El
nserw., °
l 4 rrt li.f:r:.
1M
--- -ORAPIDFAT4.:ER4. OLD 'FARM,
1V1 . 1.1.T WA . S.-1Y0.`41 WITH IT
I arts on:rc trip the erg's 1403 , old fotpw.l
tnyself•uprin NP11.t... WWI tt gptalvinlinlyv nun
tylvdpeetl whom Os Imhof. WI
nje) I endoii -- ored to. iun4:(3. ittSrtelf . o . ggi'ecteble;
en'rourc.:
After aid iittrre,lninge ortifew con:iniiotlrlace
reinarlts,”o„n'r,e9nyurclrtion,'ltivittl : upon. : the
F,ubjedt tif.n.t , ricultttre, the. alii - ands.new..modes
of Isilitiing; I -stigirinentlyTnscortititkl
niy•renornblo ai.gntiiittnncc erns ID most
fnriner,l‘blpfiludretired in 1115. old
— ll.gks ,upon - a-ronipetvacy, As -IVD.l.DlaDillelf
in the CIO'S ho entertlllted, roc wiili till! snip
--Btane . o of tit& followini; narrative, tho_.(latais
wliich he assnred . the had Wan:Tired within
his Itint‘Vic
.•
.Spealting of the e:geiting progres itn
prov;ements ~
agriculture, said he, remind
me of nu instance timt. occurred within my
• 'remetnlmince, yhieb I will ;Tinto to yeti, -if
-- ::ynamre--(fisposetl to hear it-r----1.--thatikeil,.liiin
alia heyrocetle,l mr'rm follows 4.- „ . _ -
--- 8 - crt , n . e forty pairs or more ago', a neighbor
of mine In C , it )Ir. Smith ( - mni - ilea iikii . ini
inuisetynet of hurl, willeh he' ei - illeila • form.'
lt.wasalmilt_thitty viols in -width, 'and -n-p
-, war, s of two Illikii ill iel , 01; 'upon Ns' hi 04 la;
\
liml tc.c.nbroug.lit up a" fat nmr," 'and yll'ere
- his fatlfer . itiO 'granilfather Ira c. lived" before
IMO
. genpation Of' tile" ...timits that had
--divelt-iiiion this st.iip of land, had. non . triod.
to fanian it, enelt hi the someold way, year in
turd year out, front father to son. Tliit p_lpoo
Ina •ti6ver lotoOn a, dolltirti.'.incumUr;tuc'e
16,i been re.nrcti.-npon„..i.t,
.
generation atter g‘...itorationciiino and IntSt-t , tl•
uaay there, .atid t patitst 141a,ijii•
.sante dilapittatt.4:tra,ls find sltantics .and. .Iv
cay.ed trers_iin.o still visible—al niost the .5:11110
furyoiy:liad beenzt.uttieg fur fi hundred . xeriv : . ,
'and tonne as t6lc!/li'i) - 11"&ii - Ow --ousloni
Of.the,Sct,ith . families-on previcats etectatiiii7, it
&pally mime the-turn of the °cmp:int to
•
sign' grandfather's old.place to - his • only - son,
•
Ben Smith, new come to thirty,
For five :and thirty years at least Ben's . fn-
Alter had. ma'rit:tl, on :his 'farm:: all 'that
long-•peritg and regular .ns the yetr. - rolLd
Mr. Smith
_plowed upr,
his eight '.acres, mowed, all the grass that .
-....llrovidence would grow for him, pastured his
ten,sheep, reared his four mad'of cattle, fat
trued his three hogs, and wintered as many
cows. But this was not all. ..
