The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-28
A STRUGGLE WITH A COW,
Unexpected Result or Sans
Twisting the Calls Tail.
The Cow Resents the Act with Disastrous
Consequences to Her Drivers

There is nothing that demands
craftsmanship of high order as much
as the driving Of COW with young
calf to any particular place. Two
Dallas colored men undertook a job Of
this character yesterday, and although
they gave the matter their careful at
tention, the result was very far from
satisfactory to anybody but the cow
which seemed to enjoy it very much
Sam and Bill were to get 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
Elm street. After trying in vain to
get the cow to understand in which
direction they preferred she should 60
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 60 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,
"Ill jest hold her back"
"And of she don't follow fast enough
ri jest twist de calls tail, and den
she will come right along" said Sam.
Sam took up the calf and went
ahead, while Bill, in order to get a
.ealg good hold, tied the rope around his
wrist. The procession proceeded slow
" in the desired direction, and would
aave reached its destination in safety
had not Satan tempted Bill to get off a
Joke on Sam, so he called out:
"Sam, jest twist dat calf's tall
Sam did so, and the calf bleated as
if it was opposed to an encore to the
performance. .r.
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 a while the COW would
polish her horns in the ceiling Of Sans
pants. Bill could not get his hands
but Of therope, and, as he had short
EGGS, he had hard work keeping up with
The procession, or rather in not letting
70. He ran so fast thatthe kinks in
his wool Strengthened out Finally he
yasped:
"Sam, ontwist dat CATS tall
Sans legs moved so rapidly that
hey looked like the spokes of buggy,
out he called back:
Look out dar, don't let 60 dat rope
lie cows a gainin' on me-"
"Drap de cat SAM" called poor Bill,
whose arm was coming out of its sock
1t. 'Drap de caf, for l can't keep up
wild de COW. Go slow. or I'll turn d,
COW loose on you," which, however
was more than he was able to do.
Bill made the next fifty yards on Iii:
back, he still most unwillingly retain
ing his hold on the rope. Fortunate
", the COW overlook Sam, and in re
turn for his kindness in picking up tn
calf, she picked him up on her horns
and threw him over into Mr.. Carlyle
gard. Bill, who was rather tired o
chasing the COW, thought he woul'
climb over and see what Sam was do
ing. She appeared to understand hi
wishes in that direction, so she starte
on run to help him out, or rather in
She was a little late, but he went abou
ten feet further into the field than h
would have done without her assistance
There was neither of them so badl
hurt as they were when old Carlyl
came and told them that the contrac
was that they should put the COW i
, The yard. Instead of that, the CO.
had put them in the yard, so the dollf
> belonged to himself as the owner {
the COW. co. q.
:. 1t is thought a lawsuit will gro
put of the matter.-Aler E. S,ceet
u arkansas Traveller. -.-.
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