The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-06

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Nor A Cows TAIL, But TUE TALE
OF A Cow-How JOHN VIVIAN COR A
Go0D PRICE FOR BEEF.--A week ago
last Sabbath evening two men hired
Mr.. Morehead, just northwest OF
town, to keep over night for them
twenty-eight head of cattle which
they were driving towards the river.
The men came in town and stayed at
the Miller House, registering as d. L.
Moore aud NJ. w. Vanmeter. Mon
day morning they drove through
town, taking the Muscatine road and
soon enough after TO connect the two
events, John Whan missed his COW =
q fine large one wearing a bell. A
little inquiry served to convince him
that the COW had overcome ali the OBJ
jections of these virtuous drOvers. and
taken a place in their herd. Wednes-
day morning at five O'Clock, armed
with warrant from Justice Tuthill
Constable Langham and Reuben
Swartzlander struck out on the trail
of the unfortunate men for whose So
ciety strange cattle showed such q
perverse preference. They followed
them through roundabout by-roads by
way of Moscow to Muscatine and
found they had crossed the river there
the previous afternoon with thirty
cattle. Pushing on across the river, they
again took the trail, and at half past
one that afternoon they hove 10 sight
Of the COW seducers near Edgarton,
Ills, over fifty miles from here by the
road travelled. OF course the warrant
wasn't very heavy affair over there
but after brief council Of war, our
scouts rode on-coming up with the
drovers gradually and finding them
walking aud leading their horses.
Langham jumped from his buggy,
aud seizing bride in each hand, he
commanded halt, and without Civ
Ing them any intimation "a to who h..
was or where from, told them very
emphatically that they had cattle in
that drove at did not belong TO them.
This they denied vehemently: but
they were told it was no use, he knew
they had, and that they should at once
go and drive them out. After some
further jaw, and the assurance that
their pnrsuers bore warrants for both
(where issued, they were not told,
what does the older of the thieves do,
but go into the herd and dive out
three head, neither OF them the one
for which our folks We're looking. or
course they ordered him "back after
the rest, and after some demur, back
he went and drove out tUo saore-one
of them Whan's COW and the other a
nice red steer about four years old.
BY this time the rascals had thought
the matter over enough to be pretty
thoroughly scared, not knowing but
the warrants were all right; while on
the other hand our folks, knowing
they could make no legal arrest or de.
tention, were about at the end Of their
string. The short silence was broken
by the old thief, who was sorry they
had been so careless and let the cattle
slip in the drove along without notic-
ing, and now, How can we make il
right"' well, I'll tell You" says
Adney, 1--WE came over here to sell
4" you that big COW. She's good one,
" and If you'll pay us one hundred
Z" dollars for her and fifty dollars for
" the trouble of coming SO far to sell
" her, We'll go back about our bust
I" ness The rascals tried to hedge
now, having found where their pur-
suers were from, but il was too late.
Inquiries before overtaking them had
informed our men that Moore lived
near there, and they used no stint in
threats and reproaches. Bringing
them to terms in short order, they
pocketed the $50, getting back to
Muscatine by supper time, after hay
ing made seventy mile trip in good
time and to good purpose.
The fact was, the rascais had stolen
the three cattle they first drove out
since crossing The river, and supposed
of course il was some Of them that
were wanted. The red steer was prob
ably taken between here and Muscat
inc. The thieves made earnest prom
ise that they would at once drive back
ali that they had acknowledged did
not belong to them; but I.angham
and Swartzlander told every man they
met on their way back to Muscatine,
and it is to be hoped that every one
has his own 10y this time-except the
Devil, who can't realize on all his as
sets so long as Moore Il Co. remain on
this world in the cattle business.