Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-23
he COWED THE LION.
HE DARBY BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.

OUT OF MONARCH.
-aughabIc Manner In which the Big
and Ugly Circus Animal Was Re-
turned to the Snowman After n
Railroad Smash Up.
ITS queer how animals will act in a
ailroSd wreck" said the boss canvas
han "Now there wus tn Saberlee
wreck. Six cars wus in tn ditch an
alf O. tn shows dens wus under 'em.
there wus one cage O. monkeys mash
d fat that we knowed of, an a lot O.
b. other animals had took t tn woods,
title animals, zebras an wolves an deer
n such like. Nothin t do any harm
xceptin tn big lion, Monarch. His
en- wus bottom up In little puddle O.
itch water, with a hole stove in it big
nough t let out COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ami
nails.
"Well, 1t wus all off with maxim tn
tand that day, so we put up tn runs
kot tn cookhouse outfit down on tn
kround, had breakfast an started in t
lig tn stuff out O tn ditch. TIL rail-
DAD company's wreckin crew come
pllong t help us, an we'd got purity well
under way when a tall, black buck
larky come out O. tn woods an stood
|ound rubberin.
Nobody paid any attention t him fer
while, but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
Ter man, spoke t him, kind O kidded
him about bein handsome, er some such
huff. 1t wus Missouri, an he wus a real
black buck. Didn't have anything t
ay back-didn't say anything at all. in
act fer awhile. Jes' shuffled round in
bis cowhide boots from one foot L tn
ther an grinned bashfullike. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
be kind O. took courage.
"'Did any O. you gemmen losed g-
FatfeT he says.
"'GiraffeY Mack says. No; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
WhyY
"'Well, boss, All done foun' some
hin up in NAH 'tato patch this mawn-
n, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longed
you ALL
Mack got interested. 'Wot does 1t
ook likeT
"Lawdy, boss, hits mos monstrous.
Eevah did see no sech ole thing befoh,
bah. Big cat vahmint, with yaller eyes,
hn hit done come a-snahlin an a-spittin
BIT me soon as All got out O. bald
"'Where is it? says Mack.
"'Oh, All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put a rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
nah cabin
"'Go an git 1t an fetch it down here
bays Mack. Then tn wreckin crew got
, tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about tn darby.
maybe it wus 20 minutes. an maybe
t wus half an hour when we heard a
boise over on tn road amongst tn trees
a noise kinder like niger drivin q
mule or like somethin bein driven. 1t
come nearer an louder an louder an
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
listened, an tn ole man himself come
put O. his car with his napkin hangin
foun' his neck.
"'What is thatT he pipes up in Nls
Bnappy way. Who is that out there
10 du see WHAT tUdL racket is, sOIue U
you boys. Hurry up. now
Nobody paid any attention t him,
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. In
couple O. minutes a cloud O dust
sailed out from behind tn trees. When
1t got within a hundred yards O. tn
track, it cleared up bit, an there wus
that big, black niger with a rope in
mn NIT MI ~ in
other. On tn other end O tn rope wus
Monarch.
"Of all tn mean, sneakin, under
handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with a circus Monarch wus 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 t. run over tn train, an
there never wus time, day or night
that he hadn't slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darky wus a-lammin
him with his chunk O. fence an talkin
mule talk t. 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 goir
snahl ner spit at me, nohow. C'm or
long theh, you big sassy vahmint,' ar
with that he'd lam him with his piece
o. fence an let drive with his cowhide
boots.
"An you kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-comin. l never saw a critter 81
cowed as he wus. Why, when that mig
ger brought him right in amongst III
there wus nobody that took tn trouble
t open up a gangway, an reckon an!
young one could "a took him by tn
scruff O. tn neck an turned him owe
on his back. He wus jest great, over
grown pet tomcat, with all tn fight al
meanness walloped out O. him.
WED yanked his den up on TO tn
road bed with tn hole in tn enc
butted against wagon. TIL door WI
open, an when Monarch saw his happ.
little home waitin there fer him b