True Mr. Smith had a great farm, Ile
.. •
toiled like a trooper, rum daylight- till dark.
lle raised his own. rk and corn,, such ns it
was, his cattle and fodder ; front his own for
o.- rest the Wo d he Mulled ; never Mwed any
man u farthing. Ile contrived even to pay'
his own-town and county'.. tag. But ho was
literally "even with - th - rworld,"..for-he 'owed
no one, and no one owed hitmit dollar. And
__solit_livitlitp_to seventy_____
"Ben," said the 'old man to his 'son, one
evening, as they siit before the tire, 'q am
. getting old, I bare worked pooty laird here;
for a good many years, and 1 have concluded
to give it up. It is your turn 'Low."
turn for whail" , asked.Ben. •
"To take charge of the 'farm, Ben. You
areffeTing, stout and healthy. lam going to
give up the Itomestead to yen.; and if you .
continue.to labor constantlyas I've done, and
your grandfather did before us—you can get
a good livin' offon't as We have do tt e ' W e.
can't take nothing out of
,this-world with us,
Ben, Naked we came into it andso we muse
_ • out: . Batthe old plebe is free frone incum
brume,' there never was a dollar mortgage on
- and I hope„ there iteOr wilFbe, I shall
• give you the farm free and clear timmorrow.
Bea slept - on this, and-the next dtty•
master of the farm thirty rods wide'. and two
nod a half miles long. - • . •
" I shall take the place, father," he said,
",and carry it on; but not as you and grand
father, and hig•-father .
And thOugh the old gentleman shook his
_. head and looked earnestly-over the -bridge of
his spectacles at his - seb, Ben was as good as
his word ; foithwith be went to work iti. ear.,
nest. - •
o iisl
EEE
• come. Ben went into,the old - bight.
acre field end ploughed-up the one half of
Upon this bC had'Aeflosited the whole of the
season's manure,' that hitherto .feeyenrs _been:
ifiliitirepx.ead . upen trouble thp Buffoon: '
•
harrowed thesstr-ticrps,. and harrowt . d them
Booing time. came and Ben 1)0 only
one half the space dogo over. Though --the
• corn andpotatoes.looked finely.,nntl•the beets,'
'the cabbages,,and carrots greist
anktbe old man grew - crusty, mind deolnred it ,
wouldn'tlo,,there wouldn't be roots enough.
But Ben, wont right along his own way,'
_t _e: hoeing Ben went into his four
r
'neres ; but not . with a - band hoe., got
some sort of a patent-eh, (as the old 'men
•
termed hitches:Me the old mare's heels
instead, of hoeing his pOtatoei mait
.fashlom;
he'd - begun with Lie luTrovetnent . hnt tha
ME
etltivntor, ns 1)6 Called it, "Wouldn't work
no how."
Ben contilniekto iisp the ritlitivater,. how
"ever_; thb oh.) gentleman ,
niud potatoes aoutinuoll to
' • .•, .•
•
• Ben Sinith•bnd -gone over to :u - neirdtbbring
tpwn rhrly in the spring and rtinTin diqa. (tell
•
whs• the first Stnilh tharever . .dhl this thiu~),
for two 114(11.'ed im'sll"643 . ''' nasty u§lies, • ' • '•
whielf he togged the to to dhi:
tprifi ittld
wa.s 011,inn0v1t1011 sut!e: •
110 had sul!selibed for ph per `io8,•;- - whnt
hiii"jitneraultof r . ",eultilhaer" • iish64 . " • • o . d
• . 1.)601; .t he • 6hr dentleunin •
ertl7,eir.•, . 1 It would tin'
• - •
. rate, sold the old genitmpn.. - • • -
. . -
nut the four acres ikpd pot:.,tor3nifil
greA'fifinety, •11;f I
seen--suoll-cornt-buell..pota.h.:es.nilits!y::,
- rots. -
The grass canny up thick' -nod strong - . and
: thrifty, - ant the hat:vest time came arelltla at
last. • •• •
The Cattle had 7 plenty .4f good :feed, - and
they were fat and sleek, the pigs u:ei . e fat, the
pnultry was fat, tire !tarse was . fat, and
L'e'n g.arnerol his
OAF, - --- drig potatoes; hie -.siz'cd
beets, and his peat h:glYetiow• carrots. Ben
jiad found tinie , dining his 'evenings.to read.
