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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 7, 8 July 1882, Page 2

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I : '-■'■ .; In 1 Act. A' most aihnsing incident occurred recenti>\hji thuya mile or twt of Manchester proved a source of considl'Wrhle^- enjoyment to a number of spectators, priu'-ipally youngsters, but which undoubtedly must have been a matter of annoyance and tribulation to the unfortunate person mostly concerned. It appears that a " quid wife" had availed /: herself of the opportunity of a fine day 1 to have a general clear-ou of a large quautity of " aceumnlatf d washing." With praiseworthy effort the good, lady set to work, and after- 'some' Hio'dra of " unremitting toil," she accomplished , her task . Fortune favored l her ihtAus'trjf ' the following day, withqwhat-is jtephni-,. . .ally -termed "a good drying day. and' with evident satisfaction^ our heroine proceeded to <? hanjj oiitf • -ftb "dry* 'the j fruijs of her toil. Her .tasV:! elided, she ; retired to the back door, where, from j this •' coign of vantage," she viewed with . unmixed pleasure the results' of her laborous and arduous undertaking. N'dW, sad to relate, the fencing round the enclosure of our herione' was' in anything but good repair in fact, it had, like most-* j mundane objects, fallen "into the sere [ and yellow leaf," if rfuch'a" simile' can be. ' .used The hand e^'TimChitd' Set -its"" 'I mark on this particular fence, and it had longsince fallen- <ihtd cldcay-! Our sdbij jectPhad frequently noticed this defect, , | but delaye^hafftbgitVettioved. --^gme wiis ' j guilty of procrastin-'tibW-Ohctt fatal dei fectj in female cha^c^r-y^/ immunity | froi*4 which the sterner sex are generally supposed to enjoy;' / Ai'woithy Neighbor of our herioue kept.^amqng • other-.? " iricnds" of. her domestic hearth, severalcows—quiet^ dpcile ; i creatqrje^lj^TJljeie, cows were never 'known previously | to commit depredations on other people's property, tliey having too great a respect foe. decorum, .and { good -behtrVionr-i-.-io tbeir 'owner relates! ; However, through some unexplained .1 cause they broke loose; from' their' own j enclosure, and wandered — where, we shall I explain further on. While- our heroine was contemplating the many beauties of her extensive wardrobe, aSjijbey k;U,rujjfrpm . divers clothes-lines, her neighbor's cows made their entry in ., a • somewhat; unceremonious manner." 'We' are*" unable to state whether the ows juete in search of a " change of diet," but certain it is that ' immediately, after -thei-r. entrajnceiOn this, . , peaceful and picturesque scene, they ' began a vigorous at/taqlf On the suspended ■ beauties (of various colors.) of the several clothes-line. Inthe ha.voc tljat ensued nothing was '" scared— blankets, pillow-covers, wearing Apparel l (maf eland. / t female) and many other articles "unne- , eessary-to mention/\.+ere Uaifiie(fl,tonj;and > | torn to.pieces. At. first thegop^ lady^w.as l dulnb-founded, never' having -..witnessed, : such an extraordinary spect'aole , before. But h r astonishment so 'A ! gave' i wJiy / to ' ■ linger and bitterness of spirit (dreadful ' to- contemplate iii- woman), t and.,*" she r moved into the house. She quickly emerged; again, armed • •with,-; the.: i time honored instrument of female veh- - geauce — the kite e-abroom-^'.arids raiglir.-'.' i way belabored her strange visitors p|U<b all the energy' that ah eniMged ladycbuld F liiusier. At last she. BUcjcfcbfl*- d in beat- ■ ing off " the brutes," in doing which she waii assisted /.considerably by the jjeen I and; laughter of a crowd o ( f, youngsters., i With this assistance the good' lady was * not 'annoyed ;' ahe was perfectly 'onlnvl. : She gazed more in sorrow than anger at » one ; v.enera.ble cow who had„gracefulljr_ euv-jloped her horns in a counterpane of , 'Mutiny colors" to her own, apparently, complete tatisl^ctiwit-anditl^ad^iirat'ioii* of all beholders. We presume we will ; t hear more of th*. cast before it'i.s fin- -*' *»l}eU, a» ma\faWe'canfrot;'alJord { 'titife#d i and clothe her neighbour's cattle, how- > j ever; floo4*yiiafu«d^he*Wti}iy/.bfe.!- !' -„%• ,