A MAD BULL IN A SCHOOLROOM.

Evening Star, Issue 4319, 30 December 1876, Page 1

A MAD BULL IN A SCHOOLROOM.

The correspondent of the ' Maitland Mercury * (a New South Wales paper) relates an occurrence of an extra- : ordinary character which took place at Merriwa, It appears a bull was being driven to pound by a stockman, who in the usual bush fashion whipped the » poor beast through the town until ho - became perfectly mad, and thrußt himself into any place likely to afford him shelter from his tormentor. In, this manner he was driving the beast along M'Kenzie street when the infuriated animal rushed into the public Bchool, - where there were present about fifty children of all ages, from three years up to fourteen or fifteen. Such a scene of terror and confusion as ensued is easier imagined than described. Fortunately the beast directed bis attention to * that T part of the room in which were seated the. bigger boys and girls, who managed to get beyond his reach. Had he gone among the little ones, who had neither the sense nor strength to get out of his way, he must inevitably have bruised, perhaps killed, several of them. A.t the time the bull entered the school the teacher was engaged in writing a word on the black-board, and was quite unconscious of the presence of his monstrous visitor until his attention was attracted by the screams of the children, when he looked round ■ to tied the beaßt close upon him. The , bull charged the furniture right and left, lifting it on his horns and throwing it about in the most fantastic way; but getting tired of this pastime Tin bt very short time, suffered himself te be driven out of doors without doingH further injury. The escape of all unhurt is certrinly one of the.most j>r6?: vidential on record. ~.»