Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05

y another read, Bhe sAS Mr.. Tsk
boz, sos his story Of the Occurrence
and returned herself. Tatter. was In
;he of1ice, looking innocent and hard a.
work.
Don't say anything to him. was
the advice Of the others. He'll surely
resign II you do
"She wrote a paragraph about the ac-
cident and 1t was sent in to Tatters
with the rest of the copy. In . few
minutes he came out holding the sheet
Of manuscript in his hand.
See here he said; are you going
to print such stun as this about that
COW fghtr
"'What is 1t, Tatters? asked the edi-
tor-in-chief
Just listen answered Tatters.
She says: Yesterday forenoon Brook
dale's worthy miIkman, Mr.. Tarbox,
had a narrow escape. He had just sep
arated a calf from its mother when
the latter became enraged and attack
ed him with her horns He was badly
shaken up, but escaped serious injury"
Do you hear that?
"'Yes. 1t seems to me all right. Put
II in just as 1t Is
"Tatters uttered . howl Il RE-
Then he paused and was silent He
.voxeu at the to0r for 4 full minute,
then he said: NO. I'll stick to 1t. After
all I've lived through this week it's
too late to 60 now He went back
to the other room and resumed his
work.
'Tt was after supper that night be.
fore they got to press, bu. with the
prospect Of a good sum for ameliorat-
ed heathen the ladies did not complain.
Tatters' friend, Jim Beasley, had been
engaged to come in and turn the crank
of the press, while Tatters himself fed
in the blank sheets and superintended
the work. He seemed remarkably
meek and pleasant, and the ladies all
observed that they had not seen him
In so amiable a frame Of mind during
the whole week. The bicycle ride did
Tatters good they remarked. He ap-
peared, however, to be in q great hur>
ry. and constantly urged Jim to turn
faster and advised the ladies to make
haste with the folding and get the pa
pers ready for the pOstOffice.
1T was a little before II o'clock that
the edition was finished and Tatters
began taking the forms OF the press.
The ladies were in the front room.
The editor-in-chief was glanclng over
the paper.
~ don't see that item about Mr..
Tarbox,' she said.
The city editor opened another copy
and began TO run her eye down the
columns Suddenly she exclaimed:
why, what's this down in the cor
ner?'
What Is it?' cried the others In
chorus. She read aloud:
Terrible accident-Yesterday fore
noon. rs old Bill Tarbox, the milkman.
went into the barnyard to put a new
handle on his pump. the old one being
entirely worn ont, he was attacked by
a wild Texas COW. The critter had
hydrophObia and was gnashing her
teeth like z hyena and believing like
an elephant She was a large cow.
higher than a horse, and had horns
most a rod long. 'arbox tit her with
the handle. but she tossed him fifty
feet into the air and then caught him
on the dy and h'isred him up again.
This time he lit in a tree and was res
cued by the hook end ladder company.
The cow jumped a sixteen-foot fence
and took to the woods. The mad-cow
editor of the Budget followed her and
last saw her tearing up large hemlOck
trees with her horns. Tarbox Is not
expected to live. Full acco1nt Of an
interesting and important dog fight
next week
The ladies ran ir TO the back room.
but Tatters had escaped through the
back door.
Il got home tho next day and re-
sumed charge of the Br get. But Tat
ters' item was a good thing for char
ity after all, because, on account of 1t,
a great many people bought the paper
who would not otherwise have done
so."-New York Tribune.