Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-27

considerable speed and fairly a6re with
bloody intentions. 1 snatched of nv big
ssmbrero and sent Il sailing into her face,
The only effect WAS to bring her head MP
little and abated nothing of her headlone
gait.
AS fully realized that the old she vii
lain meant business flashed into rage, and
pulling back the hammer of the Sharp rife
L carried resolved to bore her through her
added head and correct her disposition to
quietude for all time.
Matters were coming too fast to allow me
ia take any aim. and banged away with
the Sharp as ii lay in my hands
The irate cow was not three feet from
the muzzle of the rife, but how ! missed
her is more than / can tell. But did.
As it was she was so cross as to appear
TO gather the smoke of the gun and bring
it along in her frontlet, and realizing 1 had
missed just had time to escape her horns
by quick twist, getting, indeed, a smart
jolt from he shoulder even then
1t took tenth part of second to put
another cartridge into the rife, and re-
fected with ferocious satisfaction that it
would be my turn now, as had no idea of
making a second miss of it.
OF course confidently counted on her
turning and charging me again To my
surprise, however, she kept straight on up
the slight and pine covered hill toward the
divide and never seemed even to cast
thought behind at me.
overcsme an impulse TO pump a bullet
into her anyhow, and no one having sus-
tanned injury, called the battle draw.
The irony of fate Was shown by finding
this old cow who had escaped my bullet
/ by a miracle. dead with her calf, in a
blizzard which struck the hill two days af-
1 ter.
The existence of this calf hid over on the
divide, and my being directly between
the infant and the old cow when she saw
me, was no doubt the whole cause of the
war.
left the two stark in their drift of
snow, and make no doubt they were high
ly appreciated by the buzzard and the ra-
ven, who that day tapped their wide
wings in those skies.
STROUS DRAWS THE LONG BOW.
An Extraordinary Account of His Ex-
periencex i'm America.
From the Boston Record.J
The Vienna Abendblat in its issue of
December "a, 1890, has some astounding
statements concerning the reception of
Edouard Strauss and his orchestra at Bos-
ton. After giving some remarkable stats
tic of the concert tour just completed, the
article goes on to say:
SIN Boston the Strauss orchestra made
its first acquaintance with the American
public. The concert began late in the ev-
ening Nearly five thousand people filed
the hall Nearly one-third of these were
in shirt sleeves, and yet they were mostly
persons of the middle class This class is
one to which the working man belong in
America, and is very much respected on
that side of the ocean. The workingmen
earn much money, and are, therefore, in
a position to indulge themselves. They
have an especial taste for music, and no
admission price is too high for them if the
fame of the artists has crossed the ocean.
Gan audience of 5000 in America is not
an especially large one. In some cities the
orchestra had more than IL, 900 persons
frequently present. The first number on
the program, a Strauss waltz, was lis
tened to in dead silence. A second and
third followed, and still no applause. Al
last, after the fourth piece, the entire audi
ence began to whistle. This astonished
Mr.. Strauss and his men. With amaZement
he saw the manager coming to him beam
ing with pleasure, to congratulate him.
What does this meanr asked Mr.. Strauss
Don't YOU see,' was the answer, you have
made them enthusiastic and they are whis-
Ting
"Mr. Strauss and his orchestra suffered
very much while in America from black
servants and from temperance people. The
darkies steal like ravens everything they
can Law hold Of In the hotels one had to
be constantly on the guard not to awake
without any clothing and without any 9th
er belongings. The instruments were in
constant danger Of disappearing. Forlu-
nately this characteristic passion of negroes
could be met by exercising care, but ii was
otherwise with teetotalers This sect,
among whom there are a large number of
pastors, often worked against the concerts
because they thought the people should
not give way to pleasure, and because after
such programs, people might easily 60
beyond the bounds of moderation"