Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-06-11
A STRUGGLE WITH A COW.
Unexpected Result Of Sans
Twisting the Calf's Tail.
The Cow Resents the Act with Dis
astrous Consequences to Her
Drivers. af.rp

There is nothing that demands states.
manship of high order as much as the
drying Of a cow with young calf t0
any particular place. Two Dallas coli
ored men took a job of this character
yesterday and although they gave the
matter their careful attention, the re-
suit was very far from satisfactory to
anybody but the cow, who seemed to
enjoy it very much. Sam ana Bill were
to get dollar to take the cow and calf
and put them in the yard OF the owner,
Mr.. Thomas Carlyle, who liYes at the
south end of Elm street. After trying
in vain to get the COW TO understand i'm
which direction they preferred she
should 90, Sam and Bill called cabi-
net meeting, at (which the following
campaign plan was agreed upon !: Sam
was to take up the calf In bis arms and
go ahead, while Bill was to hold the
cow back by the rope which was fasten-
ed to her horns.
'Ef she goes too FAST said Bill, IN
jest hold her back
And ef she don't follow fast enough,
I'll jest twist de calf's tail, and den she
will come right along , said Sam.
Sam took up the calf and went ahead,
while Bill, in order to get real good
hold, tied the rope around his wrist.
The procession proceeded slowly in the
desired direction ,and would havereach-
ed its destination in safety had not Sat-
an tempted Bill to get off a joke onSam,
so he called out:
Sam, jest twist dat calf's TAIL
Sam did so, and the calf bleated as if
it..was opposed to an encore to the per-
formance.
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 In the ceiling 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 60.
He ran so fast that the kinks in his
wool Strengthened out. Finally he
gasped
Sam, ontwist dat calf's tail.'
Sans legs moved so rapidly that they
looked like spokes of buggy, but he
called back: sJ
Look out dar, don't let 20 dat rope.
de cows a gainin' on me-.
'Drap de calf. Sam. called poor Bill,
whose arm was coming out of its sock
ct. 'Drap de calf, for can't keep up
wild de cow. Go slow, or III turn de
cow loose on you,' which, however, was
more than he was able to do. aH5
Bill made the next fifty yards on his
back, he still most unwillingly retained
his hold on the rope. fortunately, the
cow overlook Sam, and insretnrn for
his kindness i'm picking mp the calf, she
picked him up on her horns and threw
him over into Mr. ECarlyle's yard. Bill,
who was rather tired of chasing the
cow, thought he would climb over and
see what Sam was doing. She appear :
ed to understand his wishes in that di-
rection, SO she started on run to help
him out, or rather in. She was 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 Carlyle came and told
them that the contract was that they
should put the cow in the yard. In
stead of that, the COW had put them in
the yard, SO the dollar belonged to him.
self as the owner of the cow. e.
1t is thought lawsuit win grow out
of the matter. ls9u xaBa - es