Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-18

self-same fence. Morrison is afraid of
 nothing with horns and hoofs on it, but he has had very wholesome re-
 spect for COW buffaloes, ever since the
 day when he did not get over the fence
 quite fast enough, and a savage moth
 CT bison pinned his legs to the boards,
 and caused him to go on crutches for
 three months afterwards.
 After we had taken a few more pic
 lures, it was decided to capture the
 calves which I was to bring up by
 hand. First of all it was necessary to
 separate them from their mothers, who
 otherwise would. of course, kill anyone
 who laid a hand on their babies. In
 sary to drive all the COWS and calves
 from the buffalo yards to series of
 cattle pens about a quarter of mile
 away, and as these pens opened one
 into another, we expected to be able to
 accomplish our object without much
 danger. A special fence had been
 built between the yards and the cattle pens, into which the buffaloes allowed themselves 10 be driven without of- fering much resistance. Gradually, by careful driving. the skillful opening and shutting of gates, and a fearless attitude maintained by Morrison throughout, the separation was ef fected, and we had the cows in one pen and their calves in the next But what hubbub there was. The COWS, mad as hornets, were rushing up and down the fence. and grunting savage ly, while the calves on the other side were galloping this way and that, leap ing clean over one another in their ef- forts to rejoin their mothers Now came the little job of putting them into the crates, and no one who has not handled buffalo calves can quite un- derstand the fun it was.
 They raced from point to point, jumping slap into the fence until it seemed that they must surely break their necks. and did about every nor tai thing except go into the crates. So it was decided that they should be caught by hand. Four of the strong 1 est men on the place. besides myself, 1 entered the pen. and then the real work l began. The calves were pretty tired by I this time. and their tongues were loll- | ing far, out of their mouths, but they | were conquered not one little bit | Every now and then, one of them i would come at full speed. catch a man below his waist line. and send him to the dust. Presently one of the little scamps came past me, and crashed right into the board fence. and fell at my feet. I thought that he had killed himself. but instinetively threw my self upon him. He was only slightly and the next instant he was on his feet. and I was of mine. I could not have held him for ten sec onds. had not two big fellows come up and thrown their arms around him He kicked. butted and plunged. until f. seemed that he might get away. in spite of us all. but one seized his fore legs. another his hind legs. and the third took him round the body When he found that he was really a captive. he opened his month and bavled with HI his might. and all the COWS in the next incIozurs answered him al once. Ii md ground their heads against the fence until we feared it might give way. We prayed that it would hold: xe knew what would happen if il iidnt. The three of us finally got the .alf into a deer crate. and fn the mean fine the other tvo men had captured mother When the second one was put into The crate. there was fight II one. and the tvo little vEld things suttsi ore another vigorously o1 gen .rzI p-Inciples. A little later another rate h.a tro occupants. and ve left hem to eaist down
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