. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . , big ox withbrass knobs on its horns. Mr. Rice was the man who had to go from houseto house to get the cash from folks when the coun-tytax was due. He was the As-sess-or, and whenhe came with a steed so fierce, with horns that hecould lift the roof off the house if the folk shut in his face, why, you may guess that he metwith fair luck on his rounds, and men paid theirdebts at the first call. And such rude sports as the young men used tohave ! One of these was a game known as Gan-der sports of the American Settlers. 109 PuU-ing. A larg
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . , big ox withbrass knobs on its horns. Mr. Rice was the man who had to go from houseto house to get the cash from folks when the coun-tytax was due. He was the As-sess-or, and whenhe came with a steed so fierce, with horns that hecould lift the roof off the house if the folk shut in his face, why, you may guess that he metwith fair luck on his rounds, and men paid theirdebts at the first call. And such rude sports as the young men used tohave ! One of these was a game known as Gan-der sports of the American Settlers. 109 PuU-ing. A large gan-der (shall I say male goose ?)was hung on a frame of wood, or the limb of a tree,so strong it would not break. I think and hope themale goose must have been dead ere they strung itup. The head had to hang down just so that a manon the back of a horse could grab it by the neck and* pull the head off, as he rode by with all the speedhe could get out of his horse, and not lose his seatin the race. At one of these gamesBur-dine, a son of Sr^.. Jim Dur-ame, a sonthe Gen-er-al I have toldyou of, thought he wouldcome out first best forthe prize. He rodeold mule that hadspeed in him at all,Jim felt that he wouldhave lots of time to pullthe head off morehis steed went by. When his turn came, he brought his old muleup with a slow pace and made a grab for the then some sly youth gave his mule such a quickhard blow with a whip that the mule sprang up andran off like a streak. The poor bird was so toughthat Jim hung in the air with a firm clutch on the THE MR. RICK RODE IN 1825. than one nice big maie goose ere no History of Alissoiiri. gan-ders head till friends came to his aid andbrought him down to earth safe and sound. Wed-dings were a source of great fun, and finesport old and young had at such times! Folkscame from far and near to take part in them. Theydid not come just to help eat and drink, but to helpthe bride do the work. A feast was set for such abig lot o
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