The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-10-03
BRAIN AND Drawn
When Human Intelligence Tri-
umphed Over Brute Force.
Lesson Is Drawn From an lnterestino
Battle of Wits Between Ohioan
and Great Big Bull.

One Of those unfortunate things that
1t would have been interesting to see,
us long us it had to happen anyway,
is reported by the Hicksvlle Tribune,
which relates q rather discOnccrting
experience which recently befell Joe
Spire, the prominent man of peace Of
Farmer township. Mr.. Spirc, who is
great lover of nature in all her variant
moods, was enjoying delightful day
hfield. trudgtng musingly along with
nothing further from his mind than
huge and voraciOus bulls, when sud-
denly, emerging from n splnney upon
Il fallow moorland, or haugh, he sud-
denly and quite against his will found
himself face to face with one Of these
vast creatures.
Mr.. Spiro, always quick thinker,
formulated his plan Of attack at once,
and without the loss Of an instant was
IN full strategic retreat, double-quick-
ing as lover of nature never double
Quicked before in a beeline for an an
parently stout and dependable barbcd
wire fence at no great distance as
distances are measured under normal
conditions. Meanwhile our bull, also
Il quick thinker, had formulated his
plan also, and, swiftly putting it into
effect, almost Immediately head
downed. tail-upped, snortcd, paved,
beloved and was In full cry.
1t was wonderful race, human in
telligence against brute strength, and,
rs is customary in such cases, human
Intelligence won, slipping desperately
through the barbcd wire entanglcmcnts
just rs brute strengths hot breath be-
gan to make itself felt on his rear
breadth. Lullcd to a false sense Of
security by the position Of the fence
Mr.. Spire now began to resume his
pleasant communion with nature when
Of sudden our bull, smnrting under
his apparent defeat and resolving not
to be cheated Of his prey so easily, took
up the trail again and shot bodily
through the slender wire barrier rs
If 1T had not been there at all. Even
So Mr.. Spire did not lose his presence
Of mind for one moment, but cIsvcrly
slipped back through the fence at a
point few rods above the gap made
by It's grim pursucr, who. profiting by
his recent experience, did not pause
at all this time, but thundercd through
the entanglcmcnts. his cruel fangs
never more than three feet to rear
ward Of our hcro's natty hunting trou-
serS.
And thus the strange battle Of brain
against Drawn continued indefinitely,
rs II began to seem to Mr.. Spirc. brain
slipping through the fence ana brawn
crashing through behind him until at
last brain had worked his way to a
StOutcr and n0ntrarSparcnt barrier nt
the extreme edge OF the mOOrland, or
haugh. and throwing all his remaining
energies into one last frantic effort,
clambercd over just in time to escape
the eager and slavcring jaws OF our
colossal beast, who now in very truth
was fciled completely.
We seldom have noted so striking an
illustration Of the ultimate superiority
Of human intelligence to brute force,
although, as Mr.. Snire laughingly re-
marked when our accredited represent
ative arrived on the scene, the ultl-
mate sometimes seems an uncOnsciOIf-
ably long time comiDg.--Ohio State
Journal.