A cow’s melancholy over the loss of her calf led to a strange
incident at the home of Josiah Brown, near Mount Carmel.
Brown owned a cow with a spotted calf which was so peculiarly
marked that some time ago, when it was killed for veal, the skin
was made into a rug. The mother cow was downcast and bellowed
continually.
Mrs. Brown went into her front parlor, and there on the floor
lay the cow, placidly licking the calfskin rug. It is supposed
the cow approached the house and by chance saw the calfskin
through the window, then quietly pushed the doors open and
walked in. One barred door had been forced open by the cow’s
horns.--Boston _Journal_.
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