A BOVINE ROBERTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1898, 21 July 1888, Page 3

A BOVINE ROBERTS

An iuoldent, at once alarming and amuselng, ocourred yesterday at Messrs Alfred Bucklaud and Bona' Remuera Saleyards. Wbl'e the veteran auctioner wassmliUngJy and quickly knooking down the usual weekly supply of beef tq the butchers, a bullock, or en os, as tho old gentlerr.sn politely terms his beeves, disappointed probably with .the pries he fetched, or dissatisfied with the looks of his sew master, was seized with an uncontrollable desire, like Mr Roberts, to return to pastures green and quiet waters. After several ineffectual attempts to jump the seven feet of stockyard fence that surrounded him on three aides, he conoelved the original notion cf esoiping through the openlcg between the 'tops of the side of the alleyway and the roof, The narrow gangway was fqll of butchers, graziers, snd ' othprs, Including the vendors of apples, oranges and nuts. Tbe knights of the cleaver laughed at the insanity of the beast attempting what no bullock had ever done — within the memory of the baldest-pated buteher present; but on came Roberts with a spring, aud getting his brltjket over the rail, soon drew his hind legs over also. Then it was a case of olear the gangway, and >no time to do it iu . The butchers gave a wild yell of dismay and climbed the fence much faster than the bullock, bnt in an opposite direction. Tho blue blouses aoattered like the clans on Oullodett. The agility displayed by the heavy weights 1 of the Hellaby Btarop v/as something to bo surprised at. Luckily the bullock turned Sown' the end of the alley, whioh was tolerably clear. Had he charged 'along the crowded end there would have J been mnoh mourning' in Uaoherdom, ihe city i ambulance in request and this, but oners' plonto and football matoh postponed for a season. When last seen the escapee was quietly grtVng In Major George' a paddcok anxious no doubt to make the acquaintance of Mr Kelson, i^u other fat ox got so bxolted oyer this occurrence that he lay down, and aaid ? as plainly as a bullock oould speak, that he wanted' tq die, ' Tbe ready alaughtermao, wfto understood the language, promptly dirked bim in the spine, while an equally ready fellow-crafts-man poignarded him In tb,3 heart, Then they got a tripod and hoisted that eleven hundred of beof to market, and tha reader who had steak for breakfa-t m*v « — *- Dickinc hi- '■■-■" . - 0 " uo a ..._ teeth of the same. The world 1 moves fnßt, especially when there is a bullock on the j )b— " Auokland Herald "