ttte agriculiuraharf.eies in. his paper; anti to
post himi , elf itt re'.artithe 'markets. •
yinier.etutia. :mil the good. old ather entei•-
:•on the - barn.- - "Tt. , iyns eramMed WI-bay-and
cornstalks and, wheat and rye,. The gptini::::
Watt , 10t . 1(4 , 1 With. corn ; tifFtrnA AY : co bad — rqJrCr'( • tieNtt'llll;worlisimve recent]; been published
ckrefully tdshell the_ cobs Crnm,s Ate • (At V: -bcast:i of Atte forests .
edge ore ,‘ t;t.o ia).l — hcsidt, atti.thct iol d f r ,, m it c uttviltic li they !luxe e.t : attu'atcle,d:
stupid - tthichiDe, hushei of e,os. I Iv , t.t iA e-t.ntisfied of the in • to . est th4t ,
at the't, p
.whihA the Lig gohiet) L:i..triets rurh..! ;cnin this
ed otit ip tt eottit . ent showtr., PA' the bi.ttioc•= l ,== I A h oo k 0,1161 the
Ben torlh had ";(1:111117.le,1:ed'''::::i$:-.7t'Lliliirm t it,, \C'4n
cash tipoil n corthEheller.: I 1 , 1 . 4 in 1t _„r,l this: tho
. ucc boy e,.inic.g io,.exelchned the .yAltel:). t.ts t.ur in Jittliti. Tit ry,
.go.nitcr, as he sighed bud Aurhed to the. 1.2, In j t2.rtiut to the Itlow-ento.ts of the
(hide," AY I:: ittt C the 1 - o .ll o wit, g , (1e... F e:416)n of
ME
111fITL 11:1:rvt.;,;1:,g
"time t,n ii
nr
The corn tad•turited out grandly. Tl.•-le.tts
every, thiUg'in a:id only one bill' ut
the gimund had - been tilled, . Botyroit.le.l to
the gratifyiar result, and fathei:•s t•nly
-slillok:his head, and said, 'Tom you htiec beet;
T.T.Yetty- lucky ; we've had a - remarkable sens•:,n,
bare grts4in finely."
$ •
lien Smith Jr. only smiled at this,
•
tinned to void his agrlault.ural - _,Ntwhs,' sub
- •seribed.for another paper, and raid - fcr tfienil
both, Oh, what , extravaiganee !). and .winter
1 4 passed glibly away. • .
He killed Willie old raZoi . ..hneked gruntt4s
that had been .bred upon t to tuHent farm ,
fnaru Ailue„„ituutimuria% find 19M2gl!t . six iin*
.prat d 6utfollifi,instead three aligators
that had previously been annually tolerated
on the Smith farm
The euperanuated cows,_-__? with the crum
pled hornsf,P turned into beef, stare
brace of shining Durhams in their pi ices,' A
subsoil plow 'found its way into the yard one
uioriiiaigearly in idie - spritrgoind =
gled harrow" followed this. Then'come d new
patent churn, then a etipital striiw cutter, then
Tore •'uasty . ashes,'' then a' seed drill—iind
"there was no end,.( said lien .senior ) tot*
infernal machines that Ben, jr., cluttered
the old place Wail.
• .
Ben had been no idler meantime. had
drawn into the eow yard two hundred loads, o 1
pond `muck the•previons fall. Ile got • plaster
and crushed bones and mixed with.. it, and
whonyebruary . came; it was heaped out gen
orously'upon the four acres.. agiiiii. Every
thing
went on smilingly; and at. harvest Jinn
the capabcat: of Machinery arrived.
