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Show , AN OBJECT LliSSON "An iufurinlod cow attacked an Infant In-fant child of Mrs. Nolson near tho family homo on North Third West stroot. 0110 day in tho latter part of last wook mid whon tho mother ran to tho little ono'e roscuo sho, too, wns nmdo tbo victim of tho brute's fury. Tho cow is kept in confinement in n stable near tho Iioueo and was boing led to wator by Mrs. Nolson nt tho timo of tho attack. Hie child, who is about throo yonra of ago, had beou loft in tho yard at tho houso by its mothor. but had crawled through tho feuco into tho street whllo Mrs. NoIboh wns away with tho cow. As tho animal wus boing taken back to tho barn it espied tho baby, thou 11 distauco nwuy. It started on a run towards tho child, evidently angry and intouding to attack it. Tho mothor hold to tho ropo and did what alio oould to hold tho animal, but could not keen it undor control. It jorkod away from hor nnd ran to tho child and began bunting it savagoly with is head. Fortunately tho cow was without horns nnd boyond a fow minor bruises tho child wus not hurt. Tho mothor run to tho child's roscuo and sho In turn roooived tho attention of tho angry brute. Tho cow ran at hor with its head down, knockod hor to 'tho ground and 101? somo timo, kept bunting hor wVili t"o hend m 011101" wlso venting its anger upon hor person. per-son. Bocomlng tirod of this, tho animal nftor a fow moments consod tho attack of its own accord and went aWay. Mrs. Nelson was qulto badly injured, although not seriously so, but tho child fortunately escaped with but u fow scratches. Had tho animal not boon without horns both would probably havo boon badly, Jf not fatally, wounded." Tho foregoing, takou from tho oolumiiB of tho Mt. Ploasant Pry am id of April 20, contains nn object lesson on tho wisdom of having outtlo that havo to bo kopt about tbo pla'oo dohornod. or having thorn of such a brood as naturo has not provided with thoso dangerous weapons. Jn this instanoo thoro is scarcely a doubt that tho lady and hor child bath owo tho preservation of their lives to tho .fact that tho cow had no bonis. It Is pleasing to noto that tho practice .of, dohorniug is growing in popularity n3 its beuoflts bocomo bettor known, juidi it Is not too much to say that in iii fow moro yonrs thero will bo few if' any of tho animals that are brod 011 tbo small raunhos or farms that will bo allowed to rotain tholr horns. Not only docs this incident teach tho wisdoin of having tho cows that aro kopt about tho homo dohornod, but it also shows in unmlstakonblo terms tho dnngor thoro is to women and children from animals that aro kopt tied up, unless thoy aro accus-tomod accus-tomod to handling thorn nnd havo propor facilities for coutroliug thorn. It is folly for n man, lot alono a woman, to nttompt to control n cow by means of 11 ropo around its nook. If cows must bo kopt tied up, n suit-nblo suit-nblo haltor at least should bo provided provid-ed and a ropo or strap suflloloutly long attaohod to onablo tbo person who has to care for tho animal to got out of tho way of its hools whon It uttompts to run nnd piny. . Exporlonco tonohes that If animals nro kopt so that thoy havo a reasonable reason-able amount of oxorolso thoy nro much loss llalilo to tnko thoso fractious fracti-ous stroaks than whon thoy aro. tiod up or confluod in' small pons wlioro oxorolso is not to bo obtained, and it pays to go to n little moro oxponso in providing suitablo quarlors nnd sooing that animals got propor oxorolso, ox-orolso, ruthor than tnko ohanoos on such things as this caso portrays. |