Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-23

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front ranks of the mob. Then. Will
his clinched fists. he attacked them
No man could stand up against hi
terrific blows, and in less time than i
takes to tell it he had knocked above
score of them senseless. while the re
.nainder fled like chickens before tn,
swoop of an eagle.
They had no further annoyanc.
while they remained there. and it wa,
not until several years had flown tha
the people of that section ceased t,
talk of the terrible Yankee.
But, giant though he was, his ex
ploits We're not more remarkable thai
We're those of his wife. 1t was com
monty believed of her that she woult
take up barrel of cider by the chime:
and, holding it before her. march III
flight OF stairs as easily as an or
dinary person would carry a basket
of eggs
On one occasion travelling mop
peddler called at the house, and
found her busily engaged in washing
her kitchen floor. She declined tc
purchase, or even examine, his goods
but, despite her remonstrance, he
crowded into the room, and began tc
urge her tv buy.
Placing his bundle on the floor, he
was IN the act of STOPPING to open it
when the irate woman dropped he1
mop. seized Linn by the collar and the
seat of his trousers, and pitched him
head first through an open window,
and. before he could regain his feet,
threw his bundle of mops after him
The astonished fellow picked himself
up and fled from the house without a
word.
But the most remarkable thing she
did have yet to tell.
1t seems that her husband was a
man proud of showing his strength,
and that this vanity led him too often
to neglect his work. As consequence,
he was frequently in trouble from
not being able to pay his bills. The
sheriff was not an unfrequent visitor
at their home, and as the same per
son held that Office year after year,
they were always in trepidation when
they saw him approaching.
C had long owed a sum of
money to the keeper of the country
store a few miles away, and had made
a good many promises to pay it; but
he had failed SO many times to keep
his agreement that the storekeeper
lost all patience, and determined to
attach whatever property he could
find on the premises.
1t so happened that just then C
had In his possession a fine COW.
The law of the State was such that
the last COW could be seized for debt.
though if the creature had just been
killed. it was exempt from taxation.
Both c. and his wife knew this
fact, though they had no intention of
killing the cow. But one morning,
when her husband was away, Mrs.
C saw the sheriff approaching
the house.
As he drew rein at the door, she
stepped ont, and he met her with the
only remark, II am sorry, Mrs. C,
but I must perform my duty as an
officer of the law"
She well knew what that meant,
and before he had time to take any
legal measures. she asked him to ex-
cuse her for a moment, and, going
into the barn where the COW was, she
laid hold of the creature by the nos
trils and by one horn, and with a
gigantic effort, twisted the head
around and broke the cows neck.
Returning to the house. she in
quired of the sheriff what he wanted
He replied that he had come to put
an attachment on their COW. there
upon she told him that they had no
living cow in their possession, but
that they had dead one in the barn,
and she didn't suppose that he was
fool enough to attach that.
The officer went to the barn, saw
the body of the creature, now out of
his power, learned how it had been
killed, and, without a word, left the
place, fearing that, if the woman
should get angry. she might treat
HIM IN the same way as she had
dealt with her cow.