The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-28
Twisting q Calls Tall.

There Is nothing that demands states
manship Of a high order n much rs the
driving of a cow with a young calf "a
any particular place. Two Galveston
coiored men undertook u Job Of this
character yesterday. and although they
gave the matter their careful attention,
the result was very far from satisfacto.
~ to anybody except the COW. which
seemed to enjoy il very much. Sam
and Bill were To get a dollar To take the
GOV and calf and put them in tho ya-d
of the owner. Mr.. Thomas Car vie. who
lives at the south end Of Galveston Az
enue. After trying in vain To get tho
cow to understand in what direction
they preferred she should go. Sam and
Bill called n cabinet meeting. at which
the following campaign plan was agreed
upon: Sam was 10 take up the calf in
his arms and 20 aheai. while Bill was
to hold the COW back By the rope which
wa fastened to her horns.
.'Ef she goes too fast" said Bill. I'm
Jest hold her back"
land ef she don't foller fast enough
I'll jest twist dc calls tail. and den sho
will come right along" said Sam.
Sam took up the calf aud went
ahead. while Bill, in order TO get a real
good hold. tied the rope around his
wrist. The procession proceeded slow
ly in the desired direction. and would
have reached its destination in safety
had not Satan tempted Bill To ge, OF
a joke on Sam, so he called out:
SAN. jess twist de caf $ tail"
Sam did so, and the calf bleated as il
it was opposed 10 an encore 10 the per-
| Torrance.
The old COW began 10 trot. SD did
Sam. holding on to the calf a. IL be had
stolen il. Then the fun began, for
every once in . while the COW would
polish her horns on the ceilings Of Sans
pants. Bill could not get his hands out
Of the rope. and, a he had short legs.
he had hard work keeping up with the
procession. or rather in not letting 90.
He ran 90 fast that the kinks of his
wool Strengthened ou:- Finally he
gasped:
"Sam, ontwist dat CATS tail"
Sans legs moved so rapidly thatthey
looked ike the spokes Of q buggy. bu:
be called back:
'.BiIl. don't lie, go d., rope, de cows
againin On me"
drop de caf." called poor Bill.
whose arm was coming out Of its SICK
ct "Drap de cat. for I can't keep up
Wild de COW. Go slow. niggsh. or I'll
turn de cow loose on you,' which. how
ever was more than he was able 20 do.
Bill made the next city yards on his
back. he still most unwi!iingly retaining
his hold on the rope Fortunately. the
cow overlook Sam. and in return for his
kindness in picking up the cali. she
picked him up OF her horns and threw
him over into Mr.. Cariyle's yard Bal, |
who was rather tired Of chasing the COW, !
thought he would climb over and see
what Sam was doing. The COW ap-
peued to understand bis wishes in that
direction, so she started on a run Tn
help him out. or rather over. She was
little late. but he went about ten feet
further into the field than be would have
done without her assistance. There
was neither Of them 80 badly hurt a.
they were when old Carlyle came and
told them th.t the contract was that
they should put the. eow in the yard
Instead Of thai. the cov had pot them
in the yard. so the dollar belonged 10
himself as the owner Of the COW.
II is thought 4 lawsuit viii grow out
OF the matteE-GGIrest0n Sers-