The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-10-02
PRrM nAERTRY-

A rankin .slFeet boy foand a
pockek- book beIo nei NJ 30 8 Mill Plain
man. on Saturday, and restored it 10
the owner, who gave hIm . hEe cent
piece. The boy looked at the coin an
instant, and then handing it reluctalt-
1y lbaeE aadibIy sighed as he said, /
can't change it."
The man across the way who en-
ioyed vegetables fresh from his own
gard deu ahFUHRh the simmer, has
bonght-ac0N. = 1Iis wife told hiEh how,
nice il would be to have COW on the
nremises, so as 70 have milk, fresh
and pure, every day, slId .aaSYa avs IN
times and always in abundaHeesThe hen
they could make butter themselves,
and not eat the rank stuff out of the
store, Z Stletold MN there was enough
stuff from the garden and table 10 al
most keep the COW, and the product
EQPld be just 4bout sd m9eAl clear
kash. he 1ieuFed II tai himself with
G pehefl, aIiditha reshl t slti1ISsed him.
He wondered why he had not kept q
cow before, and inwardly CONDEMNED
himsS A6e ne Ioss Ae 9lhas ahicted
upon himself Then he bought ac0w
In the evening of its arrival he went
odt to mAh it, Butlthe sahimal was
excited by the strange surroundings,
and stepped on our friend, and kicked
DVer hb pails andtn nehr1y kRocked one
of his eyes ont with her tail. He
worked 81. the experiment for about
an hsnf, Lbut cRithDhtf any | shccess.
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
she woman'g dress, and knogl1Pd the
boy doWnli4 u e mud fIwAichj ended
their interest IN Ghe matter. One, of
the neighbors MIXED the cow that
night and came around the, next
mornlH and showed the man how to
do.itsd Die third day 4he COW escaped
the surveillance of the boy who, was
left to watch her, and when the man
came home at night she was nowhere
10 be found. The boy had also dis.
appeared, and our neighbor foundahe
was obliged to hunt her up before sup
per, lie walked around for a while
and then returned home, but the ami
NAL had not been seen. Then he Weht
of again, and made a very thorough
search, and about ten o'clock that
night he came back with the COW, his
clothes begrimed with perspiration
and dust, and his face flushed and
scratched. lie wanted to kick the an :
imals ribs in, but realizing that such a
course would result in pecuniary
damage, he ehahged his miAd. The
boy wishes he had followed 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 eshe
used to do it when a 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 heiGs to tit. He had
been standing around eagerly waiting
for chance, and grumbling because
he didn't get 1t, and when the dasher
was placed in his hands he was SO
happy he could hardly contain himself,
He pumped away about an hour atiit,
and then he said if he had to do it.any
more he would run away and be. a
robDer. AT noon the man came home
eh1 ped ts 8 thatit a He was a
gItt 81 qisgu ~ the bn olery,'
IS ne talled u, ind TOOK Hold Jfhe
churn himself, and made it bouncefoP
while. Then his stomach commenc-
ed to fall in, and his spine to unjoint,
and his shoulders to unloosen. He
stopped and wiped off the perspira-
ton, and looked around with melan-
chOly cast of features, and went it
agains The butter didn't come, how
ever but everything in the way of
QEatpPieaI efect1id. IHeigOt sd dread
fully excited that his wife smelling
strong of camphoP, took the dasher
away from him, and went to work
hemself. At this the son put his cap
under his jacket, and miraculously
disappeared. Later in the day the
milk was poured around the grape
vine. On the fifth day the seoY
knocked drWn a length of fendeA 10
the next lot, and ate all. the oranges
from tree that STOOD IN tub, sand
when the people undertook to arIye
her out, she carried away new IVY
on her horns, knocked down a valua-
BILE vase of flowers, and capped the
climax by stumbling over a box of
moses, and falling on pile Of hot
house frames. On the sixth day our
neighbor sold his cew to a butcher,
and hSW. eats strong butler which
comes from the store.