Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-11-08
SQUIRE RICnER's CeW.



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SAILS fair IN trade ''--Speeulatovps Bible.
"Good lookin' COW. that. Squire Richer
Want to sell?" msa .@s
| "Wall. dunno. Want to buy?"
THAT depends on the price. What'll
you sell her for?'' M
4 "Make me an Offer"
"Wall. 1 'spose she's worth eighteen
Tor twenty dollars. Somewhere about
that ~.
Eighteen or twenty dollars! Land
soul. Mr.. Smith! Why. that COW is the
!, real Durham. Cheshire short horn-ths
best breed in the world. yon know
'"Shol you don't say so. though. do ye!
Strange. now. didn't notice it. Come
! from the town Of Short Horn. eh?''
j '.I.and soul eno. Mr.. Smith. She was
owned by man by the name of Short
Horny. and they called her Short Horn.
;, you know. 'canse Horn was too long to
speak The man that raised her was an
English or Irish. 1 forgot which. So you
see the cows furriner. l reported her
myself from the continent I"
"Shol Why. never ha' heard word
of it. Kept it private. didn't ye. Squirrel
! 'Wall. yes. rsther. Ye see it's tho
times of the Know Nothing agitation. and
We know I'm a candidate for ,sclcctman in
my town. so / was afraia<ff-the people
found out that wes bringii' a1f,fxen
Cow over here. they'd turn right ont and
spile my election. You know they re
down on furriners."
"Wall. l declare. Squire. you're sharp.
But the cow can speak-that is, roar En-
glish. can't she?" 80
"Sartin! Just like any other cow
And now. neighhor Smith, il you xant to
buy q grand good COW, Sdhe that'n give
twenty -fve quarts of milk day, and
make ten pounds OF butter . week. you'll
never have such another chan e. 1 wonld
not part with her at no price to any other
man. but you and have alters been good
friends, and l don't mind sacrificing few
paltry dollars to oblecgc ypu. You may
have that Durham Cheshire short horn
cow. bred somewhere in Victoria domin-
iions. for the sum of forty-ive dollars
Dog cheap"
Forty five dollars Oh! Squire, you
lmust think I'm made of money / never
can afford to give that. Say forty. and
I'll think about it."
| wall. Mr.. Smith. you're tight hand
at bargain. but won't stand with you
for few raltry dollars. You may have
the COW for fo,tyl''
/ 1.-The moneys yourn."
The cows yonrn."
There. reader, that's the way Mr.. John
i Smith happened to become the own ! of
the Dnrham slsoxt. .lzoFn<Qf sow <sse-
portcd' from the Continent by James
Richer. i.,sticc Of the peace for Stafford
lconniy, State Of New Hampshire. Now.
for fnsfher particulars. ..> ). s..s
| Mr. Smith. drove his purchase home.
much elated with the acquisition. and when
night came he would not permit his laugh-
ter Jane to milk the short horn with the
other COWS; he must perform the plcasur-
ahl and highly Interesting job himself
ylr. Smith established himself on three
legged s.ool at the sile Of the short horn,
and placing fifteen quart w.,olen pail at
the proper angle. commenced the process
In less than a second he had the pail hrim
full. for the short horn not probably relisll-
ing the slow. old fashioned method Of fill-
ling the pail with milk. concluded to save
Slr. Smith considerable trouble, and ac-
cordingy set both her hind feet into the
devoted pail. giving Mr.. Smith q smart
whisk with her stub tai. tbs same time!
Mr.. Smith tried to dislodgs tho obtru
ding feet. but to his rslismay he found them
. fixture. On further examination. he
ascerfained that the feet had quietly knock
ell ont the bottom Of the pail. aud the legs
of the short horn were 6rauly hooped to-
gether.. lie pulled and hMied 1t fIiet' re-
refractory legs but all to no purpose; they
were boundvo~stick. So Mr.. Smith, a. Z
last resort. applied hatchet to the pail
and rent it in twain. Out few short
horns understandings. and by way Of ex-
animation into their safety. she let 90 fi,st
one anil then the other wIlack against Mr..
Smiths ankle bone. Over went Smith
and the thrce-legged milk stool bouncing
after him-I,is head in fragrant mud
pudd!e. and his feet elevated in s.the elax-
tie fiIid which surrounds the .earsh.'' He
screamed to Simon Mildmay. his hired
man. to como to the rescue; but Simon
was engaged Just then in the interesting
business Of kising Jane Smith behind the
brindle COW she was milking. and it was
some time before he responded to the call
When Mr.. Smith was once more raised
to the perdendiculsr. he swore few easy
words. looked radly At the Durham Chesh-
ire short horn, and went in to Mrs.
Smith to get the wouuded limb honnd mn.