Year: 1875

A COW got into Mr.. Cobeigh's garden
Sunday afternoon. Coblegh was lying
down at the time, thinking of this very
garden, over which he had labored all
his spare time since the lst of May. The
animal was discovered by Mrs. Cobleigh.
1t was feeling its way across the lawn to
row of early cabbages. Mr.. Cobleigh
was aroused, and without stopping to put
on his hat or his boots, he FASTENED out
into the yard with lively sense of i'm
pending danger. The boy in the next
house saw the COW, but dscreetly forbore
until he saw Mr.. Cobleigh appear. Then
he fastened upon the scene with com
mendable speed. The owner OF the gar
den was horrified on gaining the yard to
see the COW with her front teeth resting
OH the lettuce bed, and her tongue just
licking in the top of drumhead.


" Whey, there !" he shouted, dashing
at her and flourshing his arms.


The COW looked round and seeing Cob
leigh and not recognizing him as an ac-
quaintance, Immediately set about extri-
eating herself from the dilemma, by i'm
mediately turning around and backing
out but just then the boy came up with
all the fire and ardor Of youth, and n
chunk Of coal, and the poor animal made
a dash in another direction.


" Whoosh | whoosh you beast !"
yelled Mr.. Coblegh in an agony as he
saw her carom on the tomatoes. "Drive
her back /" he shouted to the boy. That
young man instantly complied by hitting
her with the lump of coal, and sending
her over the beets.


"Woosh woosh |" yelled Cobleigh.


"Hi, there I" screamed the boy.


Isl boy, 81 boy !" shrieked Cobleigh,
as the animal suddenly dropped its horns
and throw two dollars worth of pea vines
into the air.


But the animal would not be directed.
1t had either lost all control of itself, or
was determined upon revenge. Coblcigh
grabbed up clothes-pole and dashed at
her with desperate fury the boy sDatched
up another, and put after her in an oppo-
site direction whereupon Mrs. Cobleigh,
who had been an excited observer of the
battle, caught up n hoe with the evident
intention of joining in the pursuit, but
becoming mysteriously entangled in the
handle, was precipitated in the grass to
the ill-concealed disgust of her husband.
But she was on her feet in an instant and
would have rendered efficient service un-
doubtedly, had not Mr.. Cobleigh init
mated that he would put an ounce Of lead
into her if she didn't clear into the house.
Thereupon she gained the stoop at once,
where she remained, eagerly looking for
an opportunity TO hurl the hoe at the
devastating beast, which she finally did,
and with such marvellous precision ss TO
hit her husband and the boy, Doth at the
same time, the former in the middle Of
the back, with the handle, and the latter
on top of the head, with the blade. The
boy was just on the point Of jumping up
to give stroke at the COW, but instantly
changed his mind, and emitting a yell Of
poignant distress, lost no time in getting
over the fence into his own yard, where
he stood, rubbing his head and staring at
Mrs. Cobleigh as if fascinated. What
Mr.. Cobleigh intended to make
will never be known, as probably just as
the hoe struck him, the animal raised
both hind legs suddenly, and hit him
square in the face with hill of cucum-
bers, binding his eyes, choking his speech
and filling his neck with dirt. Then the
beast dashed through the peas, over the
lawn and through the gate, with prize
tomato plant on each horn, and swinging
her tail in vindictive triumph, while the
Mr.. Cobleigh, sitting on the
ground. was making strenuous efforts TO
catch his breath.


When he went into the house to get
the earth out of his neck and mouth, Mrs.
was telling woman in the next
house that she had been month at Mr..
Cobleigh, trying to get eaten put on the
gate. She guessed it would be attended
10 now.


1t has been.


Anything Midas touched was turned
10 gold. In these days, touch man with