New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-07
BY M. QUAD.


miles from Akron on the country road,
and Jane Schoield, widow and farmer,
lived three miles west Of him on the
Red Bridge road. They had lived thus
for five years and only knew each
other by name. The five years might
have become twenty had not an old
lop horned COW stepped in to give the
parties On introduction.
The COW was owned by the widow.
Besides being lop horned she was bob
! tailed, wild eyed and had various bad
habits, one Of which was jumping six
rail fences and wandering about
nights. These promenades sometimes
led her miles away and into strange
pastures. The first time Farmer Jep-
son saw her she was in the midst of
his cornt1eld and had cleared about
half an acre of the juicy stalks. He
was good man, but he swore at her
and called her names. He also tried
his best to kill her on the spot. A
| week later the COW called again to see
! how the corn was coming on, and
after half killing her the farmer sent
| word that if she was not kept at home
he would sue her owner for damages.
| "And who is Farmer Jepson that
talks so big, I'd like to known ex-
claimed the widow as she got the mes
sage by a hired man. "1f he thinks
he's the biggest toad in the puddle let
him go right ahead and sue. Two can
play at that game. I'm not allowing
my live stock to bother my neighbors,
but I'm not going to sit up every
night in the week to see that that old
| COW don't get out. You go back and
! men like him.
ooh, she amt, heyr' exclaimed the
farmer when the hired man had re-
turned with the word "Waa1, we'll
see about that. I'm no hand to COM
plain Of my neighbors, but I'm not
going to have their cows in my corn
| and then take sass to boot If that old
again there'll be a lawsuit to make
! things rumble"
The COW didn't hurry matters any
She waited until Mr.. Jepson had trans
planted his cabbage plants and they
had got fairly growing, and then she
called one night and helped herself to
25O of them, and two days. later the
widow learned that suit had been COM
menced by Farmer Jepson to recover
$3.50 damages.
$50 he's sued me, has hep observed
the widow, as she doubled up her fists
and fire came to her eyes, well,
We'll see who comes out aheadv'
Plaintiff and defendant. each secured
q lawyer, and Of course each attorney
assured his client that he had the best
kind of case and was sure to
win. After two or three adjourn
ments the case came to trial, and it
was in the courtroom that plaintiff
and defendant first saw each other
Both were surprised, and both said
something to themselves What the
farmer said was:
WAL, by thunderi expected to see
fat and homely old two listed Wild
der, and l find her good looking lit
tie bit of female who ought to be
sitting on husbands knee Wish
I'd seen her before begun this suit
LANDS O. massey. but he hain't no
mean looking manr' exclaimed the
widow after look at the farmer.
"Why, they said he was big boss
and buffer and wanted to bulldoze
me cause I'm all alone in the world.
Say, now. but they are all wrong He
hain't the kind to bluff and pitch in.
Wish he'd have come to see me about
the old COW. II he had I'd have
he'll swear agin mei'
She was soon to know. The plain
tif's lawyer in opening the case said
1t was an aggravated case Of trespass
and damage and that the sum men,
toned wasn't really half what they
should have sued for Then he went
! on to tell Of what a defiant woman the
defendant was and wound up by stat
Ing his hopes that the jury would rem
der verdict without leaving the box
Then the plaintiff was called to the
witness chair, and, to the surprise Of
yer, he said he had forgotten the mes
sage the woman returned to him He
followed that up by declaring that his
feelings had simply been shocked and
that he had fully recovered from the
shock in minute and half AS to
the corn and cabbage, perhaps $40
would pay the bill.
You jackass. but you have lost your
easel" Kissed his lawyer as the witness
stepped down with a smile in the di-
rection of the widow, whose lawyer
was whispering to her:
Nov, you get up there and give us
some hot talk and your case is won"
There was no hot talk from the wild
ow. On the contrary. she cooed like
dove She admitted to the ownership
of the jumping. predatory cow, but
was quite willing to pay reasonable
damages. She didn't doubt the plain
fiH,c chocl-od fanjinoS and waS sorry