,
oit earth is - that ?!' . usketl-the old-gem.
tlemen. as Ben 'put .14. tame before a new
horse rake. Beu.laughed•outright, And asked
of- his respect od_ progen or.....w_by_ Ate_ did, r ntt .:
read the papers r• , But his father:Said "he
knew enough already!! .. •
Again the' old barns ., croaked -under their'
generous harvest of' hay and grain and vegeta.
bles; unit ti the old man looked and sighed,
And declaitdiriat—tbe" season had been re
markable, very. ' t • r,
Ben had't , room to store away two , thirds of.
the. year's producejl. But his hay -was.excell
ant; hispotatoes were noble ones ; his carrots:
beets, and:onions were splendid';' he had sur-'
plus rata haps by 'the cord, and turnips and .
squashes aud : cabages_bylite ton, all:of which
readily foundimod :markt seven miles die
.tiobo.dy-.believed, at first that these fine
products really Came-from Smith's farm. •
Whedtho snatv and slerit rallied :atantid
o
kt
that ancient mansion -that winter , Ben' wed
no man a dollar r his bmiru' and oellari iv 're
svoll - filled, and he; had three hundred doll re
in bash on hand I . here was a fortune,.l . :
• . A . , -
'Nerily, Ben," said hie parent, tlyou-have
been 'tory lucky and 'the_ seasons hare ' been
ftivorable,"• - fl _:' "- -
ICIEMI2I
_
like elder
..Stllit4 11R8 been fathered to ' hie
fathers. Benjamin Smith, 'Seq., is now a man
of eolliraubstance, 'a
justice of the pett'en, and
lir.farmer .of forty years in goOd standing.
kt,trAi9le ryeralb.
keSves the" (11114enee. hetweeil ptirthll
llioreugh,_eultivetien ;- he can tell you the hetk
cfits ''!148611
(7 ; i: _Pork or ,P12)1, in'
of Alia' ii:ey botit'ti.b sty, or. ilia jliy)'glt:
• •
; bow to" l. .
so li'Orse
r - 414 - er 113F 7 w - 1 - 1 - 19iriforuri
y, 9 of the ikilviintitp.e tiotbe derived frnur.~rri
Ht.:Atiou t from ,drititiihg, fiorn the use of pli6s
of litin;ftud the' like ;
l i-oitvi4fils - -ifitratilitt_ltil; taelu, n sijuitshes
huge.potataes'p twelye rowed eon', fat Pogs - , itn 7
proved pOultry,kleek. - velvety:enttle; nr,(l, all
;tll4l;ilinrachs of a inde — rn agrieulturnlprngi•ess
4 1 10 . 1(1:you find, in iv snug corner Of Bei).'s
iiniPlilslecTi - ng Toon), 0.10
the. el:nicest Agrietiltnral 1-011,,ITY:111.the State;
while he inn - et;Untant - rentle - r pnying sub
seritairAn:4ll_thswlentlijig Boni. ferni
tint: in, the: . Whole'comitry •
- . No (itie. Orel hiie 'the olci Smith farm five
and t w S•ears,agn i wool! *nor(
Esq. Ben is•wortli pre:alliriAne, luis a box •
0111 wife nod liiilf ft iliizeii'•Olio[',lre . nod thou g h
olitilecorpolent, (fur he Will live well;,), he
as livr,lg t.ntl thrift ) ; :t übouli farmers," ae'you
or Lwoulti •wi:;1) torneet with. •• ' • •
I yon_r_riarilon, noucluded my. traveler .
friend; here Ird - are ! arid 'alb
train halted in the depot
~i~l~~~lll'llll~~ ~ ~~t#i~~: ,
-- Pci_ogious° Animal Comb, ts
AN I:I,EVILINT. 1.1(aI1'
'•Atli sictutl givt.m . bythe king; :the
. pluturq advanced from ciMsite•sitios,e'aelt
h; s . t a t ,hn;ot -Itiq neck Ulcer, -with his oilu
61,1,14.mkittght: no oceans utitt!‘blo nx
. the huge black .antagoni:t whom-he-- 'was to.
\rastit all ivor t y.
