Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-09-30
Gov Essurs.

| THEIR Tricks AND MANNERs-PRooFs OF
THEIR ACUTE INSTINCTS AND FEELINGS.
That cows acknowledge individuality
among themselves is evident from the fact
that in every herd there is sure to be one
master COW who domineers over all the rest
Watch the thirsty herd going to drink at
pool on a sultry summer day. and YOU will
see the master COW enter first. unopposed
BY the others, who-should the pool be a
small one-will not presume to join her IN
it. but will wait patiently on the bank TIL
che leaves the water, even though she may
choose TO remain there, swishing her tail at
the flies and enjoying the cool bath for her
legs. for some time after she has finished
quencing her thirst To the human specta
tor. it would seem tina, she is seihshiy and
needlessly prolonging tie thirst OF her
friends: but they do not resent her seif-in-
diligence. nor attemp, TO hurry Der, but only
humbly wait till il shall be her pleasure TO
make room for them to 40 and drink. For
is no, she their undispu,ed chief, and shall
no, chief have privileges? A contributor
to an English journal tells the following
story of the top boss" in his herd, named
Dulas: She is neither the biggest. nor
the strongest, nor the longest horned of the
party, and how she has acquired her suprem-
acy We know not. bu, We imagine that II
mus, be through sheer force of character
and will We one day had an opportunity
of watching her lead her companions to a
piece Of mischief. which they all quite evil
IDENTIFY knew TO be against the laws of their
human superior. and therefore to be done
on the sly. il possible. The cows we're in
field adjoining riokyard, and in the rick
yard was an Clubhouse, wherein some man.
gels we're stored The field vas separated
from the riekyard by hedge. in which was
gap stopped by hurdle and twice in one
day had the cows broken through the gap
go, nj their beloved mangles, and been driv
en- out again ANONYMOUSLY. Cndaunted by
this. they made third a;;ac,, and we hap
pened TO arrive just in time to see II done.
While the men who had driven them back
TO the field were still near. the cows ali pre-
tend to be grazing as TRANQUILITY as though
no higher ambition than grass had ever en-
tered their innocent minds. But no sooner
did the ooas, appear to be clear, than Of set
Dulas toward the hurdle, with a quick and
resolute step, shaking her head with a most
defiant and jaunty air as she walked. In
s,anily every other COW left off eating. and
followed her, all evidently perfectly aware Of
what she meant to do. Sticking her horns
skillfully under bar of the hurdle, and
heaving up her head to extract the hurdle
from the ground, she very soon managed TO
remove the obstacle, and then proceeded
triumphantly to the mangels. with all her
companions at her heels. Now. in this case.
Dulas seems to have used some Kind Of
reasoning power for there Was no attempt
made TO batter down the gate by brute force.
and she had discovered the necessity Of lifi-
ing j; upward. She has talent for open
ing gates with easy fasienings which is
rather troublesome, putting here horns in
and working her head about until she gets
the fastening undone. And in this, also,
she seems to show reason or observation,
tor else how would she know which par, of
the gate to attack