The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-02-19
Sill abuut Counting.
Counting in Iowa.

I The following circumstances happened
in Cedqr Co., Iowa;
A certain young man being out on a
eourting expedition came late on Sunday
eyoning. and, in order to Keep his secre,
from his young aoquaiutanoes, determin.
ed to be at home bright and early on
Monday morning. Mounted on his horse,
dressed in his 6ne white summer pants.
aud other 6xins in proportion, he arrives
At the residence Of his iuamorata whore
he was kindly received and his horse
properly taken care Of, being turned into
the psltJre for the night The night
passed away. and three o'clock in the
morning arrived Three o'clock was the
time for him to depart, so that he might
arrive at home before his comrades were
stirring. lie sailed forth to the pasture
to catch his horse, but here was a Difficult.
ty-the grass high aud loaded with dew
To venture in with white pautaloons on
would rather take the starch out Of them
and lead to his detection. II would not
10 TO 20 in with his white unmeutona-
bles. so he quickly made his resolve, He
carefully disrobed himself Of his valuable
whites" and placed them in safety on
the fence while he gave chase with un
screened pedals through the wet grass af-
ter the horse.
Returning to the fence where he had
safely suspended his lilly white unmen-
tionables- o. Horrible Dietui what a
sight mot his eyes The field into which
his horse had been turned was not only a
"horse pasture" but ''calf pasture" " too,
and the naughty calves attracted by the
white Gag on the fence, had betaken them
selves to it, aud calf-like, had eaten them
upl only n few well chewed fragments OF
this once valuable article Of the wardrobe
now remained--only a few shreds-just
sufficient to indicate what they once had
beenl What a pickle this was for g nice
young man to be inl
1t was now near daylight and the far
mers were up and about. and our hero far
from home, with no covering for his
travelling apparatus" II would not do
to 90 back to the house Of his lady y-love,
neither could he 60 to town in that plight
There was only one resource left him,
and that was to secrete himself in the
bushes until the next night aud then get
home under cover of the darkness.
Safely hid, he remained under the pro-
lection of the bushes for some time, aud
it may be imagined that his feelings TO-
ward the calf kind were not of the mosI
friendly character; but ere long. his Sc
clusion was destined to be interrupted upon
By and by, the boys, who had been out
to feed the calves, returned with the rem
nants of the identical white garment
which adorned the lower limbs Of their
late visitor. They were mangled and
torn to shredsl An inquest was immedi-
ately held over them. Some awful fate
had befallen the unfortunate young man.
The Leighbors were summoned to search
for the mangled corpse, and the posse
with all speed set out with dogs and
arms. The pasture was thoroughly
secured, and then the adjacent thicke:s,
when lol our hero was driven out from
his lair by the keen scent Of the dogs, all
safe, alive and well, minus the linen.
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
hourishing little towns of Iowa.