.41'he nMtneCt - they. caugli c t sight of each"ulbet'
it' itith • an 'instinctive
perception of Iyhat \vas expected or, them, put
:t . h.eit• I.llunl ;lad-tails aloft, and shuffled .uh
to each ot'ler with chnsiderable speed, lifter
after their ..tutwieltly• fashion, trompelitll2; out
loudly mutual defiance. i 5 the ordinary
attitude of attack of. the eliii.tnt, li.c puts
his
.11nahoppetpentlicularlyrill. order tp he
out of harm's lytly. JIM tairis similarly rais
ed from excitetuelit. Iris trumpeting consrsts
of a series of gnick blasts, hefircen roars and
llc ruii
grunting
":klalleer and his rue rushed at each other.
...._
itupettmusly._ 'The sound tit' their huge bends
coining into violent collision might have been
I.. , nt . 4_at_the_distance of half a_ mile. This
inny.,•soMid lihe an exaggeration.i. It is not so.
‘1 hen the render only thinks of the bulk of
the elephant, the great weight, the momentum
T lii
acquired by 1! •• pid /lotion,. and then the
concussio two telt bodies coining NH tilt
against each Other;, Ciiill il , WrlieT-iitftiied
at it., Moro than on C . OO such ob - tasionOutve
I seen the husks snapped 'short MI, and ill - town
up into the tar With 'the 'terrlble force. of the
collision.
"Ihe lirst•blow struck, both - elepliant§ set
set
,theruseivec vigerottsly,to - push agailfst. each .
oil a tvith their .broad . foreheads._ head to
heitd; beth. trunks Etilll elevated into the air
pTrpendicularly, their. tusks. interlaced; their
feet set•tirtnly in massive 'Solidtty upon the
ground, - did" they publr and push, end shofe .
.and_shnVe, not with one resolute, long .-:
contin
treiLlagy . t, but Vvith repeated-short atroi<Cs
their, utrwieldy ortheir ifeTt - di. weie• not
separate for a moment; but the "backs were
curving slightly
,and then .becoming straight
again in regular succession, as,each'shove and
push was administered. * * :It was a
spectacle to make the blood come fast 'thump—
ing through the veins—as the two huge com
bats pushed and • shoved with all their might
yeheniently, and as the two mahouts exerted'
tdl their,powers to encourage them.
"It is evident in such ri contest, as
allghappens with these- wilil unimtils, that the
strouger.combatants gains the victory. Iu
snincas do :becur in whielf - superior agility
the weaker to bet.r..off the honors ofzuccees ;
~ kiKsuch instances are rare'-in the case Of
two opposing elephants; rarer,' perhaps than
with other•animuls. But what is the' end : of
this pushing'? you ask. It' the stronger. sue t :
seeded overthrowing hie adversary, the
deitth * Of the vanquished i 9 the prebable result.
Thie sometimes Ocoure when,' great VirdeAcn . iEs
• •
used, and the weaker can hardly retreat quick
°umiak. hope and strength together,
turns awkwardy - fn fly, lir pushed as ho turns,
and falls. ? .the end is then soon seen: The
vietor , plung4his tusks without mercy into'
0'6,144; of his foe, as he,lies helplessly ;on the
Ell
gi•oundaitt death follows:. If the Ivealcer,
by great .apilfi y r sticeeed•ittlurnitT.' gild . . rim -
Atitig iti,e_say:li elinse it 3 the resati , vihich erLdti .
either-iii-i-he-esealpeot_theLfiliiiive (iv in Ilk
beinf.; e9rely helaboied by the tr'et'i'kiittid iiilred
by-by-tho-4.11:4L5:0f hiti__rvi)ta.g.t9titm . • ,_. -- ' _ '
._. „. .
.
