Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1875 — The Bull and the Locomotive. [ARTICLE]

The Bull and the Locomotive.

A two-year-old bull of a bellicose and disputatious turn of mind brought the up train yesterday morning to a stand-still just this side of Mechanicville. The engineer saw the bull on the track and tooted for him to get off. But the young bovine evidently regarded the locomotive as a big rival, and at eveiy toot of the whistle he answered back with a bellow, and began to paw up the dirt and lash his tail as if he could lick all the bulls in creation. The whistle snorted. The bull bellowed. The engineer hallooed at the bull. But the bull lowered his head and challenged the locomotive to come on. Then the engineer stopped his train and went out and told the bull to “,git off.” The bull refused. And then the brakemen rallied, and a grand charge,was made on the bovine, but the bovine went for the brakemen and drove them out.. So they armed themselves with fence-rails and bow lders, and, amid the cheers and shouts of the assembled passengers and the inspiring shrieks of the whistle, the fight opened once more. For some time it was doubtful which way the tide of battle would turn. Several times the railroaders were put to flight. At last, however, the bull was defeated by a piece of strategy. A feint was made in his front, while the enemy moved by the flank , and, taking Mr. Bull in the rear, got possession of his tail. This substantially ended the fight and the bull w r as ignobly turned into the ditch. The battle for the possession of the road lasted about ten minutes and was one of the most lively struggles for the possession of a railroad known in history.— Saratogian.