Daily Republican., 1881-10-20
LEISURE MOMENTS.
The Cream SkimmeA from the
Field Of q umOrOus,
TWISTING THE CALF's TAIL.

| TWISTING THE CALF's TAIL.
Says the Hawkeye solemnly: eyes
daughter you should 60 somewh her,
this summer. You can't stay at home
during warm weather and live. To bs
sure, your mother, who hasn't been out
of town since she was married, can
stand 1t, sut then she doesn' know m y
better, and besides she has fun enough
doing the washing and ironing. BY all
means 60. Get a linen duster and u
basket and go at on ,e."
"A seaside belle left her bathing shoes
out the window to dry, and the hex,
day the local paper announced tina,
such hotel had put out lew awnings
OF an antique design.
There is nothing gSsSthat demands
states manship of a nigh order 80 mu b
a, the driving of a COW with a young
calf to any particular place. Two col
ored men undertook a job Of this char.
acter, and although they gave the mat
ter their careful attention, The result
was very far from satisfactory TO any
one except the COW, which seemed to
enjoy it very nuCh. Sam anu Bill
were to get dollar to take the COW and
calf and put them into the yard OF the
owner, Thomas Carlisle, who lives at
the south end of Galveston avenue. Al
ter trying in vain to get the cow to un
derstand what direction they preferred
she should 20, Sam and Bull called a
cabinet meeting at which the followi Z
campaign plan was agreed upon Sam
was to take the cal in his arms and go
ahead, while Bill was to hold the coy
back by the rope which was fastened to
her horns.
EFF she goes too FAST said Bill, "l'l'
jest Lold her back
"And of she don't foller fast enough,
I'll Jest twist de calls tail, and dep SHIT
will come right a ong,' said Sam.
Sam took the calf and went ahead,
while Bill in order to get right good
hold twisted the rope around his wrist.
The procession proceeded slowly in the
desired direction, and would have safe
iy reached its destination had not Sa-
tan tempted Bill to get Oft good Joke
on Sam and he call ed out:
"Sam, Jess twist the calfs tail. y
Sam did so, and the calf bleatcd as ii
it was opposed to an encore to the per-
tornanCe.
The old COW began to trot. So did
Sam, holding on to the calf ~ though
he had stolen it. Then the fun began,
for every once in a while the cow would
polish her horns On the ceilin. of sans
pants. Bill could not get his hands out
of the rope, and as he had short legs,
he had hard work to keep up with the
procession, or rather in not letting go.
He ran so fast that the kinks in his
wool straigh ened out. Finally lie
gasped:
"Sam untwist that calls tail
Sans legs moved so rapidly that
they looked like the spokes OF buggy,
but he called back:
"Foah Gods sake, niggah, don't let
20 dat rope, de dow's a gainin' on me. -
"Drop do calf, SAM" called poor Bill
whose arm was coming out OF its sock
ct. "Drop de calf, fer | cant keep up
wild de COW. Go slow, niggah, or III
turn dc cow loose on you, which,
however, was more than he was able
to do.
Bill made the next fifty yards on his
back, still most unwiIllngly retaining
his hold on the rope. fortunately, the
COW overlook Sam, and i'll .eturn for
his kindness i'll picking up the cali, she
picked him up cn her horns and threw
him over into Mr.. Carlisle's yard. Bill,
who was rather tired Of chasing the
COW, thought he would climb over and
see what was going Oh. The COW appeared
to understand his wishes in that direc.
ton, 50 she started On run to help
him out, or rather over. She was q
little late, but he went about ten feet
further into the field than he would
have done without her assistance. There
was neither of them so badly hurt as
they were when old Carlisle came out
aDd told them that as the contract AZ
that they should put the COW III the
yard, and instead of that, the cow bad
put them Ill the yard, so the dollar be-
longed to himself as the owner OF the
COW.