Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-21
Chasing a Cow.
TDanbury News.l

A cow got into Mr.. Cobleigh's garden,
Sunday afternoon. Cobleigh was lying
down at the time, thinking of this very
garden, over which he had labored all
the spare time since the first of May.
Mrs. Cobleigh discovered the animal. 1t
was feeling its way across the lawn to 4
row of early cabbages. Mr.. Cobleigh
was aroused at once, and without stop
ping to put on his hat or his boots, he
hastened out TO the yard, with very
lively sense of impending danger. The
boy in the next house saw the COW, but
discreetly forebore to call attention to it
until he saw Mr.. Cobleigh appear, then
he hastened upon the scene with COM
mendable speed. The owner of the
garden was Mortified on gaining the yard
to see the COW with her front feet resting
on the lettuce bed, and her tongue just
licking in the top of a drum-head.
Whey, therer' he shouted, dashing
at her and hourishing his arms.
The COW looked around, and seeing
Cobleigh, and not recognizing him as an
acquaintance, Immediately set about to
eAtricate herself from the dilemma by
turning around and backing out but
Just then the boy came up with all the
fire and ardor ofyouth, and a chunk of
coal, and the poor animal dashed In
another direction.
"Woosh, you beast" yelled Mr.. Cob
leigh, in an agony, as he saw her carom
on the tomatoes. "Drive her back !" he
shouted to the boy. That young man
instantly complied by hitting her with
the lump of coal, and sending her over
the beets
"Woosh woosh ~ yelled Cobleigh.
eli, there !" screamed the boy.
"Si, boy 81, boyw shrieked Cobleigh,
as the animal suddenly dropped its
horns, and threw two dollars worth ofpea
vines into the air.
But the animal was not to be directed.
1t either lost all csntrol of itself, or was
determined on revenge. Cobleigh grab
bed up clothes-pole and dashed at her
with desperate fury; the boy snatched
up another and put after her in an op-
posite direction; whereupon Mrs. Cob
leigh, who had been an excited observer
of the battle, caught up hoe, with the
evident intention of joining in the
pursuit, but becoming mysteriously
tangled in the handle, was precipitated
headlong in the grass to the ll-concealed
disgust of her husband. But she was on
her feet in an instant, and would have
undoubtedly rendered efficient service,
had not Mr.. Cobleigh abruptly intimated
that he would put an ounce of lead III
her if she didn't clear into the house.
Thereupon, she gained the stoop at once,
where she remained, eagerly looking for
an opportunity to hurl the hoe at the de-
yastating beast, which she finally did,
and with such marvellous precision As to
hit her husband and the boy both at the
same time, the former in the middle of
the back with the handle and the latter
on top of the head with the blade. The
boy was Just on the point of jumping up
to give stroke at the COW, but instantly
changed his mind, and emitting yell of
poignant distress, lost no time in getting
over the fance into his own yard, where
he stood, rubbing his head and staring
at Mrs. Cobleigh as if fascinated. What
remarks Mr.. Cobieigh intended making
will never be known, probably, as just as
the hoe struck him, the animal suddenly
raised both legs, and hit him square in
the face with a hill of cucumbers, blind
ing his eyes, choking his speech, and
filling his neck with earth. Then the
beast dashed through the peas, over the
lawn, and through the gate, with prize
tomato plant on each horn, and swinging
her tail in vindictive triumph, while the
unfortunate Mr.. Cobleigh, sitting on the
ground was making strenuous endeayorS
to catch his breath.
When he went into the house TO get
the dirt out of his mouth and neck, Mrs.
Coblegh told the woman in the next
house that she had been Il month at
Cobleigh trying to get catch put on
the gate. She guessed it would be al
tended to now.
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