mean, sneakin, under
handed cat animals that ever travelled |
with a circus Monarch WIS tn worst |
an powerful fighter when he had any
sort O. show. Sometimes we'd put our
hands on tn canvas cover O his cage
when he had Z run over tn train, an
there never WIS a time, day or night.
that be hadn't q slap ready fer you.
Well, that darby WIS a-lamn!n
him with his chunk O. fence an talkin
mule talk { him wuss than anything
you ever saw in tn south.
"'C'm on long heah, you yaller
eyed devil he wus sayin. 'Ah don
know what you is, but you ain gUin
snahl ner spit at me, nohow. Cm on
long theh. you big sassy vahmint' an
with that he'd lam him with his pace
D fence an let drive with his cowh!de
boots.
An you Kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-comin. never saw a cr!tter so
owed as be WIS. Why, when that mig
ger brought him right in amongst Us
here wus nobody that took tn trouble
open up a gangway, an reckon any
7oupg one could "a took him by tn
,cruff O. III neck an turned him over
IN his back He WIS Jest great over
yrown pet tou.cat, With all tn fight an
neanness walloped out O. him.
Wed yankel his den up on to tn
Dad bed with tn hole in tn end
)utted against a wagon. Tn door wus
pen an when Monarch saw his happy
title home waitin there fer him be
erked III rope out o tn darky's hand
N bolted inside II. He couldn't get
ur enough inside. either-went away
ID in tn fur corner an tried [ hide.
shut tn door an spoke TO him.
ut Monarch wus tn worst whipped !
at animal you ever saw."-New York
Jun.
suppressfnC Cruelty.
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