The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-03
The MisanthrnDic Cow.

A farmer was given a fine St. Ber-
nard puppy by friend one winter and
Installed him i'll a woodshed, near the
kitchen. 1t SO happened that two
grave old cats, each with a family OF
kittens, had their headquarters in this
same woodShed, and they decided that
the puppy was not fit to move in their
circle of society, for he was very rude
and clustering, as most puppies are
The cats flew at poor Don, as he was
called, and gave him a fearful clawing
while the kittens sat on pieces of wood
and told their mothers to go ahead and
win. Don's master took him to the
barn and tod him to make himself a.
home, and Don went up to a giddy
young calf and smiled as hard as he
could. trying to be friends. The calf
was a very silly little thing and cried
for its mother as hard as it could Its
mother was tied by thick rope in
stall, but she broke the rope and
showed Don that he wasn't wanted in
that barn by tossing him through the
open door with her horns. Don never
forgave that COW, and he would go in
to the barn and make faces at the calf
which would shout as loud as it could
for its mother to come and resue it,
This would set the COW almost frantic,
and she would rip and tear about her
stall in a most undignifed manner.
When at last the calf was sold its
mother blamed Don for it, and every
time she saw him she would do her
best to get at him and hook him
When summer came and the cattle
were all turned out in The fields to
Craze during the day the farmers
small boy had the office of bringing
them back to the barnyard at night
The first time he went for them ne
took Don along for company. and the
first COW Don spied was the one that
had tossed him out of the barn He
went up to her politely and asked her
how she felt that evening. but she evil
IDENTIFY did not feel well, for she
frowned terribly and galloped at Don
as hard as she could, with her horns
lowered until they pointed straight at
him. Don did not like the look of
those horns, and he started for home
as fast as he could run to see if sup
per was ready. The COW galloped after.
but she could not run nearly so fast as
Don, and he easily got away The
next evening Don went again with the
small boy to bring in the COWS, and
this time his particular enemy was
waiting for him. She Immediately
gave chase, and Don ran just fast
enough to keep out of reach of her
horns. She followed him clear to the
barnyard, where he jumped through
the bars of the gate and escaped. He
repeated this for several days. and the
COW would always pursue him madly
as long as he was anywhere near her
After time Don formed a bad habit
of going out into the field in the day
time and getting the COW to chase him
He wOuld run to fence and slip
through or over the rails. but the poor
COW. in trying to get through or over
would crash into the fence, breaking
it to pieces She never learned that
there was no chance of her catching
Don, for he would artfully keep Just a
few feet ahead of her. barking and
hourishing his tail in most provoking
way. At last the COW broke SO many
fences in her useless pursuit of Don
that the farmer sold her and ended
Dons fun IL this direction.