Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-20
The Cow of the Hon, Judge Foote,

NltDNIN' ''lil'i'' Jus
academic town jumps AT once into
the blaze Of wide European pubIlcl-
IT, The Debats devotes page 10
description of the adventures OF Ia
Vache de NJ, Footc'-the cow OF NJ
Foote.
The story is worth transIatng
back into English, rs showing the
courage and presence OF mind ol II
Vermont town in u unique emer-
gencv rs well rs the catholic tastes
| of the Vermont COW. Says the Dc
bats;
"Thc honorable Judge Foote hod
GOOD and excellent cow II was oi
the race Ayrshire, and it gave much
of milk. 1t was treated amlabIy by
all the citizens of Middlebury, VT,
There was not man who did not,
AS she passed, exclaim, All, here l.
1.-THE excellent COW of the honorable
l.udpe Foote. and who did not run
to offer it slice of potato, with all
the respect that is due To the magls-
tracy.
Some Italians having come to con-
struct reservoir upon the side ui
tie. Green Mountains the ''"'' l'6"
all the people interested herself III
their work. One day, as they were
blasting the rocks, she stopped To
examine the fragments; then they
saw her lift her nose to the rays oi
the sun and shake violently hen
head. She had gone and swallowed
4 a cartridge of dynamite, After ;
= moment of stupor the men, at
: bound, leaving their tools, He'd IRON
the spot, then stopped and watche,
the COW, like Il monstIouS engine
make its explosion. She remained
f immovable. She looked at the mel
n with an air grave, sad and impene
y trable. =
$ The town assembled and the GU
t rious formed an immense circle al
l. distance where they could not b
= wounded by a flying hip-bone or
c fragment of the ribs. She made
y step. All Middlebury believed til
t. last moment had come. However
i no Explosion took place. The loao
= ed beast began to browse. Some
d times she licked her TANKS. \
?. every moment there was a cry {
5: anguish. She began to lie down
1t Plainly the shock of the fall woul
e detonate the petard. After tw
le weightv seconds the beast got II
d and began to look hxedly at the ho1
IF lion. Some had run to the hous
a of the Judge. He was absent. The
did not know what to do. The nigl
y was passed in agonizing suspens
$ The COW. which at twilight, aston
eff ished at being left in the fields, ha
W decided to 90 home alone, found II
nj door of the stable closed. She wal
is dered through the town, but eaG
lie house at which she approached w;
animated at once with protestll
figures. They threw stones at he
which drove her into Il little gallo
/" of which the occurrence aWakent
Ut fright. In the pressing dang
IS none dared to sleep. All the mig
We the citizens. with ears alert, llstcuC
r. for the discharge. They lay avail
IS waiting for the horrible cataslroph
ne The day appeared; they took rou
ne sci. Four courageous citizens II
IS voted themselves to the task of g
ting the cow in the pound. Tin
II threw Il rope about her horns; TN
III took OF their shoes So as not to j
Ut the ground; they spoke in l'
re voices so as not to jar the air. Al
IT. urged the beast into the cncIS
us ure very softly. When it was don
III they went back, never turning the
IL heads, and they were astonish
'c' that their hair had not becol
III white.
Ip- The cow lived two days; the he
W. ror was claimed. On the third ii
ei: she laid down on her side and die
'"l A black, gelatinous mass was fou1
ee- in her stomach. II was conclud
that dynamite is not an edible su
mt Stance, but does not illuminate III t
stomach.
ne Thus the cow of NJ. Foote has d
ded fact to our knowledge of die
al ries and shown the resourcefulnt
Isl of the American citizen.