The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
ANTICS OF AN
lNFURIAT TED COW.
Mad Animal Ran Wild in Fulton
Friday Afternoon.
sEyfRALpERsoNs WERE INJURED
A Great Revival at Denny-strcct Church.
Letter Received from Mrs. James
Vaughan Now ID New Mexico,
Fulton News.
SEVERAL PERSONS WERE INJURED

Fulton is town. of peace. Like the
hero of Mark Twain, Fulton will have
peace even If it has to fight for it And
not infrequcnty Fulton does fight for 1t.
On Friday afternoon, however. it fell
to the lot Of Fulton to battle long and
strenuously for peace in fashion that
was new to that community The NUM-
cipal tranquility of Fulton had been dis
turbcd and the dsturber was COW.
Not gentle weak-eycd COW of the
species that invades the gardens of Full
ton and its suburbs little later in the
spring and chews up a row Of radlSheS
at a time, but wild and wooley COW
from the Businesses Of New Kent. 1t
was on its first visit to Richmond and
fortunately for the other portions of the
city it CHANGED to select Fulton as the
special object of its interest and Curl
osity. The story of it's exploits and ad-
ventures runs somewhat in this wise:
THE COW ATTACKS.
Two negro men were engaged in driving
two HolStein COWS, belonging to Mrs
Alice Binford, who resides twenty-five
miles below the city, to the Old Market,
u sci. The men left the farm
at 3 O'Clock, and reached the battle
grounds about SO o'clock. The men
stated that the cows had been gentle as
lambs all the way from the farm; there
fore they did not tie them The two
children of Mr.. Joseph Fernandez and
TIL: little child Of Mrs. Carson were play
ing in front of their respective homes.
about fifteen yards from the road which
the cows were being driven along.
AS soon as one of the COWS sped the
children Zone of whcm-Nirnell Fernan-
deZ-bcinS gowned in a red cloak and
cap she made a wild rush for them
The children saw tile COW coming and
},IyA 4l,o;,. dc
The COW proved to be a faster runner
Notwithstanding her long journey, than
the children. She reached Thomas Fer
nandez who was seated OH his velocipede.
and in a few seconds the little boy was
hugginG the eartlI and the COW was fly
ing around the field with the velocpede
dangling on her horns. She freed her
horns from the obstacle, gored little Will
lard Carson in the back, and felled him
to the ground.
Mrs. Fernandez, mother Of the two Fer
nandez children, was attracted by the
screams of her children. and fastened to
them. The COW then took a. shot al Mrs
Fernandez. when Alex. N1cCabe, q, mem
Der OF the firm of McCabe & Sons, boiler
makers, whose shop is close by, rushed
to the aid Of Mrs. Fernandez, and struck
the COW a singing blow on the head
with Il 6-pound hammer. with which he
was armed, breaking one of her horns,
The COW undaunted, made a savage
plunge at Mr.. McCabe and his brother,
Allan rushed to his rescue and struck
the frantic beast another blow on the al
ready broken horn. thereby saving the life
of his brother and spillng another pool
OF the cows blood The game was begin
ming to get interesting between the one
horn Infatuated beast and the McCabe
brothers with siS-pound hammers, and
several -bystanders with sticks. This
inning last for several minutes each side
getting. in the game, although the cow
was the winner. and the McCabe broth
ers took refuge in their boiler shop. The
cow then got on the public road again.
few yards from the city limits and had
everything her own way
THE COP MOUNTS A FENCE.
A county policeman was phoned for
and was soon on the diamond with a war
rant 4for some negroes charged with Great
ing d disturbance. He was in the act
Of serving the warrant, when the cow
caught a glimpse of his blue coat and
brass buttons and made dash for him.
The constable scaled a fve-foot fence
and escaped. The COW tried to follow
the officer. but was unable to scale the
fence Failing in this she then noticed
a street-car passing by several blocks
away, and made q dash for the car
The crowd now numbered several hun
dred and made an attempt to stop the
COW from reaching the city, in order to
prevent a calamity. The COW gathered
ND her nerve and made rush for Logan
Mann. who. in lodging the beast, took
refuge by jumping sewer; spra!nlnS MS
ankle
The beast then changed her course
made a dash for her home and proceeded
Hill about
five miles below the city. where she was
CAPTURED without much trouble
The negroes, who were scared until they
almost turned white, put the other co"
in a nearby stable until Friday nisht,
wien they passed through the city WIN
the. mad COW cecurely tied ana muZZleu
The affair caused much excitement IN
Fulton. The injured were DONG nicely
yesterday.
GREAT REVIVAL.
The services at Denny-Street Methodist
Church continued all through the past
week. There were many converts. MAX
ing about forty in all. Twenty-Five have
already connected with the church and
several will join this morning. when an
opportunity will be given at the begin
ming of the morning service
Rev j. T. Routten. the pastor. Will
preach at II a. NJ. and at I:4o Z. NJ ana
conduct the revival service to be helo at
that hour If the interest in the services
Justify. the revival services will be con-
tinued this week.
A letter received this week from Mrs.
James Vaughan. who is sojourning in
Ration. New Mexico. for her health. states
that she is improving nicely and has
gained several pounds since her arrival
there.
George Smith has accepted a position
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