Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-01

Danbury Bailey's friend, Mr.. Cob
leigh. ia again 10 trouble. The Ne,ps
says: 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 discover
ed the animal. 1t wa, feeling its way
across the lawn to row OF early cab.
bages. Mr.. Cobleigh was aronsed at
once, and, without stopping to put on
his hat or HE boots, he hsstened ont TO
tho yard, with very lively sense of
impending danger. The boy In the
next house saw the COW, but discreetly
fOrebore to call attention to 1t 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
teeth resting upon the lettuce bed, and
her tongue just licking In the top of q
drumhead.
"Whey, there !" he shouted, dashing
at her and flonrishing his arms.
Tho cow looked arou i'd, and seeing
COblei1h, and not recognizing him as
an acquaintance, Immediately set
about extricating herself from the
dilemma by Immediately turning
around and backing out but just then
the boy came up with all the fire and
ardor of youth, and chunk of coal,
and the poor animal dashed OF In
another direction.
"Woosh wooshl Yelled Cobleigh.
eli, there !" screamed the boy.
81, boy! 81, boy I" shrieked Cob.
leigh, as the animal suddenly dropped
its horns and threw two dollars wol th
Of pca-v vines into the air.
But the animal would not be direct.
cd. 1t either lost all control of itself,
or was determined on revenge. Cob
leigh grabbed upa clothes.pole and
dashed at her with desperate fury the
boy snatched up another. and put sfter
her in an opposite direction where
upon Mrs. Cobleigh, who had been
an excited observer of the battle,
caught up hoe, with the evident In
tention Of joining In the pursuit, but
becoming mysteriously tangled In the
handle, was precipitated In the grass,
to the ill-concealed disgust OF her hus-
band. But she was on her feet In IN
instant, and would have undoubtedly
rendered efficient service, had not Mr..
Cobleigh abruptly intimated that he'd
put an ounce Of lead In her II she
didn't clear In the house. Thereupon
she gained the stoop at once, were che
remained, eagerly looking for An op.
portunity 10 hurl the hoe at the devas-
tating boast, which she finally did, and
with such marvellous precision as to
hit her husband and the boy both at
the same time, tho former in the mid
die of the back, with the handle, and
the latter on the top of the head, with
the blade. Tho boy was just on the
point of jumping up to give stroke
at the cow, but instantly charged his
mind, aud emitting yell Of poignant
distress, lost no time in getting over
the fence into his own yard, where he
stood rubbing his head and staring
at Mrs. Cobleigh as if fascinated.
What remarks Mr.. Cobleigh intended
to make will never be known as prob.
ably just as the hoo struck him, the
animal suddenly raised both hind legs
and hit him square in the face with Q
hill of cucumbers, binding his eyes,
choking HE srecch, and Nut"e. hSa
neck with earth. Then the beast dash
cd through the peas, over the lawn
and through the gate, with prize
ton..to E,iaot on eaoh horn. and swing
ing her tail in viudictiye trump, while
the unfortunate Mr., Cobieigh, sitting
ON the ground, was making strenuous
endeavOrs to catch his breath.
When he went into the house 10 get
the dirt out of his mouth aud neck,
Mrs. Cobleigh was telling the woman
la the next house that she had been a
month at CObleigh trying TO get o
latch put on the gate. She guessed II
would be attended to now.
1t has been.