The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-20
Bulldog Ravages.

Bulldog Ravases.s y
Il; q Tarrance, Of Raymond street, Il
i great lover Of fowl culture, IN t
81 OF which he always keeps II
N hand a dock Of chickens !. selected
rom the choicest stock which ne
.F0sges and .recrosses TO secure tue
NEST specimens for hardness size
md eggs He takes great care ana ana
ride in theiriscultnre and develop,
nent. untitStecently, after sales ana
personal use, hefnad IS left. fos u.
winter. wklch he carefully housed and and
led so that they we're healthy and iat
and laying eggs regularly at a gona
round price. but he has not Gcf .
many now for, the -eason 70 be h L'N.t's
after5loarned from his sad 5exrerrN.f = &C.
Having fed them the. other day a!
noo, with warm food, he opened me
door ofihis hennery on leaving since
Inc sun was out, 10 give them peas
mi airing, tlien1rclrrned to theltlonu'see
AMI resumed his reading. Soon his
attention was called TO anoutslde as "
4urhance. ana looking through the
window saw several Of the chickens
out in Inc deep snow and lining up
along The fence in MI excited attitude;
| ~ This he suggested TO Ills wife th hat
thcre must be n change of weather
1 brewing since they had ventured OUT
60 far but with them 1t was present
] change in conditions rather. Soon lie
!, saw others in another part OF ,thelt
! enclosure in a state Of great eXc e
/ ment, which induced lin to 50 down
], Ito sec what was the matter. On ms NE
/ ,y,vl dawn he noticed one with
!; lhrnken wing and another badly
!, nonrled. at which he wondered. Their
!, farther on nc found one dead, ant
r sin on beyond it two more VIII
feathers strewn about as If some an
;nal had attacked them. The nature
Y of the cruel marauders he was no
n long In discovering, for as he hastii
h approached Tic open door OF the hel
Il merry out came the two bull doSs
S .Iohn Criss, his neighbor, residing Q
/, the corner Of State and Haynion
i. streets. So rabtd had they become
3 ihcjr onslaught ot dealing out DOC
+. and carnage, that It was with sre'
al dlHlculty he could defend others J no
n. 4hnir rayage even with n long pole
,e hand which he piled with eners
III Having finally succeeded IN drivll
Or Them away he turned sick at the sis
nj before him. for there lay about him
II. ofS;his choice large hens mangled al
diving. which with those gathered !
later on the outside OF tie henhe
made is in all that had been killed
10. these vicious and merciless bull DO
,c. So surprised and overcome was ne
is. The wholesale destruction of his cho
ur. brood strewn around him that he !
Ell got even ~ sME"' IVY 49, ""
his in silence from the sight that app
ow, cd him. Though no money would
zen them, since they we're choice Sc
ate lion from three species OF high D
esy stock reserved for future use ana
'wn twe, yet TO estimate their VAN !,
lie daily market he weighed ha!
dozen in their order which aVera
ia S pounds apiece. AT " por
rom for the average. and ten cents
for mound as the market value, w
the make his loss sustained by the
rslty slausht equal 10 $3.50. Later in
heir day Mr.. Farrancc sent for Mr. Y
will The owner Of the dogs, but withho'
cess. the motive OF his request, upon
sting arrival. he told Elm that he WI
ence 10 show him his chickens. Thel
their N. ia the hennery he threw oper
and door, when Mr.. Crisis exclaimed
own. horror at the sight which he too
Uni. beheld. and at once asked lhe
Of this carnage, when Mr.. Fari
told him that his own bull dogs d
rs To this he demurred, saying I'M
win dogs we're kept tied up. But
met positively assured that they wer
urday own dogs which had done the
e sta. chief, and that with hard fight
while we're they prevented from