The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-06-05

"By and by the horse stepped in a
yellow Jackets nest. Some of the hot
ended occupants of the nest came out
and rested on the horse. Instantly he
began to kick and squeal, and then
away he went across the field as fast
as he could tear, taking the plough
and the boy with him. Farmer Hay
wood stood open mouthed and speech
less moment, and then exclaimed:
"'It beats tarnation! I've ploughed
this field for goin' On to nigh forty
years and l never knowed it to have
yaller Jackets nest in it beforc!'
"Then the farmer and | started in
the wake of the horse and the boy.
The latter had held on to the lines un-
til he was dragged half way across the
cornfield, moving down rows of corn
like cyclone, when he let go.
"The horse cleared two fences in his
later course, parting from the plough
at the first one, and dashed into an in
closure near the house where some
COWS were standing. In that inclosure
was another we'll, the curb of which
was not as secure on its base as it
might have been.
'The sudden appearance of the run
away horse among them scared the
cows. One COW ran against the we'll
curb and knocked it over. This per-
mitted frightened yearling heifer to
back into the top Of the exposed well.
Her hind quarters went down, leaving
her hanging by her forelegs to the top
of the we'll.
"Farmer Haywood's fifteen-year-old
daughter was just putting the churn
dog to work on the machine at the
back OF the house when the horse, still
ridden by persistent and penetrative
yellow jacket or two, dashed in among
the cows, and she saw tie disaster his
sudden appearance had caused. She
ran to the cowyard, and grabbing by
the horns the heifer that bung in the
well, tugged away at them with the
laudable intention of lifting her out OF
her per!ous position.
"The c;fer, having her doubts about
the ability of fifteen-year-old girl to
hoist unaided 800 or 400 pounds OF
beef out of well, started in to help
her by kicking and pushing with her
hind feet against the we'll wall. This
caused the heifer to lose the hold her
forelegs had on the top of the we'll, and
down she went all in heap to the
bottom. The horse, still under the
promptings of the yellow jackets, had
gone right on, taking the inclosure
fence, and speeding through an ada
cent lot without having stopped a mo-
ment to contemplate the damage he
had done.
"When Farmer Haywood and l came
painting on the scene the heifer had
just made her descent into the well.
With the help of the hired man and
the farmers oldest boy, Jim, the heifer
was, with ropes and tackle, at last
hoisted from The we'll, little disfgured,
but still chewing her cud. The farm
er's daughter went back to her churn-
ing. The churn dog, probably IN at
tempting to get out and see what the
exitement in the cowyard was all
about, had leapcd over the side of the
machine and hanged himself by the
rope that held him.
"'Why!' said Farmer Haywood
I've had more'n twenty churn dogs
on this farm, and l never knowed one
to do setch thing as that before!'
"Farmer Haywood had a blooded
bull. A trout stream ran through the
pasture where the bull was boss. A
man, supposed to be from Scranton,
sought that trout brook early one
morning, although anglers were dis
tinctly and emphatically warned by
many notices posted along it that
trespasslng on that brook was forbid
den and would be punished to the full
extent of the law, and was whipping
it with some success, could see from
the hill not tar away, where | was
making feast from the black berry
bushes
"By and by he heard rumbling
noise behind him. He looked that
way and saw Farmer Hay woods bull
coming for him, head down and tail
mp, and not fifty feet away. The fish
nrman dashed across the brook and, as
to the bull kept right on, concluded |
not to try speed with animal, Skinned
up small chestnut tree at the brook
side
"The bull paved dirt and roared,
and showed no disposition to 60 away.
Owing to the notices on the tree, along