The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-08-06

| Jackie, at iaSG nOlSteQ from the well,
a little disfgured, but still chewing
her cud. The farmers daughter went
back to 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 machine
and hanged himself by the rope that
held him.
| ".Why!' said Farmer Haywood, I've
had more'n 20 churn dogs on this
farm, and I 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
trespassing on that brook was for
hidden and would be punished to the
full extent of the law.
by and by he heard a rumbling
noise behind him. He looked that
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coming for him, head down and tail
up, and not so feet away. The fisher
man dashed across the brook and, as
the bull kept right on, concluded not
to try speed with the animal, but
Skinned up small chestnut tree at
the brookside.
"The bull paved dirt and roared,
ch 70
away. Owing to the notices on the
trees along the brook, the Scranton
man. suppose, did not care to holler
for help, but, after being kept on
his perch for two hours by the bull,
whose patience was only equaled
by his fierceness, the fisherman evi-
IDENTIFY concluded that he would pre-
fer getting caught by the farmer to
being treed indefinitely by the bull,
for he began to yell for some one to
come and rescue him. had remained
among the berry bushes, but did not
feel equal to the task of rescuing the
man from the bull.
after quarter of an hour or so,
though, his yelling was heard by
Farmer Haywood's son Jim, who was
on his way to a back lot, and jim
went to the aid of the treed fisher.
man. The attention of the bull was
no sooner drawn from the fisherman
by the approach of the farmers son
than the fisherman dropped down out
of the tree and made tracks for mora
peaceful territory, without waiting to
be identified by the farmers son or
to give thanks to him for his rescue.
"The farmers son, with the inten-
tion of overhauling the trespasser
and marking him for future refer
ence as an exhibit in lawsuit, start
ed on run after him. The bull,
undoubtedly mad at Jim for spelling
its fun. pursued the farmers son.
"The trespassing fisherman got to
the fence and over it only jump or
,, two ahead of Jim, and tore down the
road. Jim would have overtaken
him all right, but just as he was in
the act of swinging himself over the
fence the bull came up, projected him
self against Jim just below where
his hind suspender buttons were, and
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the road, like some missile shot from
catapult. Jim landed in the brush
and by the time got down there and
helped him to get himself together
and find the road, the Scranton man
was out of sight. The bull was graz
ing in the lot, as If nothing had hap.
pened.
"When Jim come limping back tc
the house with me. we found his II
; year-old brother just mounting q
horse to ride away, and the house
hold in great excitement
"'Where you goin' to, Billy?' said
Jim to his brother.
"'After the DOCTOR" said Billy. THE
hired man has jest had two fingers
took off by the mowin' machine
"It's tarnation SINCLAIR said
Farmer Haywood. 4 never had 9
. m,owin' machine to act up like that
before! And another thing, there's
fox prowlin' around here O. nights
, and there hain't been one around il
: 20 years before First thing we
know there1l be some chicken.
missin'.'
: "Jim said he would set trap fol
, the fox, and he did. The next morn
ing when he went out to the trap hi
, found in it a blooded Cotswold ram
, that Farmer Haywood wouldn't have
: taken $3.50 for. The fox had beer
). around, though, for the best Ply
,, mouth Rock rooster the farmer hat
was gone.
$50 Farmer Haywood said he woult
lie for that fox with the old gun tha-
: night, but along in the afternoon
/. asked the farmer if I couldn't take
the gun and go over to the oacl
!. meadow and shoot grounding tha-
!. was making away with the clover
! crop.
q "'You kin take the gum said he
. and you kin go over to the bacl
4 medder, but I dunno whether you XIII
! shoot the ground hog or not