Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-06
EVENING STAR.
A Danbury Man ry.,. "a o..

ne man across TIE way who enjoyed yeaefa-
hles fresh from bis own garden thrOagk the
summer las bought COW. His vile tod I'm
how rice Il would be 20 have = COW or tire pre-
inises, 80 as 10 have milk fresh and pare every
cay, ard always In time, and always in abund-
ance. Then they could make buttef the rnselves
and not eat the rank stuff out Of the store. She
solI nm here was enough stat nom the gar
zen and table 90 almost keen the COW and the
product would he just about ~ much clear gain.
lie figured I mp himself with a pencil, and the
res.it saf lrisod him. He wondered why he had
himself for the loss he had been inflicfins mon
bimself. Then he bought a COW In ths e,.,,
ing OF lts arrival be went out 10 mlk IT, But
the animal Was excited by the strange surround-
ings, and stepped on our friend, and ktcke.t
over his pail, snd nearly Knocked one OF nj.
eyes ont with her tail. He worked At the err
pertinent for an hour, but without any success
Then his wife came out 20 give advice, and lis
son came out 10 see the fun. The Gov put one
OF her heels through the womsn's dress, aud
knocked the boy down in the mud, which ended
their interest in the matter. one OF the neigh
bofs MIXED the animal that night, and came
next m ornlng and showed the man how 70 DO &c.
OF the boy who WAS left to watch her ana uhen
The man came home at night, she was nowhere
TO he found. The boy had also disappeared.
ana our nelghhor found he Was Obliged 10 hunt
her MP before supper. He walked around for
awhile, and then returned home, hut the ant
NAL had not been seen. Then he went OF again
and made very thorough search. and about
ten O'Clock that night he came back with the
COW, his clothes begrtmed with perspiration aud
dust, and his face flushed and scratched He
wanted 10 kick the animals ribs In. but real
izing that such a course would result in pecu-
mary damage, he changed his mind. The bow
wishes he had obeyed the FIRST impulse. On the
fourth day they churned. 80 ~ 90 have fresh
butter for the table. The mother took hold of
the daSher hrst. because she said she used 70 do
when girl, and liked no better sport, She
pounded away until she caught crick in the
hack That doubled her up like a knife and then
she put the heir 20 e. lie had been standing
around eagerly waiting for a chance and
grumbling because he didn't get q, and when
the dasher was placed Ia Lis hand he WAS
so happy he could hardly contain him
IL; then he said If he had TO 10 d any
more he would run away and be a rohber
At noon the man came home aud learned the
situation. He was little disguised at the "tom-
foolery, as he called Il, and took bold the churn
himself, and made IL bounce for awhile Then
his stomach commenced 70 fall in, and his spine
10 unJoint, and his shoulders 90 loosen. lie
stopped and wiped OF the Precipitation, and
looked around with a melancholy cast 20 his
features, and went At IL again. The butter
didn't come, however, but everything I'm the
way Of oratorieal eject did. He got 80 dread
csmphor, took the dasher away from him and
went 10 work herself. At this the son nut his
cap under his jacket and miraculouslV d.sap-
peared. Later in the day the milk was poured
around the grape vine. on the nth dsy the
COW knocked down length OF fence 70 the next
lot, and ate all the oranges from tree that
stood in = tub, and when the people attempted
70 drive her out, she carried away a new WV on
her horns, knocked down a valuable vase Of
flowers and capped the climax bv stumbling
ever box OF moses, and falling on a pile OF
hot house frames. on the sixth day our neigh
strong butter which comes nom the store
DdNburg Nclcs.