The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-21
A COOPER'S COW TRADE.
A Numerous Sketch.

little shop in the outskirts of the yillagp
where he shaved and thumped away, earl
, and late A more honest man never liyec
-er, at least, he was as honest as man ncer
be. lie owned a respectable dwelling apt
a few acres of land, ami he kept pig. aut
some hens, and COW, this brute propert,
being under the e pe,ial care ofs.Mrs. Jo
sophus Alien. ltwa gencr H. a, knowedg
ed that nobody pig was as sleek and fat a,
Mrs. Allen =, nobody's eggs were so large
and so sure to be fresh, and nobody's butter
was so fresh and so yellow. This is Mrs.
Josephus Aliens pork" 'This is Mrs.
Josephus Aliens butter" Mrs. Allen
brought these eggs in" Let the shop.
keeper thus announce, and the things were
bought immediately And Josephus him
self occupied a place equally firm in the
confidence of his fellows His word was
as good as bond, and his work was in de-
mand.
One spring Josephus met with sad mis-
fortune. His cow broke through the floor
Of the barn and broke her leg-broke it so
badly that mending was out of the oues-
tion. What should he DO for another
COW?
You must 60 and buy one," said Lis
wife.
But COWS must be high at this season.
Never mind, A cow we must have
You ought to get good one for fifteen dol
lars-a good new mich COW. "
"Ah-but the fifteen dollars, Mrs Al
len.
II can let you have ten dollars of item
dollars that have lain up from the sale Of
butter and eggs"
Thus furnished with the "sinews" of
trade, JoScphus started forth in search Of
COW, and after tramring whole day with
cut finding what he sought, he finally
brought up at Mr.. John Potman's. He had
seen many just such cows as he wanted, but
they were not to be bought He had thus
far uvoldcd Mr. Poman, because he had no
very good opinion Of that individuals hon
csty. In fact, he knew that John PotmaD
was man who cheated when he could
But he concluded to take look at Potnan's S |
stock, trusting that he knew enough about
cows to take care OF himse!r
john Potman was a farmer, and did con- |
siderable business III buying and selling cat
tie, aud he also loAned money to needy men |
at eXhorbtaDt rates Of interest. He took |
no mortgages tor security. When he loan
ed money, lie wanted ri2ht-out bill Of sale
OF some good property, and thus did much
good stock, In horses, oxen and COWS, fall
into his hands.
1t was in the morning when Joscphus
called upon Mr.. Potnan, and when lie had
made known his want, he was informed that
he had come just IN the nick OF time"
I've got just the animal, you want"
said tnc stock trader, "a fine, large COW,
healthy and strong; kind and gentle; an easy
mixer; with "A calf three weeks old. / took
her only few days ago for debt. Come
and look at her
yvsephns followed Ny Potman to the
barn, where the COW was pointed out She
appeared to be all that he had Represented.
She had large, good frame. and Of light
ed COLOR and was in respectable flesh. The
lddor was ample, and when Josephus tried
-IG tcats, he fund that they yielded milk
freely.
"Of course, said Potman, there's no
milk now, ior the calf has taken what she
santcd, aud the women folks have got the
est. But you can see what she is. Did
;ou ever see a better bag 2"
How much milk does sic givo?' asked
Josephus
Il havn't had a chance to fnd out ex-
ler few days, and the calf has run with
Old NE she would give, on an average,
WE'VE quarts at milking, in the height of i
eed. If hadn't already more stock than t
lust look at the calf Isn't it a beau
y?'
Josephus was inclined to the opinion that !
his was the COW he wanted
"She cannot be very Old" he said, look
Of lta h1u al,
powth of each year is marked.
'"Ihe uan said she was eight years OLD"
eplied Potman, ''and / shouldn't cali her G
ouuger. guess she's eight. 49,. Il
Josephus walked around the COW sever
i times, and finally asked her price. #
Il ought to have twenty dollars, Mr. AL {
en-. She S worth it--eyery cent" h
Josephus shook his head He could not o
'ay so much for COW. Then followed a
ong discussion upon The value of such an il
nimal; and finally Potman grew generous. a
lie let the COW 60 for fifteen dollars, though
18th seemingly painful reluctance. Jose A
hus paid the money, and drove the cow e.
ONE. He did not want the calf, 50 that
cry night he sold it to neighbor who n
'anted it to mate one he already owned, t
On the following morning the COW was b
lilked, and then turned into pasture. The h
uantity of milk given on this morning was il
,msrkably small, but then it was not 70 he
ondered at. The COW probably missed her Il
llf and had eaten nothing. At night,
0wever, after cropping the tender grass all h
ay, she would be sure TO give good ac. a,
,uDt Of herself.
During the afternoon Amos Bean drop N
Cd in at the cooner's sbon Amos wac
eighbor and very warm friend He was fo
farmer in small way, sometimes work gl
/ ut house building. He soon learned that Ii
o,ephus had purchased ave- COW "'nSa of Jabn ,n,
otman. ~ W
Il don't understand it, said Amos