Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-09-08
Out of Repair but There.

away and appropriately enough she tool
steer-age passage in 8 steamer to get tC
Detroit. The wharf is about a quarter o.
a nile from the house and | stood ther,
with two or thpee of my neighbors who
had kindly offered to help NE home with
the COW. As the steamer rounded too,
noticed that the COW had the whole lower
deck to herself and thst there were guy
ropes from every tie-able portion Of her to
stationary articles on board. The passen-
gers on the upper deck had a pleased ex-
pectant look on their faces as if there was
something enjoyable ahead. When the
gsngway plank was run out, the deck
hands seemed reluctant to interfere with
the COW. The captain came down the
for ard stairs and shouted:
Let go her head line, slack up aft.
| AYE, aye, sir, cried the sailors and the
command was obeyed.
| ''Get line out in 'front.'"
One of the sailors took the original farm
rope that was around her horns. and got on
the dock. All the other lines were re-
moved, and as the COW began to look
steadily at the fellow out on the wharf,
pulling on the shore he began to tremble,
sport her little, and send her for ard, y
said the captain.
''POrt it is, sir, answered one of the
hands, as he approached the animal with
club to induce her TO port. Our COW
had stood like a statue all the while,
glari1g at the man on the wharf. Now she
made one wild wave of her horns in the
direction IF the club person. He rapidly
tumbled over two barrels, and sprang on a
dry goods box while the COW stood tri-
umphant over thcclHb. A murmer of ap-
probation came from the passengers, who
were perched up on accessible articles of
freight.
Can be any service2" | mildly asked
the captain.
"Well, yes" SAID he. ''If you could go
and get a good servicea5le coroner, you
would do US a favor, | think we'll need
one"
Meanwhile the passengers were showing
how the SOW could easily he got out, but
none of them came down to put their theo-
ries into practice.
''Make fast your head line," called the
captain TO the man on the wharf. He
gave the rope couple of rapid turns
AOuuu a pAtICObAAS blLllbtl.
''Now all hands aft" was the next CON-
mand and the boys gathered around in the
rear of the COW.
''All together now" was the cry, and a
dozen men gently showed the reluctant COW
shOrcwards, while the wharf man shortened
the rope around the timber. Our COW re-
solutely planted her four hOofs down and
hung back, but the combined force of the
crew was too much for her, and she slid
along amid the cheers of the passengers.
Suddenly she changed her mind, and made
a spring 10 the end of her rope. The wild
graphing of the pusher5 as they went
down with the most astonishing unanimi-
ty brought forth the heartfelt applause of
the discriminating audience. BY this
time the captain was on the upper deck
ringing the boat ahead, and could see the
passengers around HIM coaxing him to
stay and let them watch the COW sacrifice
those of us that were left on the dock.
One of my near nelghboIs, u big, power
ful young man, said that he would take
home the COW for me, that steamboat men
did not understand how to treat cattle any
how, and he proceeded to unwind the rope
from the timber. The wharf, however,
seemed to suit the COW exacay, and she !
refused 10 bulge. We tried to shove her
along as the steamboat men had done, but !
il was too biz contract. At last, one of
the men brought pitchfork, and while the I
rope man got ready for a tornado, he /
touched up the COW. Ii was brilliant I
success; Man and COW disappeared up the /
road in whirlwind of dust Everybody /
along the route thought was runaway; the |
women shrieked and the men climbed |
fences. We never expected to see either
COW or man again. lie, however, under |
stood his BUSINESS. He let the infu1iated |
animal drag him along until he reached the |
open gate, and then, with one wild bound, |
he sprang ahead and gave the rope turn /
around the starboard gate post. The way |
that COW came around was amazing. She |
described a semi-circle very much quicker |
than Euclid could have done it. She lay !
there in a heap, painting and evidently |
wondering how it all came about.
There's your cow,' said my friend,
covered with dust and triumph, as he closed |
the gate, flung the rope over her prostrats
form, ''she may be somewhat out of repair
but she's there"