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Show 1 LASSO EDA UON. I J. H. Pulsipher Perforins Daring Feat m in Bull Valley Country. K Rode Trembling Steed Within 30 H Feet, Threw Noose Over Beast H and Drug it to Death. B (Dixie Adrocate. K From southorn Utah c omeo. It n- m tain story that Is a olasalo. It is thrilling, too, although tho details K told by tho wr iter aro given in a man- nor too simplo to bo overly vivid, K and only suggest tho florae picture I that must havo boon presonted when 9 0 ranohor wltn only u pony nnd u H lasso, rode his quivering mount onto h mountain lion lassood him, and K tbeu slapped the spurs Into his borso M and dragged tho lion ot death. M Thoro is u grizzly bear story told I over and over again of tho fight in 1 which tho hunter asked tho Lord to I stand asido and not holp tho hour, if I Ho wanted to boo the prottiost fight 8 on record. This ono only lacks u n littlo in vivid phraseology to rauk I with it as a classic. h Hero 13 tho tale, ns it is sent tho & "Nows" by John M. Pulsipher of St. I Qoorgo, Utah; and to one reading the I lead pouoil oopy with its direutuess and aimplioity of diction, the con- j viotion that the tale is truo drives I away any tendonoy to laugn down I tho incident as a western expansion I story, despite tho foot that it la doted M '. from BulK-Valley. ' 1 HUNT BEGINS:. 1 Brook's Ranch, Deo. 1, 1000. I 1 went out this morning and followed I u oourso up Ooogor canyon. What did I find but a lion track in tho snow, tho snow being from six inoh- os to two foot deep in the drifts, so I oold eusily track' the liqn. Then I began to wlUf for my gun, but I followed nlonh tho track, and in nbout a milo I putno to u calf ho had killed about threo days before. LOCATE!? DEAD OALF. Ho had just'left this calf I could - .boo, on Jbe run, so I went after him ut a gallop. It wns a very rough country, but in a mile I got sight of Mr. Lion. He was leaping along, seoming to go about 30 foot at a tjump. Then down oamo my lasso l aud I began to flank my horse with it. PONV TREMBLED. x He had eaontod tho lion and did ""' not waut to face tho music, but tho v lasso and my spurs mado him go on up towards tho lion. When within about 30 foot of tho lion I mado a throw with myvlasso and caught him fair around tho neck, thon took my turns. Tho lion grabbed tho rope iu his teeth, but the horse was wild with fright, and with mo giving him tho roiu and spur he mrdo such a hot paoo that tho lion nover gained hia foot, aud was turned ond over ond, so ho lot looso of tho lasso and I nover lot him got his feet again until ho was dead, j ROPE SHOWS TEETH MARK. I Tho lasso has the teeth marks whoro ho grabbod it. Anyono can scarab I... this hldo for a bullot hole If any- WKk ono thinks I shot tho animal 1 will hold this hide uutil tho 15th of this month to let him oxaralno it Then I want to sell it. Tho head is on, aud tho feet up to its knoos. The lion was sovon foot from tho tip of the noso to tho tip of the tall, and stood threo foot high. M. PULSIPHER. Washington county. Mr. Pulsipher 1b a well known ranohor of tho southern country. It is not probablo that uuyono will bo dubious enough to waut to soaroh his lion pelt for traces of u bullot. One thing is oortain about tho talo: It is tho most wonderful in Utah, slnoo tho phenomenal kills niudo a year ago by bounty hunters who did oust ness with tho county clerk's oiiloo. Dflserot Nows. Mr. Pulsipher nlroady had a local reputation for bis skill und dexterity in handling tho noose. Ho has long ridden a range abounding with cattle nlmobt ns wild und dingorous as tho lion ho recently killed. Once, nt least, ho has carried off tho prize offered by tho Washington County Fair association for tho beat exhibition exhibi-tion of toping, so that to peoplo who know him ;voll n'oj very profound sur prise will bo felt lit his reoout daring feat. Our only criticism is that Mr. Pulsipher should havo sout tho story to his looal pupor instead of to a Salt Lake shoot, for 1 mortiflos us to bo "eoooped" in thlB way. r The otty ordinances provldoa punishment pun-ishment for tho destroying or defaa ing of any advertisement before tho eveUtf It is In ten a fid to advertise has transpired. It seams that a number of boys and young tuon in Cedar are not aware of this, aiid somo of them narrowly esoapod prosecution lust wook for this offmise, as thoy wero dotectod in tho not. VVhon a thuatrl-oul thuatrl-oul company goetj to tho oxpeuso of proouring special lithograph paper, it iu not with a view to furnishing turftots for tho boys to pelt with snowballs. snow-balls. Peoplo who would hold up their hands iu horror at Booing boys knock pnnoa of glass from tho windows of a house, think untbiug of seeing them destroy expouslvo advertising mutter. They do not stop to think that oaob ono of theso lithograph hills cost moro thou tho ordinary pauo' of glass, yet such is too case. We belloTO this malicious miBohiof is tho result of thoughtlessness, and tni9t it will not bo necessary to refer to tho mutter again. Now that they havo been warned boysdetooted oommlting this misdemeanor may expect to bo prosecuted. The offense is punishable pun-ishable by a fine not to oxoeod fifty dollars. |