The Republican journal., 1877-03-22

usual thing, The expression Of got new
wrinkle" originated from this fact in natural |
history
Like a saw, 4 cow has only one set oi teeth, |
consequently she nnd7 ii difficult to craCk hirk |
ory nuts 5be l. made on the ioubla-bacl-ac |
ton plan, that l.. she lives on soft food, which |
she make mp into cakes about the ile OF fish |
bali and swallow them whole, ana then when
she has leisure time she lie down and eats them
over again. This She terms chewing her fud,"
and ne about the only rla-s eater who
care to eat the same meal twi,e. 4 cow l. a
hungry a coal stove, ana " Ill Ell A. long a.
there Is any food in sight, and then chew her
cud till the next meal IS serY fd.
One Of the most affecting lights thai we are
ever ,alied to witness among dumb animals IS
that oi -eeinn COW eat : large potato. Jhe
males one or two ihef1ecttial bites at it, hat it
slips from her and rolls away. At last she gets
il fairly into her mouth, and then begins the
struggle. She throws her head backwards, eN-
tending her nose ia 4 straight line. Her eyes
roll M and her ears troop. The saliva drips
from her uouth from all side. Apparently she
il ENJOYING the most exquisite pleasure and her
Jaws Worb rapidly with tie regularity OF 4 pen
dunm. The potato slips around in her mouth
like u loughnut in 4 Kettle of tat, but she At
tends strictly to business there i, no lei M on
her part. Al last 10y happy accident she sltr-
ceedS IN crushing the potato between her Jaws
when Il smile steals over her face, her eyes
slightly close, and il tear OF relief trickles from
the corner of each, her head resumes It's NAT
prHl n and "a an nj
wipes OFT her chin so to speak. and the po-
tato is swallowed with guip, ana takes its
place on one OF the spare shelves OF her Som-
ach to await the time when it shall be resu-
rected to he reviewed.
4 cows tail resembles Il long hande, tar
brush, and at first sight one is at loss TO de-
eide what is its use but let him sit down beside
the COW to milk her, and he soon learns. The
first thing that cow does when the proper sea-
son arrives is to fill the long hair on the end of
her tall full Of burdock burs, and when she
swings it round and strikes the mixer across
the face for the first time, he magines that he
| has been hit with sand club, and he then
| learns that her tail was not made exclusively
| for fly brush.
| There is no piece Of animated nature that
| there is less waste in than the cow one of her
| most useful accomplishments is her milk giving
| qualities. Milk is something that we all have
10 struggle with at All early stage Of ife'S game.
| and though there is Il popular superstition that
ot e et.st .tlfNS tq4fG}i5RmHffnt if"R MS BIS
| the case that the COW is the real mother of many
| Of us who have always supposed that our fe-
| male parent was somebody else. This is the
| reason why one often hears Il boy called "a
| great calf. There is another superstition that
! is largely held in the cities, that Il cow is made
| Of log Of wood with Il hole bored through it
| lengihwlse, and spout inserted i'll one side
| tnd a handle pnt on the ether and that this
| COW is then stood over a hole in the Ground and
| y MIXED by moving the handle up and down
while the mill, runs ont of the spout and is
CAUGHT IN tlii, and i then eoi at eight cents a
quart.
A. cow n,ll PRIV tleae ,ohalts 81 a bag that
IS situated hrtWefn her hinl icga, within easy
reach oil her tail This bag is furnished with
l1ur faucets from which The mill is drawn. The
first milking machine ever invented Wa5 tile
| calf, but for dairy purposes lie H. TOO expensive,
as the cost OF running this machine eats ,lp ali
Tue lrohtS. Mill IS manufactured INTO cheeae
anu butter. Cheese a III article 0I food exef-
ciae3 i mte-y power IN the land. Butter IS sold
by the pound, the price varying in adverse
ratio to the strength OF the butter. Butter taEta
high rank Is an article at diet
A cows usetunes- ,turs not eni yylti her life,
@he - useful rom one end 10 the other. While
we comb our hair, button tip oar clothes. and
make spoons at her horns, we make soup of her
Ill, cover ON feet with her hide, stick our
plastering together with her hair, make ivory
knife handles from her bones, eat her flesh and
run her into candles, glue our bToleu furniture
together With her hoot', and gather up the re-
naming fragments and manufacture them mo
miice pie and hash She i a. useful ~ q door
plate.
The hfat COW ttiaf t"uL The oath Of .tllepianor
10 TINS country wa one that christopher 30
iumbu9 brought over IN The wear 4D:. She was
an excellent ANNA! and lived 10 ripe ola age.
Within I'VE years | have dined On a piece 0f
steak cni from that animal at least such is my
honest conviction. This may seem like A touch
Story, but it ia not tougher than that steik.
The OK IS strictly i business article. He is
used on a farm IN place Of steam engine. He
II ~ faithful a4 4 bon If pills, ant 4olnew what
slower than lightning Ia The early DAYS of the
world he haa a habit of falling into wells ON
sunday, but have iot heard of an stance Of
that Kind lately. man who has driven an ov
lean All his life is always selected a. Il bearer
Al a funeral ~ 1T meyer eet~ ahead OF the pro-
CrSSion.
TIE other Kind Of cow is called the BUN.
The hull is chiefly celebrated for his dispose
lion, which y cut goring and gathered in quite
full. lie generally wears an earring i'm his
nose and carries of all the best prizes at cattle
shows. He has Il passion for sticking his horns
into you and ripping you open merely to graf
lily Il curiosity to know how YOU are made in
side. II he could be utilized, he would make
the fortune of wholesale oyster dealer TO
shock Oul oysters.
When small boy, was going across a pas
tllre when | heard noise, as if some one was
clearing his throat. | looked round, and saw
it was bull rracticing Il bass solo. He evil
IDENTIFY had something he wished to commune
cafe TO me, as he was running toward me at full
speed. | CHANGED to remember that if was
nearly my dinner time and that unless | bur-
too. In those days, if had run for Office am
sure cou'd nave been elected. had pride
to keep ahead of the bull, and he seemed actu-
ated by desire to run ahead of his ticket For
few seconds annihilated space wonderfully. |
| made as many as $500 revolutions a minute,
with CONSCIOUSNESS that 900 pounds of race
beef was close behind me. | had on my head
Il hat braided of straw; il was what is termed
out west Il Cows breakfast" | went too fast |
for that hat and il left my head and blowed
backwards toward the bull. He paused a mo- |
ment to try il on; that moment saved my life. |
| didn't wait to see whether the hat fitted him |
or not. A rail fence was Immediately before |
me; the rails were quite close together. | had
no time to attempt to rise in the world and go |
over that fence. | had often seen a eat, while
at full speed, disappear through Il hole the ex-
act size of the cat, and aiming my head for one