The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-07-22
Henry Ward Beechcr on Cows.

good man ought to- For COW is tho saint
OF the barnyard Not one Of those final
saints. who are born afar off from goodness
aud fight their way TO it; hut ono Of those
mild, meek, harmloss, natural saints. II
homclrncss is necessary to goodness land
there is strong presumption for tho theory /
Il COW has this prime qualification. For
nothing can well be more devoid OF all
beauty than genuine mixer There is not
one limo Of beauty. There is not ono limb
that sccms to have regard for another. The 7
muscles arc thin. tho shoulders and neck
flat and poor, the hind quarter wide across
and gaunt, and the whole form is moagro,
lathy and puVerty.sirickcn. But when We
reflect that all this comes from q cows
bencvoCncc and that sho eats, ruminatos, .
dgests, aud in short. lives, for tho sake Of
others, our scnse Of hor bcncyolcuce at
length clothes her with kind of moral
beauty. She could be fat if she would only
bo selfish. But she economi2os beauty that
she may bc prufuso in milk. Blessed saints!
And yet, in all the symbolism Of saints, We
do not remember a single instance in which
the COW is advanced to signify anything in
molly figure. Bulls and oxen, sheep and
lambs, and holy rams abound in pictorial
legends Lions and bears. dragons and
eagles, sorpents bees dovos in endless rep
etition, stage horses. growing cocks, falcons,
ravens, wild geese, fish, dogs, and wild boars,
aud We know not how many other creatures
that swim. or fy, or walk, or creep, have
been made glorious in stone, and wood, and
paint, for some sake or other Of the great
multitude Of saints whom tho books record.
But this uoblCst symbol of all, tho very ideal
aud pattern OF saint, who is poor as II
! living life Of maccratlon, who gives her
whole strength to luctcal benoyolencc who
is patient, gentle, guiloless, contcntcd--and
yot, with two exceptions, no saint can bo
| found 10y us, at lCast) with COW. These
two saints arc, St Ello aud st. Pcrpotua.
Tho second has wild cows by her. Let
diarymen pay respect to the shadOwy mem
DRY of st. ElIo and st. Perpotua.
If We wero 20 speak of tho musical voice
Of COW. people would laugh. But the
sound will depend upon circumstances.
| Let man be lost in tho woods, and suffer
the terrible excitement which comes with
the first flash Of conviction that he is lost !;
lot him dash wildly forth, and after an hour S
running and hoarle haIooing, find that he
has only swept circle md come back to
tho very spot from which ho started F.; lot
him, toward tho going down OF tho Run,
weary, tamished, and yet wandering, hear
tho low Of cows not far oil No trumpet
was ever so swoct on the march, and no
luto ever charmed u lover with moro delight
| than this upliftGd sound of a COW to n wood
0 sick man. AnG when, running to the sound
a he comes out ncar some farm house, il tear
e gush, and no would fain even throw hi
O arms around tho neck Of homGly Old brindIu
3 let 10 ono laugh or dordc Go aud try til,
!. experiment. and see if you would not do il
n yourscIt' BosGes, tho face of COW i
o handsome. 1t is tho only thing about he
:, that is beautiful except by association.
!. But wo need not go to all tho trouble o
/ being lost to reach the conclusion that "a Gov
has n musical voice. Sitting on Il summer
evening on the sward Under tho high pen
! dant eIma, only enough conscious Of being
in tho body to receive through it tho mos
h inciliblG sense of tho beauty of sights ard
= sounds and then, wh,io bilUs are carryin!
y the alto aud bees Rro making tenor, let tn
n long and repeated low Of cows coming homo
h, and longing for their calves, rso as bas'
i md tell mo whether COW hus not musi
If cal voice
O. II one is Of a doyoIt turn, and would lik
10 some ScripturRl associations wo can almos
ID give him some. For, although oxen it wa
m that were about tho maugor, according
J. all pictures, yot cows arc tho mothers
n exon Va read. too, in Scripture Of "th
At pure milk Of the Word; and tho Gualfyin
ID adjective would seem to imply that teacher
n IN those davs initiated tho mlIkmon Of our
i and gave diluted article. From this grc1
~ company of patient creatures, let us MOI
as ton II fow moro eminent, such rs 81. Aide
,c nOy St. Ayrshro, st. Durham ard also S
IS llOmobrecd. Thcsc arc tho most iustriol
At of milk saints. But goodness is not col
,r tiued 10 any Of these denominations. Ihci
@. arc capucious udders, patient disposition
Of mild eyed mothers, homo loving and pa
turo-browsipg saints, without name ana wit
out fame, in every uelghborhood.
And now, do you ask, wondering rcAdC
IL what oil this prcludes? Just this; that
are thrce.cow gentleman farmer! Agai
- We know what il the real taste Of milk
49,, have once more before wc die. seen crcal
no Tweuty.six pans Of milk were skimmed Il
~ very morning; and now, il you were ridi
~, past, you should SEQ twontv.six invcrt
- pans on tho fence in tho sun, shining Ill
by silver, and sweetening themselves all du
- in tho air and sunshine, for the rights mil
q, Evon tho pigs fare better hero than ctizo
- do in Now York. For although wo tai
ry off tho cream, wo nevor think of giriI
- them anything weaker than 6kim-mik.-
no four pigs, that once we're longer than bsoa
"a. but which are rapidly growing to tho sha,
q; OF "a marble.
Aud now, having giyon this iutroductic
it may bo expected that we shall so on
no mako some sound practical romarks abo
II. feeding, milking, making cheese and butt
ro And 50 we could if wo chose to, And 80
~, will, perhaps, by and by But now wo sh'
~ close by holding up the COW to all perso
as a model of disinterosted bcnevo!once II
ar only, but as an instance OF its reward, +
though the homOliest creature on the far
such is tho effect upon tho imagination
i'm real goodness that at length,b by associate
ry mon come to think COW handsome. Al
a thus It will be with all of us plain, comm,
'y aud homoly people, Let us do well un
our neghborB SEQ our characters rather tn,
or our faces; and then, though born witho
", beauty, we shall die handsome.
or The lookinggass may say what IL please
r. The heart of friends is the mirror of GO
men, And in that glass We shall DO 6ea
On tiful enough, if VIC are good enough!-IhC
C. pendent, June Oh.
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o. SWEARING 1t is well known that Gf