The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

standing In that Enclosure was another
well. the curb OF which was not as secure
on it's base as II might have been.
The sudden appearance Of the runaway
horse among them scared the cows. One
COW ran against the well curb and knocked
i ov.r. This permitted a frightened year
ling heifer to hack into the top OF the ex-
posed well. Her hind quarters went down,
leaving her hanging by her forelegs to the
top Of the well.
Farmer Haywood's htteen-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 the disaster his sudden
cowyard. and grabbing by the horns the
heller that hung in the well, tugged away
at them with the laudable intention Of lift
ing her out Of her perilous situation.
The heller, having her doubts abou, the
sss os, yu0s e 40 &, S h to
out OF we'll. started in to help her by kick
ing and pushing with her hind feet a yainst
The WILL wall. This caus d the hsifvr 10
los. the hold her forelegs had on the top
OF the well and down she went all In a heap
to the bottom. The hors,. still und.r the
promptings Of the yellow Jackets, had gone
right on, taking the inclosure fenS,, aad
speeding through an adJaosnt lot without
having stopped q moment to contemplate
the damage he had done.
when Farmer Haywood and / came
painting on the sceae the heller had juit
made her desc tent into the well. With
the help Of the lied man and the farmer
oldett boy. jim, the heller was, with ropes
and tackle, at last hoi ted from the well.
a little disiigured. but .til chewing her
her churning. The churn dog. probably
In attempting to get out and see what the
excitement in the cow yard was all about,
had leaped over the side OF the machiG g
and hanged himself by the rope that held
him.
-'whyr said Farmer Haywood I've
had more'n twenty churn dogs on this
farm. and never knowed one to do se,ch
thiag as that beforer
Farmer Haywood had a blooded bull.
where the bull was boss. A man. supposed
TO be from Scranton. sought that trout
brook early one morning, although anglers
were distinctly and enphatically. varied
BY many mott -es pos. ed along IL that tres.
passing on that brook was for5idden aha
the law. and was whipping II with some
success, l could see from the hill not far
away, where l was making feast from
the blackberry bushes.
by and by he heard 2 rumbling noise
behind him. He looked that way and saw
Farmer Haywood's bull coming for him,
head down and tail up. and not fifty feet
away. The fisherman dashed across the
brook and, as the bull kept right on, con-
cluded not to try speed with the aiimsl.
but shinned upa small chestnut tree at the
brooksiie.
sThe bull paved dirt and roared, end
showed no dispos.t on TO go away. Owing
to the notices ON the tro e. along the brook.
the Scranton man, l suppose, did not care
to hol er for he lip, but later being kept on
his perch for two hours by tho bull, whose
p..tis nee was only equaiIed by his fie ett -,
the fisherman evidently concluGtd that he
would prefer getting caught by the farmer
to being freed indefinitely by the bull. for
he began to yell for some one to come nd
rescue him. had remained among the
berry bushes. but did not feel equal 10
the task OF roscuing the man from the bull.
After o quarter Of an hour or 30. though,
his yelling was heard by Farmer Hay
woods son jim, who WIS on his way TO
q back lot, and Jim went to the aid OF the
freed fisherman. The attention OF the
bull was no sooner drawn from the fisher r.
man by the approach Of the farmers son
than the fisherman dropped down out OF
the tree and made tracks Tor more peaceful
territory, without waiting TO be identifit d
by the farmers son or 70 give thanks 10
him for his rescue.
The farmers son. with the intention
Of overhs uling the trespasser and marking
him for future reference as an exhibit In
. lawsuit, started on Q run after him. The