THE ROANOKE NEWS, .THURSDAY APRIL
7, mi
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOMINY JOHNSON'S EULL
NEW ADVEIITIS
Open to Everything That Were Ilnlr und
".Vcht on Four l.i'rt.
A Portland fntlima:i was discussing'
the broeoVrs' association and it prepnra
tions with a party of friends one after
noon when lie asked:
"Did you ever see a bull race?"
No, no one present had even seen a
bull race. So the old boy went on to
tell his story.
"The race of which I speak," he said,
"took place on a little half-mile track
along the Monongahela river, just
above the old town of Urownsville,
dn Fayette county, Pa., about fifty
years apo. It was a notable event, and
no house-warming Jathorinfj of the old
Fayette pioneers or their children,
where the applejack and walnuts are
passed around in those parts, ever
recurs without a repetition of all the
particulars of 'Hominy Johnson's bull
race.'
"In those palmy days of the olden
time, a hnlf century npo, the horse
race and the militia-training day were
the special events for fun and amuse
ment for everybody n sort of froc-for-all.
And on this particular occasion
the horse-race committee had advertised
a race free-for-all that 'wore hair and
went on four legs,' never dreaming that
such penerons latitude might let in a
representative of the bovino race. I!ut
a colored brother by the name of John
son, who made his wny by peddling1
hominy, saw in this race an opening to
turn an honest penny and gather in the
ten-dollar stakes, which would provide
'Sally and the chil'ens' with shoes for
the next wintor. Johnson had a scrub
bull which he had trained to work and
ride like a horse, so that he could rids
him to town, carrying his sack
of hominy, or hitch him in shafts
and sled in his winter's wood or
iplow his crop of 'cawn and taters.'
So he resolved that the bull should run
for this money. And while the 'bloods'
used the track in the daytime to train
their horses, Johnson would repair
thither at the 'wee sma' hours' to put
the bull round and round, so that there
would be no 'throw off' for want of an
understanding of what was wanted of
him on race day.
i "Finally the day came and with it
Johnson and his bull; but the presence
of the bull tied at the fence was not
noted, for Johnson rode him as other
people rode their horses. The whole
country side was there, and not the
least noisy of the delighted gamins was
-little Jim Elaine, with his trousers sus
pended by a single 'galus' and rolled
up to his knees.
"The free-for-all race was finally
called, and promptly Hominy Johnson
bestrode his bull and appeared in front
of the judges' stand and demanded to
be assigned a place. The judges
promptly ruled him out, but Johnson
efused to go, appealing to the words
of the advertisement. The crowd was
not slow to see the point, and rallied to
the support of Johnson, seeing that if
the bull spoiled the race he would make
bushels of fun. Loud cries were made
to give Johnson and his bull a show,
and threats were not lacking that if
there was not a fair deal there would
soon be a free-for-all fight. The apple
jack had got in its work, and finally,
seeing no alternative, Johnson on his
bull was assigned to the outside of the
track, the word was given and away
went tlm motley gang of racers, quar
ter nags, family nags, old stagers, plow
horses, and Johnson's bull lickety IMn
dle down the first quarter, Johnson
hanging to the flanlt3 of his aristocratio
rivals.
"But knowing that the bull could not
hold out for more than two hundred
yards John -inn had provided means to
make up by strategy what his nag
lacked in speed. His saddle was
a dry cowhide, and ho carried
a dinner-horn and wore a pair
of revolutionary spurs, and as soon
as Brindle made signs of slacking up
he applied his whip vigorously to the
hide, plunged the spurs into the bull's
flank, and between the rattling of the
hide and the bellowing of the bull
every horse on the course flew the
track, broke across the field, and no
efforts of the jockeys could return
them to the race. But the bull stuck
to his work, going the rounds of the
entire track, and ns he came down the
homestretch the 'bulls of Bashan' were
'not a patching' to the bellowing of
this bull, with tail waving aloft, with
Johnson thrashing the cowhide and
tooting his horn in triumph, while the
crowd broke into such roars and cheer
ing that pandemonium itself seemed to
have broken loose.
"Johnson got the stakes, with a gen
erous voluntary contribution of 'fips'
and 'levies' from an hilarious crowd.
which voted the 'bull race' to be the
greatest thing since the days of John
Gilpin's ride. Portland Oregonian.
The Adjustable Slipper Too.
The girl who dotes on pretty slippers
has found that the too of her satin or
silk slipper wears out long before it
should, and that there is a remedy for
this In the adjustable slipper toe. They
are easily fastened on, and are made of
silver, f'olH, nnd bronze. The society
girl has tho adjustable toe made of
gold, upon which is her monogram
sparkling with her favorite stone. A
dark red satin slipper will have a gold
en toe, upon which is a monogram oi
garnets. Chicago Tribune.
Breaking the Newn.
Mrs. Bingo (severely) I should lilt
to know where you were last night?
Bingo Well, if the truth must be
, I was playing poker with Kingley,
my dear, the last jack-pot I bet
a new bonnet for you against m
new bonnet for his wife.'" ,
Mrs. Bingo Yes, my dear; and who
won?
told,
and,
bim
1 Bingo Well, you just wait till y
see his wife next Sunday. Life.
His Plan. Rinsrwav "What
rou walking over that rag so much for'
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TRAINS GOINU ciOUTH.
Dated Jan. 4th, 12.
No. 23
Daily.
Leave Petersburg,
Leave Stony Creek,
Leave Jarrutts,
Leave Bellield,
Arrive Weldon,
10.10 Htll
10.53 am
11.11 am
11.30 am
12-10 pm
TItAlNS GOING NORTH
No. 14
Daily.
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L Belfiekl,
Le Jarrattw,
Le Stony Creek,
Arrive Petersburg,
G.4y c
7.1-f a.m.
7. -2ii a.m.
7.43 n.m.
8 15 a. in.
3.52 p.m"
4.09 p.
4.33 p m
5.12 p.m
All trains run soljU Weldon toWashicg-
ton.
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Gi'ii'l SupermtileiH. Gen. Passenger ak.
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and until further notice, tbe Steatuei
CHOWAN, Captain Withy, will
LEAVE FRANKLIN on Monday, Wed
nesdays and Friday for EDENTON. PLY
MOUTH and il i"trrmediate point on
arrival af mail tra;n from Portsmouth, nay
10.15 A. M.
RETURNING Hie "Chowan" will
reach Franklin on Tuendays, Thnradayt
and SatnrdavK at 9-15 A. M., in time ti
conncirt with Fast Mail train from Raleitf
to Portamoutn and with Expreu train ft
tbe South.
Passengers, by this arpngemeat, taki
the Stamer Chowan at a j point on '
river, will . .
REACH NORFOLK by 11 oclock A
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act ion of business in that cit"
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