The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-17

.%po - shat IN good shape before trying
TO do NV packing, and thcn develop the
be>{nt6 by educating the farmers. Com
tus<4ecd Ia this way aud TO Lowell up with
bustnsss care, tho South could beat the
world On canned vegetables aud fruits
znsSrssting Suit for Damages,
s 8 (ler al, the most obvious function OF
s &olerf sfs tho one Of least value.
IL zllRa)d doubtless be advisable
50 n simply for what they
: do u administering justice,
nc4estk< q <1r greatest usc is In bring
i6Q Into s&c( S1 public notice occurrences
S0f Falic ~ would otherwise not be
I Lord Q1 the neighborhood where
stllpy TIKI zee. This was admirably
fildstf1tcS fetcntiy ID the Weekly when
! II gave ansaccount Of the case Of Drink.
water vs. Campbell, an intercsting and
diveriing instance of collision between
two holes which never would have OBJ
taincd public notice had it not been
taken into tn, law courts Again we
find tho same thing in the case Of Mill
kan VS.. Eames, suit for damages
brought in a local court Of Running Wa
ter. Kansas.
1t appears that the defendant, Mr..
Eames, has farm near Running Water
which is largely devote TO stock raising.
The plaintiff, Millikan, some two or three
weeks ago, c me along the road from tho
direction OF Big Grasshoprer with his
earthly possessions lied up in bnndanna
handkerchief and hung over his shoulder
on lath, and asked Mr.. Eames for
work. Eamcs looked him over, saw that
he did not carry watch or have other
outward indications of tho dude, and
hired him for the season at twenty dol.
lars q month. Then, after some general
ins ructions about the work, Eamcs drove
for Running Water TO get the m.il,
where, being M enthusiastic Populist, he
staid till evening and denounced the
government.
1t appears further that Eamcs is bit
of an expcrimcntcr, and that early in the
winter he bought a buffalo cow from
Buffalo" Jones Of Goodnight, the same
man from whom Austin Corbin and
others got their bisops. We ought, for
the benefit Of the ordinary rcad.r, to say
right here, in rcg,rd t. the American
buffalo, that though it gives brilliant
promi of becom ny valuable domestic
animal, up 10 date the COW of tho species
has not been millicd iy the weak and, as
we may say. fimsy hand Of man. We are
assured by those who ought to know that
man might as we'll try to shoe an OK
without the usual heavy flame. work and
tackle as to attempt to milk buffalo
COW; and as to shoeing an OK without
yss,paratus, u Vermont ID acksmith has al
Icndy said in print that man ''might as
|<1ell lie down on hiS, stomach and try to
6ld An cal tAQpelc 9SJll. But Of all
q lcssa aAiiilikau,-l~te
eaf Big uisssH6ppsS, Mas as innocent as
babe.
When milking time came Mlllikan put
on pair of overal!s, took two tin pals,
and proce ded to the barn, He MIXED
two or three ordinary and as we may call
them still cows, and then approached the
sparkling and tffcrvescent buffalo. She
was confioed in box stall, and he SAYS
that as he approached her he noticed that
she she was "mighiy high-shouldcred in
ont, and seemed to be wearing Q buff
falo robe on herself, "but he didn't think
noting much about it," He casually re
marked so, bossy!" couple OF times,
with the laudablc pu pose OF opening an
era of good feeling, sat down on his
out 10 extract the lacteal fluid. "Along
about now" rs the ancient almanac wri-
tiers would have put it, this absurd buff
falo cow kicked. Indeed, that the reader
may know the very worst without further
delay, we will say that she kicked several
times. The fist or forward half of the
first kick sent the pail against the man
ger, where it shut together like an &C.
co dion. The second or return half of
the same kick caused Millikau to smite
the side oi inc barn; and this not being
very strong, he went through leaving q
large, irregular hole. Subsequent kicks
broke The stall into pieces and demolished
the maugcr, after which the intelligent
beast jumped up and down stiff legged
till she had smashed donn the plank
floor aud stood on the ground amid the
general wreck When in len minutes.
Millikan recovered cons ciousrcss, he
hobbled to the house and remarked to
the hired girl that "that there brndlc
hcifcr didn't seem 10 be used to having
strangers milk her" When tho girl ex-
p'aiL ed the true 6 tate Of affairs to him,
he forgot his hurt, and rose up and walk
cd to Running Water, where he engaged
the best lawyer i'll town to begin suit for
heavy damages
The plea which Millikan will put for.
wnri is that Eamcs WAS guilty of crimi.
nal negligence iii not warDing him of the
danger in attempting t, milk buffalo
COW. Eames will set up the claim that
any man with common sense would know
better without being told. We fear that
about all we can say is that much may
be said on both sides. The question
seems to be, should MilIikan have rec.
ognized that che nas n buffalo, and is the
buffalo's prejudice against being milked
generally kn)wnl We presume that il
Eamcs had lad, let us say, a giraffe con.
fined in his barn, any court would have
held that Millkan should have seen that
it was not domestic COW aud have kcp
away from it, But buffalo is not &C
greatly dissimilar TO common cow, and
the court at Running Water may decide
for the plaintiff. One point, however
seems clear: Esmcs will put in a ccun
ter C aim for damages. based on the hole
in the barn where Mllikan went through.
This claim ought not to be above d.
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