The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-20
A Mad Steer

A Mad Steer
A mad steer which was one of the
unfortunate passengers of the wreck
at Truesdell, Thursday morning, has
been roaming around Truesdell and
vicinity from that time until last Sat-
urday evening, and in the mean time,
creating quite an excitement It's
first act, after being dumped upside
down into the ditch, was to get mad
and try to get even with the railroad
company by chasing about forty men
and boy; over the fence. The men
had sufficient courage left, however,
to venture up to the fence, shout
and brandish clubs, but Mr.. Steer
was monarch of all he surveyed.
Later Mr.. Having, the COW boy
from Washington, who is selling In
dian ponies in the vicinity, and sew
eral other mounted men appeared on
the scene, but the cavalry succeeded
no better than the infantry had done
and they finally retired for the night
leaving the steer to do as he pleased
in the meantime. He had demon
strated clearly to his audience that
he was from Texas, not in favor of
the Mckinley bill or any other COM
mercial relations, barb wire fence
was not strong enough, Mexican
horses cut no figure and it didn't
take a wooden blanket shook in his
face to wink him either-he was
Texas steer in every sense of the
word.
The next day the settling agent
for the St. Paul R. R., dressed in a
linen buster, and the COW boy,
dressed in leather pants, big SOM
brero and seated on saddle which
completely hid the little pony he
rode, and lasso tied to it, started
out to find the steer. They came
upon their game on the plank road
near Mrs. Newbury's and after scar
ing him up they finally succeeded in
driving and being driven as far as
the Oplain bridge, where their game
jumped the fence and they after
him. After tearing out several trees
in their efforts to manage the brute,
they finally left him and notified the
neighbors to "beware of the mad
steer"
The next morning he was again
back to his old camping grounds of
the night previous and in full pos
session of the road, when a woman,
who was not aware of her danger,
was seen walking along the road by
one of the residents who tried to
warn her of her danger but she
could not understand English, SO he
rushed out, kicked a board off the
fence, seized the woman and began
dragging her through the hole while
she kept crying, "You left me be, I
go by Mr.. Smackle, you left me be, ;"
and seemed to prefer to take her
chances with mad steer rather than
what she evidently supposed to be a
mailman But her expostulations
did no good and the man finally sue
ceeded in dragging her through the
fence thus'saving the steer any an
noyance Mr.. Blackman then mount
ed his steed, went to Truesdell and
notified the authorities of the steers
whereabouts. Tie settling agent
claimed that he was harmless but
took good care to get over the fence
when he wished to pass him how
ever. The steer was finally disposed
of TO Mr.. Mcneil, Of Pleasant Prai
RE, who shot it in the road, took it
to Mr. SnackleS', dressed it and
took it to Pleasant Prairie where the
steer was lost track of by the writer
1t is to be hoped that whenever
the railroad company dumps any
more Texas steers out in this vicin-
ity that they send man to take
care of the stock who has sufficient
common sense and decision to kill
any that may go mad, at once, and
not allow them to run the neighbor-
hood for three days before doing SO.
POWHAPPLECACK.