Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-16
Leading n Cow.


There is nothing that demands states
manship of as high order as the driving
of COW with young calf to any par.
ticular place. Two Dallas colored men
undertook job of this character, and
although they gave the matter their
careful attention, the result was far
from satisfactory to anybody but the
cow, which seemed to enjoy IL very
much. Sam and Bill were TO get dol
lar 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 10 understand in
which direction they preferred she
should go, sam and Bill called Cabi-
net meeting. at which this campaign
plan was agreed upon: Sam was to take
up the calf in his arms ani 20 ahead,
while Bill was 30 hold TIA" COW 6acN by
the rope which was fa~;"urt 80 r'i
horns
'Ef ne !. pc- too i.>,, ,.,j Gl' / .i
Jest hold he, back. -
And IF she dou't follow fast enough
III jest twist lie calf tail, and den
she will come righ; along" said sam.
Sam tc5k up tnc cali and went ahead,
while Bill, IN order Ia get real good
hold. led rle rope around III Wris,'
The procession proceeded slowly in The
desired direction, aud would have
reached lis destination in safety had not
Satan tempted Bill to get up joke on
Sam, so lac called out:
Sam, jest twist dat calfs tail"
Sam did 50, aud the calf bleSted As If
il was opposed to MI 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. TEen the fun began. For
every once in while the COW would
polish her horns it, the ceiling of Sam S
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 go.
lie ran so fast that the kinks In his wool
Strengthened out. Finally he gasped:
"Sam, ontwist dat calf's tall"
Sans legs moved so rapidly that they
looked like the spokes of buggy wheel,
but he called back:
Look out dar, don't let go dat rope;
de cows gainin' on me-"
"Drap de caf, SAM" called poor Bill,
whose arm was coming out of Its socket.
"Drap de caf, for can't keep up wild
de COW. Go slow, or I'll turh de COW
loose on you," which, however, was
more than he was able 10 do.
Bill made the next fifty yards on his
back, he still most unwillingly retain
ing his hold on the rope. Fortunately
the COW overlook sam, and In return for
his kindness in picking mp 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. The COW APP
peared to understand his wishes In that
direction, so she started on arun 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 gone
without her assistance. There was nell
ther of them as badly hurt as they were
when old Carlyle came out 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.