Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-24
Amnsing Aeaoing.
COURTING IN IOWA.

The following circumstances happened in
Cedar Co., Iowa:
\ certain young man being out on court
Ing expedition came late on Sunday even
Ing, and in order to keep his secret from his
young acquaiutanccs, determined to be at
home bright and early on Monday morning
Mounted on his horse, dressed in his fine
white summer pauts, and other hxins in
proportion, he arrives at the residence of his
inamorata where lie was kindly received, and
bis horse, properly taken care of, being turn
cd into the pasture fur the ght. The night
passed away, and three o clock in the morn
ing arrived Three clock was the time for
him to depart, SO that he might arrive at
home before his comrades were stirring.-
He sailed forth to the pasture to catch his
horse but here was diiiculty-grass high
and loaded with dew. TO venture in with
white pantaloons on would rather take out
the starch and lead to his detection. 1t
would not do to 20 in with his white unmen-
tionables, so he quickly made his resolve
He carefully disrobed himself of his valuable
'.whitcs" and placed them in safety on the
fence while he gave chase with unscreened
pedals through the wet grass after the horse.
Returning to.thc fence where he had safe
ly suspended his lilly white unmentionables.
D! HorriJIc Dictu what sight met his
eyes The field into which his horse had
been turned was not only a"horse pasture, 4"
but "calf PASTURE too, and the naughty
calves attracted by the white flag on the
fence, had betaken themselves to it, and
calf-like, had eaten them up; only few well
chewed fragments of this once valuable ar
ticle of the wardrobe now remained-only a
few shreds-just sufficient to indicate what
they once had been. What a pickle this
was for nice young man to be in!
1t was now near daylight, and the farm
ers were up and about, and our hero far from
home, with no covering for his ''traveling
apparatus"
It would not do to 60 back to the house of
his lady love, neither could he 90 to town III
that plight There was one resource left
him, and that was to secrete himself in the
bushes until the next night and then get
home under cover Of the darkness.
Safely hid, he remained under the pro-
lection of the bushes for some time, and it
may be imagined that his feelings towards
the calf kind were not the most friendly
character; but ere long, his seclusion was
destined to be intruded upon. by and by,
the boys, who had been out to feed the
calves, returned with the remnants Of the
identical white garment which adorned the
lower limbs of their late visitor. They were
mangled and torn to Shreds An inquest
was Immediately held over them. Some
awful fate had befailcn the unfortunate
young man. The nci ghbors we're summon
ed to search for the lnangled corpse, aud
the posse with all speed set out with dogs
and arms. The pasture was thoroughly
searched, ard then the adjacent thicketS,
when 10 . our hero was driven out from his
lair by the keen scent Of the dogs all safe,
alive aud we'll, minus the inen
An explanation then ensued at the ex-
pense of our hero, but he was successful in
the end, and married the lady, and is now
living comfortably in one of the Aourishing
little towns of Iowa.