The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-11
A STRUGGLE WITH A COW.
Unexpected Result Of SANS Twisting the
Calls Tail.

Calls Tail.
There is nothing that demand.
statemanship Of a higher order a.
much us the driving Of a cow With
n young calf to any particular
place. Two Dallas colorcd men
undertook Il job o: this character
yesterday, and although they
gave tho matter their careful at
tentlon, the result was very fur
from satisfactory to anybody
but the COW, which seemed to en-
joy 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 ut the south
end of Elm street. After trying
in vain to get the COW to UNDER
stand in which direction they pre-
ferred she should 60, Sam and
Bill called cabinet meeting, ut
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'gocs too fast Bill, Ill
jest hold her back"
"And ef she don't follow fast
enough, I'll jest twist the calf's
tail. and den she will come right
along" Sam.
Sam took up the calf and went
ahead, while Bill, in order to get
u real good hold, tied the rope
around his wrist. The process
ion proceeded slowly in the dcsir-
cd direction, and would have
reached its destination in safety
had not Satan tempted Bill to
get of a good joke OIL Sam, so he
called out:
"Sam, jest twist dat calls
tall"
Sam did so, and the calf blcated
rs if it was opposed TO an encore
to the performance.
The old COW began to trot. So
did Sam, holding OH to the calf rs
II he had stolen Il.
Then the fun began. For cv-
cry 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 tic process
sion, or rather in not letting 60.
He ran so fast that the kinks in
his wool Strengthened out. Final.
ly he gaspcd:
"Sam, ontwist dat calf's tail"
Sans legs moved so rapidly
that they looked like the spokcs
of a buggy, hut he called back:
"Look out dar, don't let 90
dat rope, de cows q gainnin' ON
me-"
"Drap de caf, SAM" called
poor Bill, whose arm was coming
out of its socket. "Drap dc caf,
l can't keep up wild dc cow. Go
slow, or I'll turn de cow loose on
you," which however, was more
than he was able to do.
Bill made the next fifty yards
on his back, he still most unwil-
lingly retaining his hold OH the
rope. Fortunately, the cow over
took Sam, and in the return for
his kindness in picking up the
calf, she picked him up on her
horns aud 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. She
appeared to understand his wish
es in that direction, so she star
ted on run 10 help him out, or
rather in. Shc was a little late
hut he went about ten feet fur
ther 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 tho COW In the yard. Instead
of that, the COW had put them in
the yard, so the dollar belonged
to- himself, as the owner Of the
COW.
It is thought a lawsuit viii
grow out Of The matter. Alex.
E:. Sweet, in Arkansas Traveller.