• Tic eout - ei•d-toci IMlg' - to quote in full—en
• • .?
oppry ne n.f. Hi na
ttlsrseajic-ol;riiasyl:lver ; and resulted, t,esities
n-killookitig, .or coiltoe 'the human
, • , , „
look' inkimnout horror on • orn ,,
:.imolu made ; is won lei• 1111111 y:
rens:ons ervii3t.ant, in thifilFtelt,,flort - the
dote But,•)ii tittise wi•
den Oonii!ets, we hate :glinapme of : the wild
seenes of .juiittle and desert, . i . ,ttite, . of rant=
r pant nittifte is rill - tre'seeltt-----Altitty-erOonitter,4.,
are notratcd: such ns thoio of the •untelopq,?i.l
. thinoctiroseit other ; tige,rel
ancr elephant:h We 'Erelcet pirrts u•• •
I &i:11, 1 f.i0:11 IT A4%--
".Tli . ere was a fatuous tiger—a -Monster of a
tiger—iMme s aN:igra, who bad fidnmphed
I . ,licksio - iv on several occasions. •Iltrwas err •
Mainly one of,the . larg'e:4. 1,- , ; have eye,r seen ;
and-beautifully streaked was his
, glossy coat,
as it moved freely - over his innseniar - libbs
and long back.. The:czmnoissetirs in sport-had
desptilrett - of - fmtli,n - g—a- fittint_iadversary - PAL-
E:rig-re,. when news arrived .that
onormons,,slze and strength -bad- been. taken,
uninjureii,iii the Teriii.Lthe 'long strip ofju'n •
gle land bet wern. Otitie and- TS'epai,l, just at
the font of the Himalayas.
, It.nnsnnlieLizn .d,.
that there would ho gitlrions sport - Wh"en , thi . S
neW rrioikerwas brought-face to face with
BIM
tt. "The cnges o'fßa - ttrptend Terai-7 . allttlr , (the
acne-giv t fp to tic:xvtmoßstcr)_irere_lbroighti
to 6pP,it , ite of the Court yorkl, both corn—
rnat.lol by'our position in the gnifer..l. We I
could see ,the long, silitking hilet,:s of the.tifs t ers
fts:theyrtotinel arotiud . their in great
tenietit ot.te,6lorilyilierit-'svii
teeth tritirtnin:t to Wi tt;/!8! , ,' :ul.3.tiOde
:Went/ant 1_11)11rf):1C111.0 cage;. .tt` VMS. ' in i
tonde.d 01711 . 111E' ;liiinials'tslio.uld become
t rtware
of-the presrnee of oliehotti6 - r& and hence tity',• I
'previous ache- ft -T r ferocious AS the Alger is I t
he i:, - tceownr(l!) , , litlitotil, tiirl, it'. brought
expeelly into the presenc6 or .t.ht - tiii,er, may
"
- cower anti retre:il •froni kite •,
given- Aleboo'rnil
ing
fruit of the e 4
_rose simultaneously
ou eitherfrridu—the lioors Of:the esgesiqitned.
Terai-rallali-tprang, with a single hound, out
of his 'cage,,opened his hu o jaws widely, and
shaking from tide to,side * his long' tail in- an
excited tviiy. Ka - gra aitrasieed mbre'leisUrel)-
i»to the orena,.but with 9imilar demonstra
tions. ThiiY Might have been fifty feet at art,
Ws.they stood cut%ping •enii
,oPen
niotithed, the. tails playingall !lie time. At
hingTh Xi/grit : advanced a - few paces ; his ad-
versary laid himself down forthwith upon the ,
court-yaril t ,jtist,,wheFe he stood, facing, him,
but with his feet well under him, not ebend
cd, evidently quite prepared for . a. spring.—
liogra watched his foe intently„ . atid still ad
vanced slowly add cautiously s but not in a
straight line, rather toward . the l side, de.scri
bing- an arc of a circle-a S-ha dr(iWiear.
I .'f6terai-Wallalt. soon rose. to his feet' and.
describing a similar.nrc bn
the Opposite Bide ; both irailually; approach
ing each other however.. IfirnSa moment 'of
lirealldeqs - stirpense - in the - sallery.: Every,
eye was fixed qn the. two ctitabotants as they
thus tried to ciret mv,ent each other.; it Wit
enough to arrest attention, fdr'tlie tigers were
• ~
unusually large; both,wero in beautiful -eon
0t .-
dition. plump !Intl muscular ; the'.color of the
Terai.wallah vas somewhat -lighter. -thari 2 that
of Kagra—a more yellowish hue shonebetween
the black stripes.. Beth were very beautiful,
and very c'ourageoils, and very formidable.
