Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-10-16
He Buys a Cow to Milk, n Churn to
Make Butter, and Tries lis Hand.

Make Butter, and Tries Ii Is Hand
The man across the way, who enjoyed
vegetables fresh from his own garden through
the summer, has bought COW. His wife
told him how nice it would be to have COW
on the premises, SO as to have milk fresh and
pure every day, always in time and in abun-
dance. Then they could make butter them
selves and not eat the. rank stuff out of the
store. She told him there was enough stuff
from the garden and table to almost keep the
the COW, and the product would be almost
clear gain. He figured it up himself with a
pencil, and the result surprised him. He
wondered why he had not kept a COW before,
and inwardly condemned himself for the loss
he had been inflicting upon himself. Then
he bought, COW. In the evening OF its ar
rival he went out to milk it. But the animal
was excited by the strange surroundings, and
stepped on our friend and kicked over his
pail, and nearly knocked one of his eyes out
with her tail. He worked at the experiment
for IN hour, but without any success. Then
his wife came out to give advice, and his son
came out to see the fun. The cow put one
of her heels through the woman's dress and
knocked the boy down in the mud, which
ended their interest in the matter. One
of the neighbors MIXED the animal that
showed the man how to do it. The third day
the COW escaped the surveillance of the boy
who was left to watch her, and when the
man came home at night she was nowhere to
be found. The boy had also disappeared,
and our neighbor found he was obliged to
hunt her up before supper. He walked
around for a while and then returned home,
but the animal had not been seen. Then he
went OFT again and made very thorough
search, and about ten o'clock that night he
came back with the cow, his clothes all be-
grimmed with perspiration and dust, and his
face flushed and scratched. He wanted to
kick the animals ribs in, but realizing that
such a course would result in pecuniary DAM
age, he changed his mind. The boy wishes
he had obeyed the first impulse. On the
fourth day they churned so as to have fresh
butter for the table. The mother took hold
of the dasher first, because she said she used
to do it when girl and liked no better sport.
She pounded away until she caught crick
in the back that doubled her up like knife,
and then she put the heir to it. He had been
standing around eagerly waiting for chance,
and grumbling because he didn't get it, and
when the dasher was placed in his hand, he
was SO happy he could hardly contain him
self. He pumped away for an hour at it;
would run away and be robber At noon
the man came home and learned the situation.
He was a little disgusted at the ''tomfoel-
ery," as he called it, and took hold of the
churn himself and made it bounce for awhile.
Then his stomach commenced to fall in and
his spine to unjoint and his shoulders to
loosen. He stopped and wiped off the per-
spiratiOn, and looked around with melan-
chOly cast to his features and went at it again.
The butter didn't come, however, but every. !
hing in the way of oratorical effect did, He
got so dreadfully excited that his wife, SMELL
ng strongly of champion, took the dasher |
away from him and went to work herself. |
At this the son put his cap under his jacket !
and miraculously disappeared. Later in
he day the milk was poured around the
grape vine. On the fifth day the COW knocked |
lown length OF fence to the next lot, and
tie all the oranges from tree that stood in a
ub, and when the people attempted to drive
Ter out, she carried away new ivy on her
lorns, knocked down a valuable vase of
lowers, and capped the climax by stumbling
yer box of MOSES and falling on pile of
ot house frames. On the sixth day our
eighbor sold his cow to butcher, and now
ats strong butter which comes from store.
-Danbury Neaos.
Moral Courage In Everyday Life.
Moral Courage" was printed in large let
ers and put as the caption of the following
ems, and placed in conspicuous place on
ne door OF a systematic merchant in New
,ork for constant reference.
Have the courage to discharge debt while
ou have the money in your pocket.
ou do not need, however much your eyes
lay covet it. II
Have the courage to speak your mind when
is necessary that you should do SO, and [
old your tongue when it is prudent you
1ould do so. I
Have the courage to speak t6 friend in
"seedy" coat, even though you are in
,Mpany with rich one, and richly attired.
Lave the courage to own you are poor. and
'us disarm poverty of its sharpest sting. k
Have the courage to tell man why you re-
lse to credit him. -sa ii
Have the courage to tell man why you 1
i'll not lend him your money. u
Have the courage to cut the most agreea-
e acquaintance you have when you are con- ,
need that he lacks principle; friend /
lould bear with friend infImities but not i
ith his vices. t
Have the courage to show your respect for 8
'nesty, in whatever guise II appears, and Il
'ur contempt for dishonesty and dhplicity by ],
hOmsoever exhibited. a;j AZ --.,-a,.a
Have the courage to wear your old clothes Il
It'll you can pay. for new ones. I e - IN
Have the courage to prefer comfort and &
opriety to fashion, in all things .ra.~ .
Have the courage-to acknowledge your ig-
france, rather than to seek for knowledge
der false pretenses. @A' 4 II
Have the courage, in preparing an enter &,
nment FOR -our friends, not to exceed your Ii
eans.s iA .YsW "a a. fep - Il
Have the courage to insure the property in al
ur possession, and thereby pay your debts .,
full e..l3 100 t -, 1lf,'- .s9is Il,
Have the courage to obey your Maker at r