The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-08-13
4 Sharp Trnnsa ction..Wnii Street Shaved.

Some days since asa 'inancier was Just leaving
las office III Na'isroct. after u busy day Of stock
and banking operations, (which had evidently
been satisfactory since his cuuuteuance wore lhat
pleasan. expression which is compatible only with
unqualified success) he noticed COUNT yman,
with slouch hat. hoIuespIn Goa, and thick mud.
covered boots. driving along COW and calf The
cows uJier WAS trimming full, so that fine
streams Of the lasieal hud were running from
her tcats. The thought Of pure country milk
crossed the brokers BRAIN and the enipts,ion
to secure such luxury induced him to pause.
j say, cried lie to the country man.
Hello, yerself replied the rustic.
That's fine epw you have
WAL yeas, pretty smart animal, ! reckon
Where do You hail iromr
Duchess county, leele back of Pokpepsy
Been drlvlu' Al! day round :ovn. cousa,led tired.
suy how
Is you cow for sal.
Don, know; hate to part with her. but mouyh,
decker Like to buy
Perhaps so. What's yuur rrcer
Look here, Mister, you cant have the calf
1hats half Dtvon,hirc aud NOR II a quarter Dur.
ham. | want her
Well, don't want the calf What will yov
take for the cow
What ,Lunderin' big house. soliioquiied the
countryman as hlS glance re,ted cn the Exeha;sc
Must cost heap " pewter
oh, if you wont eel, III 60, observed til,
gentleman.
'Wnal. don't like to part with Old Bet but if
vnuil give sixty five dollars in CahldDy shinrrs
y'u Can take her, Look at that, continued ,L.
Yankee goning TO 'itltie pool Of milk tha, had
gathered On the pavement, ihat'. ;ure old Dutch.
ess grass juice, lew thirds cream and the ie.t
sweet hutt-rnilk.'
The tinancer thonyht the price rather high Lu,
the sight Of fnils-and such ~ bag full .-conyinc
ed him that the bargain would he good ore, 50
lr stepped nn his "ilice and produced the gold
which the Yankee carefully counted, hefl,d, bit
DC, 10 make sure that 1t was good, observing that
folks ate pesky sharp down here. and some body
said this was Wall 1t, so | had better lock ou,
Having satisfied himself that the goll WAS good
he turned away with the Cali, almost CT, ng nt
parting with old Bel, whom, he said, he loved
morn h. did his broihei'
The Wall st. gentleman hiicd a iLeininn to
drire old Bet to his home, across the rter That
night there was a rejoicing III BroOklyn. Great
WAS the flow of country milk, 70 abundant that
the broker began 10 think that he had tapped the
Milky Way. New pars were pure based, the
children filled up like denjbhhs, even the cats
had a lick extra, and BIJdy called in all the help.
around to talk over the new wonder. The proud
owner and his wife congratulated each other a
hundred times, and went to sleep only to dream
Of sailing in hbge tin pan over an ocean Of
milk. Old Bet was fed Oh corn meal and bed
ded like a pet dos. Next morning instead Of 10
quarts, she gave but three next day about y
pint, and IN week she was Us d!y 4. boob OF
logari,hms
The Walls, hnantier was completely sold =
/ f.
got an old farro~ COW, Just drying up, borrowed
a calf set him To nursing until the flow was some
what stimulated then kept the COW withou. mix
in for week, when .he was IN proper order tc
appear 'on Change, when he dressed himself T.:
the occasion, aud made hs debut in Wall 81. The
done brown broker has since sold his COW TO
hatcher for some twenty dollars, aud taken the
milk pans to lila oaicc to pitch pennies hG,o.-Jri
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