The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-16
Courting in Iowa.
THE following circumstances happened
IN iiedarzcolltfy Iowa. ggc

The following circumstances happened
N Cedaracounty, Iowa: cac- *
! A certain young MIN being out on a
courtlng expedition came late on Sunday
evening, and, III order to keep his young
acauaiDtances. determined to be home
bright and early on Monday morning.
Mounted OH hrs horse, dressed IN his fine
white summer pants, and other fixins in
proportion, he arrives at the residence
of his inamorita, where he Is kindly re
ceIved and his horse properly taken care
of being turned into the pasture for the
night. The night passed away, and 3
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 He sailed
forth to the pasture to catch his horse:
but here was diffculty-the grass high
and loaded with dew. s. To venture in
with white pantaloons on would rather
take the starch out of them. and lead
to his detection. It would not do to go
In with his white mentionables, 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 unscreened pc
dals through the wet grass after the
horse. So aiEW szsf ~ tif" Aeis,s
Returning to the fence where he had
safely suspended his lily white mentions
ables-Ol Horrible DictuI what a sight
met his eyes! The field in which his horse
had been turned was rot only horse
pasture" but ''calt pasture" too, and
the naughty calves attracted by the white
flag on the fence, had taken themselves
to it. and caiiff-iiike, had eaten them up!
only few well chewed fragments of his
once valuable article of the wardrobe now
remained-only few shreds--just suffi-
cient to indicate what they once had been!
What pickle this was for nice young
man to be; ini flaT sdl
1t was now near daylight and the far
mers were up and about, and our hero
from home, with no covering for his trav-
cling apparatus. 1t would not do to go
back to the house of his lady-love, Meth
er could he go to town in that plight
There was only one resource left him, land
that was to secret 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 has feelings to-
ward the calf kind were not of the most
friendly character; but ere long, his Sc
clusion was destined to be intruded 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 shreds. An inquest was immedi-
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had betallen the young man. The neigh
bors were summoned to search for the
mangled corpse-and the posse with all
speed set out dogs and arms The pas
ture was thoroughly secured, and then
the adjacent thickets, when 10! our hero
was driven out of his lair by the keen
scent of the dogs al safe, and alive and
well, minus the linen.
An explanation then ensued at the ex-
pense of our hero, bat he was successful
in the end, and married the lady, and is
now living comfortably in one of the
fiourishing little towns of Iowa.