CALF RAISING IN NEW YORK.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 330, 16 September 1879, Page 2

CALF RAISING IN NEW YORK.

BYHIB. It looks a very easy thing ;ta lift '£ ,cal_ , into Aa _. waggon. A regular.'.drover or stockman will do;it neatly and defjtly'ias ■ a gambler handles cards;; but, whemgreen hands attempt it there is-sure to be some trouble. ' J . ; It became necessary that a calf should be lifted into a; waggon .on 13th street ; a few days since, and the fact that a couple of green hands at "the business attempted it .made the occasion one of-deep, interest and impressiyehesal' One' of "these men was an araiabTe'-Idbking : Dutchman weighingi some three hundred pounds without counting in the beer, and the other a finelooking policennui in one of the new black uniformhais,' lately adoptee! by the authorities "for keeping "the' officers'' heads warm this weather. ;The Dutchman had been driving leisurely along in a light waggon containing the calf ; from which light waggon the calf in question- had somehow or other awkwardly managed to tumble out, heels over head, jerking the rope out. of tbe Dutchman's hand as he did so ; whereat that party raised a great shout, as the calf quickly regained its feet and started off at a sharp trot towards 3rd avenue. Two boys, a grocery clerk, a black-and-white dog with his hair cut to look like a lion, and the policeman before mentioned joined in the pursuit; while the Dutchman, who was so fat that he couldn't run two steps without tripping himself up, sat helplessly on the waggon seat and roared encouragement.

The calf was shortly caught and led back by the policeman to the waggon where a great crowd, drawn by the sten.

torian shouts of the Dutchman, ba<J gathered. By this- tf to> the] Dutehmln had, by great labor, reached the grolmdL where he thanked wh<> kindly consented ko VJ -help'-'him-' to'-lift the calf back into tha waggon again. The crowd stood around~and helped all they ] could meanwhile • The Dutchman <CQn%encejd proceedings -; by taking off his £6afaq^ 1 vest, whipbvact: discovered tothe ! Ijj/standere 'that;' he ; either wore a very red: fl;an&e]":sbir_.;uhder his white one or that he had been reclining somewhere in some rasphefry','jam. , T)ie policeman responded by pushing his black hat well down oh his head and moistening his hands conveniently. .Then $be Dutch-. man took hold <#Tnje' tail and motioned the polieeiinkh ; head and lift, • which thatiupartyii ihYniediately -pto- i ceeded to do ; but the brute no sooner felt himself, in the air than he began tp,.struggle' violently, p^Sslrafingr'the officer and leaving, the _>bfchßifan' ! his_ end high in the JandiVOinferatingAwiidly. Rigfit'm the midst of orwjOfllfcisA[heaviest? compound German words he-uttered a sudden "Uh !"-sat precipitately 1 down in the street, $nd,; putting* >on&i Hand broadly, extended on his waistband, clawed-, wildly around for the air; while.the. animal who had caused all tbis ; human 'agony,'was making frantic efforts to; escape) i fromithe policeman, who had grabbed/the . ro f pe, and seated on the ground,-was holding on as if fcr dear life.:: rAi .' !:n ".'"• :! '- ; With the • firstj:supply. of ; breath; i; |hat Dutchman roused himself,' find the way he did it was a cautibh'A 'Hewafr mad; Getting up, he made; a'fnagnifioentl.'rash for that calf, and seized it around what would have been its waist if it had' Ijad any, and then, raising ifctd'thei Might ; of his shOul-. der, made as if he would Jhfow-it:';bodfly into the waggon. . But he leaned too- far back, and the ; weigfrt'afld' of the calf finished the postuiieifbr bun* A Like a mass of jelly, he lurched heavily hover and lay down on the policeman,, while the-calf ; Wat. 1 pltiinpiy dßwrt iri his' 'yielping' cor r * porosity. It was. a, sad sjg'hl'"'Tf'he calf bleated; < -the' fatteaW n talked German,-.and the ppljiceman; bejo.vfc; uttered -sho'rf sharp yips as often aa he coujd accumulate wind enough for the effort. " Dunder anol blitzen !" , gasped the; Dutchman, 1 sfrugglingtd his feet. ~ j The policeman Was :sooh'ereot,> also rolling his eyes and-, gasping for breath, yet with bull-dog tenacity still helding the \ rope. When he, got so that he could speak, he talked a blue streak a mile long. <. - • r~ ' " Ish dat soah?" said the' Dutchman* his eyes standing out .of his head in pure admiration at-such an-jelaborarate ;a n d finished harangue—and then, looking at the calf, he continued-— < •-.;.:.:> "Ye vill try him-annudder vay. You vill got in mitder vaggon'dnt puU';.'unt I vill pehind him push a leetle up." • "Yes," said the officer, as : , he clambered into the waggon: •■ „-.,.■■ Then the Dutchman squared the" calf around and the policeman reached down and grabbed the leather collar around the calf s neck, while the Dutchman took the ainimal by the hind legs and braced himr self for a mighty .effort. " All ready ?" said the officer. " Now, all together 1" "■'''"Ya, ya, all togedder!" echeod the Dutchman, and then there was a mighty lift, and the struggling animal was fairly on his way to the waggon, when some' young ruffian in the crowd /cbirrupped slyly to the horse ; whereat that animal moved ahead -with a jerk, suddenly launching the policeman full into the stomach of the Dutchman, .who, yielding to a chronic disposition for sitting down,, did so in j this case without stopping to argne__ta€upi)int. He sat plump upon the pavement rubbing his capacious abdomen with vigour, and staring stonily atthe-polieemaniWbOj.wltb eye on fire and drawn club, '"was how "oh his feet the edge; of the crowd as asVa, homet r ; looking; for somebody-to arFesti^'and^- finally- sing-. ling out a meek-eyed boy with a big mar-' feet _ie>iTßst^culprir. -w£s -Tjy thattimCfhidden, awayin ( <hebasement of A livery stable : Somebody stopped itteno'rse before he had gone half.a block-and-restored him to the gasping Dutchrhan, but the. calf was riot recovered•• for some ''thirty minutes 1 thereafter. He : w>&C seeft' 1 'turning the; corner of Fourth aveune, headed up-town with an injured expressidn'on his face, and j a perceptible limp iii his off hind leg. He was traced, office, .where! they found complaint; . -iooilj Dm; .r: ■-'.'. ,j