The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-15
NO. 49,.



There is nothing that demands
craftsmanship of high order as much
as the driving of COW with a young
calf to any particular place. Two
Dallas colored men undertook Job
of this character yesterday, and al-
though they gave the matter their
careful attention, the result was very
far from satisfactory to anybody ex.
cept the COW, which seemed to enjoy
it very much. SalR 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 thy
preferred she should go. Sam and Bill
called a cabinet meeting, 1T which
the following campaign plan was
agreed upon: Sam was to take up the
calf in his arms and go 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,
"I'll jest hold her back"
"And eff she don't follow fast
enough, I'll jest twist de calt's tail.
and den she will come right alOng,"
said Sam.
Sam took up the calf and went a.
head, 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 have reached its destination
IN safety had not Satan tempted Bill
to get off 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.
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 Sam's.pants. Bill could not get bis
hands out Of the rope, and, as he had
short legs, he had hard work in keep
ing up with the procession, or rather
in not letting go. He ran so fast
that the kinks in his wool straighten~
ed out. Finally he gasped:
Sam, iOntwist dat CATS tail"
Sans legs moved 80 rapidly that
they looked like che spekes of bug
gY. but he called back:
"LOok out dar, niggah, don't let
go dat rope, de cows gainin' on
me-"
"Drap de caf, Sam, called poor
Bill, whose arm was coming out Of
socket.
"Drap de caf. for / can't keep up
wild de COW. Go slow, niggah, or I'll
turn de COW loose Oh you" which.
however, was more than he was able
to do.
Bill made the next fifty yards on
his back, he still most unwillingly
retaining his hold on the rope, for
tunatelY the COW overlook Sam, and
in return for his kindness in picking
up the calf, she picked him up on her
horns and 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 wishes ia
that direction, SO she started OH a run
to help him out, or rather in. Sho
was little late, but he went about
ten feet further into the field than
he Vould have done without her as
sistance.
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. Instead Of that. the COW
had puff them in the yare. 80 that the
dollar belonged to himself as owner Of
the cow
1t Is thought lawsuit wiil grow
out of the matter.-Arkansaw Trav-
eIsr.