Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
NANNY MULLIGRUB.

Nanny Mulligrub lives at Hopper
town. Now Hoppertown is not a very
important place neither is Nanny
Mulligrub very important personage;
but the good-natured old darkey wom-
an fills her own little niche in the
great world. and recently, with the aid
OF COW and dog. she managed to
fill 1t pretty full. The thing came
about in this way:
Nanny Mulligrub's cow is the
pride of the old lady's heart and
fine, large creature she is too; but
like many other animals she some
times wants to have her own way. In
fact she can be as cranky as an old
maid schoolmarm when she takes a
notion.
Now. Nanny has staked out the
old milk factory nearly all summer
and after the cows offspring got to be
some days old. the old lady concluded
to resume this custom, so she once
more anchored the whey producer TO
a birch peg by means of the clothes
line Bossy. however, was left at home
shut up in the farm-yard to bawl away
his breath all day, as if no had been a
hired bowler at u ward caucus. And
he did it, too.
Toward night Muley decided that
her happiness and peace of mind. if
not her very life, depended upon seq
ing that calf Immediately, and sooner
than that if possible. So she tugged
away at her tether until the stake
broke and then started for the yard at
a break neck pace.
A few minutes later terrible rack
ct at the cow-yard attracted Mammy's
attention. and, running TO the door to
investigate she saw old Muley paw
ing and believing at the gate. with
her nose in the dirt and her tail in the
air. She wanted her calf, and she
wanted him then.
EUR de Lawd sake! Eff faint dat
ar kyow!' said old Nanny as she set
her speetacles little higher up on
the broad black dab of flesh that an
swered her to smell with, in order to
take another squlnt She's done
bus loose and kim fur her catf. an eff
! don't let him out she'll done bury
herself dar fur shuah."
So saying the old lady trotted to the
farmyard gate and let out the calf,
who Immediately began trying to
chew of the accustomed portion of
his maternal relatives physical sys-
tenn.
she's so handy I bes' git bucket
an strip her." said the old lady to her.
self; but just as she was going to put
her plan into effect the dog appeared
and took a hand in the game.
Now Bossy was not acquainted with
old Towser, and what was more. he
did not feel inclined to get acquainted
with animals of standing inferior to
his own; so he let out his hind legs as
If the Old Nick were after him instead
of Daddy Mulljgrub's pet Watchdog.
Mulley did not like to stand still and
see herself abandoned in that heart
less manner so she started Off in pur-
suit Nanny had to wiggle her fat
limbs quite rapidly in order to catch
the rope before she was completely out
of reach. She managed to do it
though. and secured the cow by TAX
tree that stood close at hand
But Towsers sporting propensities
were fully aroused. and after that calf
he went as if his very existence de-
pended on getting calls tail for
luncheon Immediately. Nanny tried
again and again to call him of. but in
vain.
The calf took q circle around the
excited COW and equally excited old
woman. for he did not like to got too
far away from his mother. But still
old Towser followed in hot pursuit.
Finally they passed so close that
nanny seized the dogs collar and
chung to it desperately.
.Ps got ye you good fur muffin
brack debble, you. she pulled. Chase
DAT caff till he's done tuckered all out
will YEP Well see bout dat. Reckon
kin fix ye-"
Nanny carefully tied the other
end of the COW rope to Towser's col
lar; then she stepped back and viewed
the situation. Apparently both dog
and COW were hitched fast
Stay dar while gifts de milk pail,
you no-account purp you" she grum-
bled. What daddy wants ter keep
sech worthless ting as you is fur 1
can't fur de life OBJ me imagine. Ef
had my way I'd cut you's bob tail off
snug behind yer ears. dat l would.
And thus scolding nanny waddled
of to the house after the milk pail.
While she was gone Towser ran
about the pear tree two or three times
and so unwound the rope with which
both he and the cow were hltched.
IA soon as the calf saw him coming
he set off again. and when Nanny
got back he was in full fight. Muley
and Towser both started in pursuit
but unfortunately they didn't go in
quite the same direction. All at once
The dog fell a sudden twitch at his col
lar and concluded he would not go
any farther. So he stopped suddenly
and braccd his feet
But seven hundred COW under
good Roadway will give quite yank,
and Towser found it out too lie did