The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-30

able and purifying bath, and was for
the purpose of facilitating his, the said
PLAINTIFFS, progress, poised peacefully
upon a perfectly tame and manageable
bicycle, and, as stated, was proceeding
lawfully and rnerrily on, along and
over that particular street or thor
oughfare, known and described as
Second West street, in Salt Lake city,
county of Salt Lake and territory of
Utah, the same being then and at all
times hereinafter mentioned a public
highway for the safe and convenient
traffic of peaceable and lawabiding cit
liens; and the said plaintiff has reach
ed point at the intersection of sad
Second West street with Fifth North
street, in said city, another public
highway, as aforesaid, when without
just provocation or previous warning
or chance for defense, a wild-eyed and
furious male steer, being then and
there, and at all times hereinafter
mentioned, wholly at large, and unin-
Vited and without let or hindrance or
lariat, then and there lowered his
the said steers. horns, and with malice
prepense and low. uncalled-for moan.
then and there, in a swift and ungen-
tlemanly manner, and contrary to
the statutes in such cases made and
provided, made for the said plaintiff
peacefully poised, as aforesaid, with
the intention, purpose and determine
ton, as the said plaintiff believes and
atf1rms, of goring and perforating his,
the said. plaintiffs. earthly tabernacle,
and tossing the same out onto the Jor-
oan prairie to bleach in the sun or
otherwise. as the case might be. That
this said plaintiff then and there rea-
fizing and approaching his peril and
danger ard observing a large telegraph
pole in immediate proximity, quilted
aud forsoek the said bicycle and exer-
Icised all of his, the said PLAINTIFFS. en-
Iergy, dexterity and muscularity in get
ting behind the said telegraph pole, as
foresaid. leaving the said bicycle to
rustic for its, the bicycles, self. That
thereupon the said steer, ceasing not
IN his unnamed fury. as aforesaid, and
stu with malicious and evil intent and
snort, sharp snorts,, came into forci-
hle and Violent collision with the said
bicycle, and then and there mixed and
intermingled himself with the intri-
cate and private anatomy of the said
bicycle, and then and there heavily
ana sunlawfully fell upon and wal
lowed, without due process of law. up.
on the said bicycle, thereby crushine
the same into the hard earth. and a
the same time boring two large holes
in the dust with the furious breath
lngs of his, the said steers, nostrils
That then and there the said plaintiff
protested against the said proceeding
IN loud tone and in good United
States and with much warmth and an
lmauon. all of which was unheeded
and ignored by the said steer and
thereupon a person, then and there
riding upon horseback, who, as plain
TN. afiirms, was pursuing the said
steer. came upon the. scene. and then
and there the said plaintiff again pro
tested and demanded redress. and then
and there inquired the name and adj
dress of the owner of the said steer.
and the said person upon horseback
then and there gave or promised the
plaintiff no relief or satisfaction. but
instead thereof then and there advised
the said plaintiff TO remain extremely
quiet and passive behind the said tele-
graph pole for fear the said steer
might then and there toss the said
plaintiff and his appurtenances over
into an adjoining county, though
which county was. intended did not
then and there appear, which said adj
vice the said plaintiff for purely pru-
Dental reasons, and without waving
any of his, the said plaintiffs, rights
in the premises, concluded to and did
then ana there take and accept That
then and there the said steer arose
from off the said bicycle and, without
Offering any apology, but in an I'M
Christianlike ana wanton man
ner, wendell his wild and woolly way
westward, whittier the said plaintiff
wots not, the same being immaterial
and irrevelant to this issue. That
thereupon the said plaintiff emerged
from his position with a long sigh of
relief and a short, but earnest, prayer
Of gratitude, and with the aid of sew
eral charitable bystanders, proceeded
to inspect and examine the said bicy-
Gle, with view TO ascertaining
the remains thereof were a i
bicycle or a washing machine, and !
then and there found the same to be a
lonesome ruin, the merest wreck of |
its, the said bicycles, former self. |
That the said plaintiff was then and