The Press., 1906-12-26
UNION.

F. A. Moore, his hired man Tony and Merrick Vinton, with their dogs, figured in bit of Texas range life recently, which they had not re- hearsed. When Lyman Moore round ed up his cattle last fall he secured all but three head. These he could not get He sent men to round up the trio and they came back, reporting failure to do so. As winter came on MT. Moore ordered men to shoot one steer in particular, if not possible to capture it. On Thursday last F. A. Moore and Tony located the runaways in the "company pasture," and F.. A. thought if other cattle were brought these three head would fol- low them home. Tony was dis patched to the farm for the cattle, and about this time the dogs mixed up with the runaways. F. A, who was alone in the pasture, had the sensa- tion of seeing a two-year- steer headed for him, and coming about as fast as the O. V. R. R. passenger trains run when making up time, and as usual when such speed is reached something happens. F. A. had play ed football, so he stood at guard. The steer threw him about 20 feet, and was on F. A. when he hit earth. Things looked bad. for he was hurt, and the steer, enraged and believing, was renewing his attack, with F. A. down. By shouting to the dogs and encouraging them to tackle the steer, he managed to get away and to a wall. Tony, hearing the shouting, hurried back in time to join F. A. in jumping back and to over the wall, as the steer would get back 20 feet from the wall and come charging dowAteTard then, cloar tho wall at a bound, and repeat the operation. They finally started dogs and steer to running, and the steer was followed from the Massachusetts line nearly to Sturbridge Town, then back to the lead mine hills. Friday morning F. A. and Merrick Vinton, with couple of good dogs, located the steer, and at first sight it started for them. They released a dog and it diverted the steers attention long enough for F. A. to head his team toward home, and then race began, the steer, wild.eyed and believing, as it came up to the wagon Merrick's dog was released, and he brought the steer alongside of the team. At this stage of the run Merrick leaped over the dash from the wagon, made a landing, slid to the ground, hanging on to the neares thing handy, which was the streer's tail. Things turned around for few minutes, and as soon as F. A. could stop his team, gather up some rope and get to the steer he jumped for it's nose. A teamster hap pening along assisted in throwing and tieing the steer, afterwards carting it to Moore's farm. F. A. was badly scratched in the final capture, and was not in fit condition to mix up in it. No one was seriously hurt, but Moore and Vinton both realized the danger of allowing the steer to remain at large. The two remaining head are not ugly, but wild, and will not come near any human being. MT. Moore is placing hay and feed in different localities, hoping to tame &n VI e if possible that the bear, which has been seen in the vicinity of the pasture where the cattle were kept, has been attacking these cattle and as @ result caused this unusual wildness?
 Rock Meadow.
 Miss Mabel Pease spent Sunday and Christmas with her parents at Stafford Springs.
 Every one that desires their items seen in The Press must sign their name to all letters sent to the corre- spondent.
 Harold Hubbard of Connecticut Agricultural college visited over Sun day and Christmas with his sister, Mrs. Adelbert Agard.
 The union prayer meeting that was to have been held last week Friday evening at Mrs. F. H. Ballou's was postponed, the weather not being very favorable.
 Mrs. F. H. Ballou and son, Frank, MT. ana Mrs. Everett Mathews, MT. and Mrs. David Mathews attended the funeral of Mrs. Ballou's sister in. :. law, Mrs., T. O. Lathrop, at Stafford Springs last Saturday afternoon.