Stray Cow.
Taken up in my garden on or about the first of August, a cow, 3 years old, red and white; white face; gives some milk; has a scar on the left thigh in the shape of a diamond, may be a recent brand. The owner can have her by proving property, and paying charges.
P.P. Pratt
[Deseret News, Oct. 1, 1853]
[transcribed by David Grow, Sept. 2006]