Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-24
Twisting a Calls Tall.

There is nothing that demands states
manship of a high order a. much as the
driving of COW with a young calf to
any particular place. Two Galveston
colorcd men undertook a job of this
character yesterday. and although they
gave the matter their careful attention.
the result was very far from satisfacto-
ry TO anybody except the COW, which
seemed TO enjoy il very much. Sam
and Bill were to get a dollar TO take the
COW and calf and put them in the yard
of the owner. Mr.. Thomas Carlyle. who
lives at the south end of Galveston Az
enue. After trying in vain to get the
COW to understand in what direction
they preferred she should go, Sam and
Bill called cabinet meeting, at which
the following campaign plan was agreed
upon: Sam was TO take up the calf in
his arms and go ahead. while Bill was
TO hold the cow back by the rope which
was fastened TO her horns.
"Ef she goes too FAST said Bill, II II
Jest hold her back
"And ef she don't foller fast enough
I'll jest twist de calt's tail, and den she
viii come right along said Sam.
Sam took uD the calf and went
ahead, while Bill, in order to get a real
good hold. tied the rope around his
wrist. The procession proceeded slow
" in the desired direction. and would
have reached its destination in safety
had not Satan tempted Bill TO get OF
joke on Sam, so he called out:
''Sam. jess twist de eats tail"
Sam did so, and the calf bleated as if
il was opposed TO an encore to the per-
Torrance.
The old COW began to trot. So did
Sam. holding on to the calf as if he had
stolen it. 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, as he had short legs,
he had hard work keeping up with the
procession. or rather in not letting 90.
He ran SO fast that the kinks of his
wool Strengthened out. Finally he
gasped:
"Sam, ontwist dat cats tail"
Sans legs moved SO rapidly tbatthe
looked like the spokes of buggy, but
he called back:
''Bill, don't let go dat rope. de cows
againin on me"
drop de caf." called poor Bill,
whose arm was coming out of its sock
ct. ''Drap de caf. for can't keep up
wild de cow. Go slow. niggah, or ri
turn de COW loose on you" which. how
ever was mere than he was able to do.
Bill made the next fifty yards on his
back. he still most unwi,lingly retaining
ms hold on the rope. Fortunately. the
COW overlook Sam, and in return for his
kinaness in picking ap the calf, she
picked him up on her horns and threw
him over into Mr.. Carlyle's yard. Bill,
who was rather tired of chasing the cow,
thought he would climb over and see
what Sam was doing. The COW APP
peared 10 understand his wishes in that
direction, so she started ON a run to
help him ont. or rather over. She was
a 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 so badly hurt rs
they were when old CARLYLE came and
told them that the contract was that
they should put the COW in the yard.
Instead of that, the COW had put them
in the ward. 50 the dollar belonged 10
himself rs the owner of the COW.
IL is thought lawsuit will grow ont
Of the matter Cohesion News.