The Cow Jumped Over the . . .Mower?

The Times of Richmond, April 2, 1902 . . . yes, the same day as the Devil captured article
. . . it was a Fortean time in New Kent.

And this is the same as W.P. Tunstall of exploding chicken fame . . .

 Do mules and cows play together?

(9/20/2019: Apparently they do. Since writing this I have discovered that in fact it is fairly common to pasture mules and cows together, the mules acting essentially as guards to keep predators away.)