Cherry Valley (Special) — This peaceful village comes forth with a story that is not “shooting the bull” but of the bull that nearly did get shot.

One of the young farmers has a 1500-pound herd sire that he pastures with a ring and chain attached to the animal’s nose.

On a night last week, the chain broke, and the animal headed from a distant field to the barn. The household was sound asleep—and so was the village. The young farmer and his wife were dreaming of the morrow in their bedroom on the ground floor. Suddenly, snorts and pounding rang through the room, and in fact the whole house. The good wife awakened and aroused her sleepy spouse. Then the snorts turned into a roar that filled all hearers with terror. For here was a usually-peaceful animal in a violent rage, and with his head almost in the bedroom window.

The other lady of the house dashed downstairs crying, “get the gun and shoot him”. But the gun was in the drivehouse and the bull was between that building and the house!

The roars wakened most of the village but even the most venturesome did not come out—for they realized that here was 1500 pounds of dynamite on the hoof.

Finally, the young farmer scared the bull off and with the aid of a fork got him into the barn. Once robbed of his freedom, the animal was as peaceful as ever.

His night of freedom, and as king of all he surveyed, was over.

But one family won’t soon forget that big bull turning into a noisy, ferocious window-peeper.