•.‘ At length, di they thus advanced', step by
`step, very slowly, Ktigra. made a spring. His
former victories had probably made him a !it•
. tle-self conident. He spitiugoiot - nelf it were
a voluntary 'effort of his own, but as if he mere
suddenly. impelled alof by some uncontrolla
ble galvani o which he could nit resist.
The spring was so sudden, so rapid, so itn
petuous, that it had quite the appearance of
being involuntary. . The Terai• Wallah Wag not
unprepared. As' ,rapidly_ as ~kagra hurled
himself up. into the air, tie . rapidly' did ho
jump aside both movements seemed to be
simultaneous, so admirably Were they execu-,
alighted, foiledl; but before, he
could recover himself, before ho could have
well-assured himself that he..stra foiled, the
Terni-wailah was upon him. The claws of his
adversary were flied firmly in his neck,. • au&
the bor.rid jaws were already grating near his
throat. It Was the work of nAnothent: -We
Could scarcely see that,tho.Torrai-wallak had,
gained the. advantage. : ---yre oouid scarcely -dis
.tinguish Ms huge fore-paws grasping the neck,'
and -his open mouth plunged' at the throat--;
when - Kagre, made, another sPriug, a bound in
whiehfho.orideittly concentrated euer
gy. The Terai-wallah was dragged with him
a little ;,the claws that had bee' dug into' his
,'neck •worotorn - gratingly through it; Open
,mouth Snapped tlerceli.but harmlessly at th
advaresibg ehoulderi and kagra X 449. free,
r~vv ~s
. "It was but an instant that the two, tigers
•steed 'surveying eaeh ..ether; open'quottthetl,. ,
after,Ragra had shaken eff' the grip:ofibytan
togoaist.. jaws --the ample
,Illollt Is op - enect -7 -Ttetit-eir-:: - ,atateditIlsn'itl- rr their'
beautittilly.Streatteki,sl:iiis
tetiietit,_their-eyeciliT;tekied:, as
the wateliiikl cacti .other,; the ends ertheii..
t a il s iir i 6 T lng encv,ort:iyite., nfi tf Ni7i - th
,4ve , twitehes- 7 they..stood. Klzigra taus th
tirst"tty at4nok :chis tinio his (,fiz)r,tient
:was to,ttj his fOluer stratugon of
Mtn boldlir„
stood, tit this moinent,onear ThiTe-trittrer
of the arena.; awl, as toe.sharli claws rdowed.
,incesrintli, and the • bilge , rnontlis tried . ; tcr.
gilisp the neck no e4her•sjde; it .V 798.
tio.to +listing ish the attack . fioit l
til urn's st) , ,
Dr,a tri rig gradually nearer, as .thcly., bits,
fought with claws and montlts'ferileinualy,•ut
t in` Erg - fi - c; reiFS t ti-St ell--
-to iIfIVC stiCceedM:in griping,„ his anto'gonist._
Ihtir bw„Jed in otber's
tneor.,:., and their cla4;..1111.• deeply into -tho •
ueck-,.they rose, at lengtl4-to-the -ayateb . t,, on
'their (And legs—straining: and lugging, 11,141 ,
I I wrestling, as it Were, with eat:l uther,`each
witlihis utmost.force and . B'4lll. •-I.t was
,
speetticle,Lof ttartling-interest that ,.. ; -and now
ever.you may t rli.a*n3;;:gootl.lllad
eclitini horrible - l or- savage! beli-ove
there were many elements of •the stafdinle is
-that•contest ; - and tloubtleSs, , snell contests'of
ten-Jake place in
_thejungle. They stood Moro . _
than •sixfeet-Ifigh:as they, thus grappled with
eiich other; elevated on their liind legs in a
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MAI
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g ariug eyes surniciputing Ole muscAlar,pillars .
