A COW IN THE GARDEN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 21, 22 January 1876, Page 4

A COW IN THE GARDEN.

||tf^;|Sui^^ ||§o||inj^l*^ ; ■pj^ait- the -sparer tim ef>;sit.ce the first of Mj_yi.7 > oofMr|i^ the animal. It >a A waijledipg i^^wa^^aCToSß^l__^}lawajto ;; . L a^ y. ?ia^ ; pp^a,. 'and, /without ALy^stoptiing tovput f.ioii .Kis hat or his boots lft. lie^hiiisiteneU out to the yard with a veiy -;liveiy^ense ? (if impending danger. . The „, boy^ihjthe;next house saw the co\v:, but 7 discreetly^forbpre^to- call attention, to it i>^p^he*fsaW Mr Qobleigh appear. Then ALL^^•he^astehed* u comyLi . ; ii»ei_ tjsie^pided.> /The v owner of - .the H gaining ther yard ! :i4i;."t6;see\t^ > lettuce, feed, 'apdr,.li^r . 'yy.. tongue, j list /licking A^^eM. :^(iy^y__^'-'' : : a v .'•.' '" - - -.-•.,-}. aAL^LA t' WMYi 1$ ere. "• .he. 'shouted,' dashing y • v %#?Ker: and^wrishing his; arms. ---~ < £ ?M ■ Th£ ?^^ and srieiug • | :^ Cphildghi^ and ynoi' recogiiisibg him as :^an^cqjiaintahce,; imm^diateljr.set about p; hei_^lf Sromthe dilemma by fe^imn^sdiatelj. turning : ' arouM.and back®|Habg.;pu t ) tßutj^ust.then the boy ca^oae tip df%duth, ; 'il^C'f^'^'i^^fe* $ -cbi_l. ; anii 1 - the poor |^9^ >»&imal^a^hed off in another dir&jtipn,,,-. v *sl<Mr;^Cofel!eigb^ as he" saw. £BsEe!^<&i^^ i* Drive £^l&_^ac&r^ That instantly complied by? hitting yy her; with ;thelumpdf coal, and sending ! _J_ie beets!.' '-r ':■. ■ . *7p^s^i^there,'^j screamed the boyv ■*.■■."• -:/ '. %yyyh. Sj^bpyjU sV;boy !" .shrieked CobiL.'aA; leigli, as tbe animal suddenly drooped ££ -i.n3; >hrew two dollar's worth >f?^<)f/p^m air. ':;/'.' £,- ;:.;^jßufr not bo directed. lost all' control of itself for was dn; being , revenged. T, Cob-vS'-^leigJL".-- grabbed up! a clothes: pole, and fury. The - :-'" : A. ; ;'^boy snatched up another, aud . put after Ay^h her in an^ppposite'direction, whereupon' yf: • J^^o^wgh, whp;had been dn excited /;y ' .pbset^ caught up-a hoo, f :- With-tte evidenMntenti y^theptu'siutj^'t b ecomihg. mysteriously [LM tangled iA ' tHd; Mndle, wias precipitated M the il^concealed disgust -*y 'of v.> But she* was on , her . j^M-feetinXn. instant^ and would have un-( I \ fdoubtedl^rendered efficient service, had; v^^^qt^.Mr^Gpblmgh -abruptly^ .intimated' y*< o^. lead into 5 r^herlf^he.^ Ly_ : y ALyfi^ stoop at ■y ; . ; V' :;^hce^vfhere she remained, eagerly lddkaLx^<3ng &ti£vn>:dppdftunity jto, hurl the hop, ■%X-.'iat'A : iii^:i: devastating beast, which she j ]L\ v* ; ii_|aljy_'did, aud •with such marvellous j % v Xprecisiidh y^bqyv b btK'atfthe . same:* time, . the former | S; /; ;;ah|;tt_id: middle of the back -with the '^ vf fh^njllp, and the lattpr on the top of the J V :^>^^K#ad^'^y | fcli_':.tho ";lt>lade.. The boy was just I j'v'pn^th^Jpint/ of jumping up to give a .■ -;i - •stroke^tfthelc changed ;C;.'-''V'^'Ki^"^.i^3r :^^l ~ernittiiig ..a_ yell of poig-f:-T':. i >.nant' > ais'tress, ; "''los't-. nd time in getting ; ; .:6vei;the; fence into his own yard, wh£re "-,..; '■'■)'■_ tie^siqqd;^ vrubbitig -his head and; staring^ "pi .-. . at '"'Mrs' Cobleigh;iii. if Whlb • ;, ; : remarks Mr Cobleigh intended to make 1}.. : wiliinevdi' be known, as probably j ust as y as/the^ hde struck him, thp" animal sudA'a ; deiily Taise^ lioth hind legs and hit him A /square^^ in the face with a hill of cucum-. ,' J. bers, blinding his. eyes,' chokiDg his ■s'fieech^ and .filling , his neck with earth.Then;;the beast .dashed through the ; peas, :pyer fthe lawn, and through the vV gate \withi a prize tomato plant on each ■^.^.r^'horhj'^andf-'siwin'ging her tail in vindic- '; . tivey triumph," while the unfortunate Mr 'OCpbieigjii siting on the ground, was making strenuous endeavors to catch his jj.-.'' ;; ; jbireath-;-.:; :: '"" y-A '■'■:-- ' L, " ; " '-...' y : jWhen-hejwent into the house to get Mrs '"'';";.^^:Cppleign;^as telling the woman in the' ;*•: ; next house that '_. she had been a. month '■yA- at. Cpbleigh trying to get a cjjtch put on _ .' ." the A gafe, V:,SHe : guessed it would be aty} tehd6dHo how. It has been.