Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Sam Patch Beat by a Cow.-A cow belonging to Mr. Davis, who lives near Portage Middle Falls, made her first leap a few days since. The place was the projecting rock on the West side of the river, a few rods below the falls, and just North of the “Devil’s Hole,” where it is over one-hundred and thirty feet from the top to the water below! This being the first experiment, she chose a time when no one would see her. But that the attempt was made, and made successfully, is proved by the following facts- when they went to milk her a night she was seen standing down by the river on the opposite (East Side,) and there was no possible way for her to get there but by jumping or falling from the rocks! On examining, the place where she went over it was indicated by the appearance of the grass that grows on the edge of the precipice. After her fall, she swam the river, and deliberately awaited the assistance of her friends. She was taken down the river about a mile, to the lower falls, and helped up the steep bank by means of ropes, having been in no way injured by her adventure. (Wyoming County Mir.)