Show WHAT AILED mauet he ele tried to break a ram of the habit of frightening the ladies jim mccue rancher politician phi ilo sopher and horse doctor walked on the farry ferryboat boat with a crutch the other day ho also had bad one arm in inn a sling and his hia head bead bandaged tho the matter jim inquired two or three acquaintances ill bet any man in the crowd 20 tie be can butt bott harder and longer than any ram or billy goat in the state responded jim irrelevantly but I 1 guess ive broken him of it I 1 I 1 you look as if you had been broken some borne yourself suggested one I 1 well to tell the truth I 1 did get jammed around a little ive been breaking a ram of the butting habit this ram am was raised a pet and what makes him so sassy he knows who to tackle too he wont touch a man because he be knows hed get a fence rail frazzled out our over his hoad bead but a woman he be will butt clear over into the next nest tho the other morning this ram jolted a lady friend of mine clear across the field and through a picket fence and I 1 thought it was about time to cure him of the habit I 1 put on an old calico dress tied on an old sunbonnet and concealing a sledge hammer under my apron sauntered down through the field the minute the ram saw sw me he ha dropped all the business he had bad on hand and came over to have e some konwith aun with me ho he squared off shook his head bead and made a run for me when I 1 stepped to one side to get a good swing nt at him with a sledge hammer the blamed old dress tripped me and I 1 fell down I 1 started to got get up but that ram was behind me and I 1 turned two somersaults before I 1 hit bit the ground again I 1 stand any chance at all he just kept lifting me up until he be got me over against the fence and then be lit into me he jammed me down against the fence then backed off and hit bit me another crack and then another and another till he thought hed broken every rib in my body finally he jammed me clear through the bottom rail and I 1 managed to crawl to the house but I 1 got even this morning I 1 had the hired men take a green oak log dress dresa it up in womans comans clothes and set it swinging from the limb that buck lost a horn born too the first time be hit it and it long till the second went the same way when I 1 left it he was waa meeting it halt half way every time it swung back at him and I 1 wonder it if he aint worn down pretty close to the tail by this time san francisco post |