Another example of context added to family stories. Again, from the family history written by Marion Fergus:
One other time we were going to sell a cow. The butcher came to get her and she spooked. The butcher and Boyd couldn’t hold her, I was leading her, she knocked me down, trampled me, tore my shirt off, and took off up the road. We found her about 5 miles from home hiding in the creek. It took 6 of us to get her back into the trailer. My name made the headlines in the Oregonian about being trampled by a berserk cow.
Not only the local headlines, but the story went statewide. Life on the farm.
Ferguys Family History 