DIFFICULTIES OF LEADING A CALF.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3013, 11 October 1878, Page 4

DIFFICULTIES OF LEADING A CALF.

He was a small but muscular boy, and the calf was probably two months old, with development of unadulterated oussedness. There was a rope between them, and,' as. they went down South Third street biets were about even as to whether ''the boy was leading the calf or' the calf leading the boy, The calf made a dash at the Central Express office. The. boy pulled him back and he made a dash for the boy,' who ran around a waggon and fell over a watermelon pile, the proprietor whereof swore Copiously. " Come back, here,: you infernal clodbuster, and pay for this melon."

" Say, M'hister! whoa—give me'my— thunderation on you—hat, won't yer? "

.And the calf kicked up his heels and b-a-a-d, and tried to run into a store, but the boy sat back on the line with all his strength;'and suddenly sat down in the mud as the calf altered his mind and turned around to look athim. They went "quietly"ten steps,' till a fclbg barked, when it took four circles around the boy in as *many,seconds, tying his-.legs up in the line, bringing hini around until he looked like an old hat that had been run over by the ice-cart for two seasons. A* phildnthro.pici fat man by- the name of a. lawyer, went to the boy's assistance, but the calf kicked him on the shin and butted him .in the condenser, so • thathe ,sat down on the curbstone, and , tried to die easy, the boy and calf entangled themselves, and started down the:street like a mail train behind time, until the calf, scaring at something, stopped suddenly, find the boy fell over it and lost the rope. The calf at once took to his heels/every 'boy in the street running after and grabbling at the rope, until it got tangled in the bridge, when his conductor caught him by the ear and tail, and a lively fight took place all across the bridge and out of sight, while everybody along the street proceeded to tell how easy it is to lead a calf if you only go their way about it. l