(Allieir.bdug *
As the tiger :41AI:um 1.3 . 411 . NYC " Valll4.?:the.o
we merely sum up the ronmiui-ng
atitag(Mist; rho;
the!) in-mei:Kim and got a tiemjiy I,t,linutages
from which he wmi-foyeed-eff-_with hot -iron
while peel' ,Engra eseiv . po.l into'his cago
Ny e r Cinnplaining; h E.bovt • time
riuce, to a of the tedion . proliley Of
counsel in a eas'n - v . ve inippened twbo intern..z.lea
cinevied,ave
atmwer the. einis •of justice equally •
well to tto-dwa witiCaltdrguinent to the jury,
'Xhat. might •dos ray legal
friend ; give - you tin instance to
that it: is trot always , pare„.• I oi t .no -bad a case'
agnintit•aimatt in the couully,. v;1 1 3 ns
clear us daylight in inyfwvor—the fellow,hatl
not even n blnidOW of di:fencc for refusing . to
pay Ills debt—but, hi - the cunning'Of his . lavr- •
yer, he had contrived to avoid coming to.. trial
tor about two years, in hopes that be-Trri-.
worry me into — a ,eotni:otoise: At last' 4be
case was-called, late in the term and lute in a
but day, the courinial jury. tired and .
stated the facts, produced ileevi
deuce, which was nil on my side the, judge,
asked, the counsel whether they. wished to ar
'gee the case, stating-that he thought it hardly
necessary in so plain a matter. The lawyers
agreed to subrnitli without argument.; the ja_••
ry went out, and, immediately returned with a
•
verdict for the defendant ! t prayed the, judge
to overrule the verdiot as contrarrtplaw and
evidence, turd after-so-Me tithe this was dothe,
and . l . got judgment; But as soon as the court
adiournedl sought the, foreman of the jury, a
worthy but not very brilliant can, and asked
'hiM how, tn
in the nae'of common - sensei they
-came to render such tiverdict..
''.Why, 3ou see,' said ho o 'we didn't, think
,much of thelawyer tight Sou, and i4y waft
strange he - didn't have nothing to say ;•
.but._
Squire, the fact is, we thonghtythintM-about .
one of the snni - ftestilairyeri -in' this' count},
and if you could:l.'ond' anything to ~day on:
your side,. it must be 'a
party Lard case, and
'so we had to goligin you I"
liIiPItINONXENT FonDEIIT IN ENGLAND.—Ab;
cording to the - Official returns JUBA .
thal st - of - Air&ist - laTst - thore
,was
_no. 1 - e 88* theft
one , thOusand and ninety-eight persons con- ) P,
fined in the 'various ' prisons of England for
debt. In . the , prison *of Bedford, man,
Whose' original dept was nine..shilliags, _was
incarcerated for twenty dap, because he could
not pay the - expenses or the atilt brought
against him'. These amouniCd to £1 98., or
more than three times the original debt. In
another case a man was in prison for ten days
because he could not pay', fen 'shillings. and
four pence,.the expenses of a , debt of three`,
shillings. arid sixpence.. in a third the 'debt ''
amounted to £1 7s. 8d
.analhe costs to £`2.Bs.
7d. These, and many similar cases, have at
tracted mud' attention, and the . policy of
abolishing_imprisoninent fOrdebt is now open
ly dlecusaed
A Lucia ,FELLOW.;--Thei Rogersville (Teri
nessee)_ Timen'has the following
,;" " A Short
tine since a fellow from Buffalo Creek, Cartei
°entity-, 'was impriioned iti Elizabethtown-jai
•for burning n barn, The citizens of the place
learning that he was from tbe neighberhobi .
whore the smallitax, was,raging, twoko opei
the jail and turned him but, and then teld biz
if be didn't leave town, in fifteen minlitis thoP
would tar , and feather
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