, 1880-01-01
A Patent Milk Pail.

,hem. Sir. Gosman IS Respectable
m;llr person, who, with the help OF
+h;rtv.seven COWS, sends very large
quantity of milk TO the market. Though,
iur;ng the six months from the lst
a Nav to the lst Of Novem'
Ser an average number Of five
naadlers and two-thirds call on him with
articles for sale, he rarely buys any
thing. Still, being kind-hearted and
inst man, he never drives the peddler
from his door with violence, and it is
onlv when he is unusually busy that he
sets the dogs on an intrusive peddler, or
reminds Mrs. Gosman to throw boiling
water on him. There was, nevertheless,
one peddler whom Mr.. Gosman rather
liked. He was a pleasant-faced and
CAeerful fellow, who never descended to
spything as low as lightning-rods or as
sxasperating as subscription books, but
who occasionally offered for sale articles
that were not wholly useless, and who
always dealt literally and fairly with
his customers. For example, he once
sold to neighbor Of Mr.. Gosman a
small monkey wrench, and when the
purchaser objected that he never had
any monkeys to wrench with it, the ped
dler offered to procure for him gross
Of monkeys Of the proper size, at the
wholesale price. 1t is true that the Of
fer was not accepted, but that it was
made is a proof Of the peddlers anxiety
to please his patrons.
One day last October this compara-
lively tolerable peddler made his last
visit for the season to Mr.. Gosman's
house and was permitted to engage in
conversation with the owner thereof
It so happened that Mr.. Gosman, who
always MIXED his own cows, was at that
precise time in an unusually gloomy
condition. He had that very morning
Witnessed the loss of seven pailfuls OF
milk, which had been kicked over by de-
praved cows, and he felt the loss Sc
verely The peddler, seeing his oppor-
tunity, produced from his wagon pat
ont milk-pail, which he said he had in
vented himself, with an especial eye to
Mr.. Gosman's COWS. 1t was certainly
most ingenious affair. When not in
use, it shut up in such a way as to oc'
cupy a very small space, and when
properly expanded, by means of springs,
it not only had capacity Of four gal
Ions, but it served as seat, thus doing
away with the old-fashioned milking.
stool. The peddler lectured on this in
ventlon at some length, showing that it
would be impossible for any cow to
kick overa pail on which Mr.. Gosman--
who weighed I'll pourds-was seated
Tho result was that he sold his pail, and
Mr. Gosman was 80 much pleased with
it that he ordered six more, to be deliv-
cred at the earliest opportunity.
The next morning the pail was put in
use Mr. Gosman expanded it, sat on
it, and MIXED seven consecutive COWS
with perfect satisfaction to himself
The eighth cow was an animal of much
prowess, who had kicked over score Of
pals in her day, besides several milk
maids. Mr.. Gosman approached her,
smiling as he thought how completely
the new pail would thwart her wicked
designs. He sat down on the pail and
illed it nearly half full of milk without
an accident At last, however, the
COW fancied that she saw her opportu-
nifty, and, after demoralizing Mr.. Cos
man by switching her tail in his eyes,
she dealt the pail tremendous kick.
Unhappily, her hoof hit the very spring
chat kept the pail expanded. Without
moments warning the cover Of the
pail sank under Mr.. Gosman's weight,
while the sides clasped him with an in
cxorable grasp. Being thus firmly held
be was danced upon to some extent by
the hilarious COW, and when her enthu-
nasm cooled and he gathered himself
up he was ready to go home and re-
aect, in the seclusion of his room, on
she merits Of the milk-pail. That dia-
oolical machine could not be induced to
release him and as he walked slowly
aomeward he excited good deal Of
speculation, it being the opinion of
most people who saw him, that he was
On his way to advise the editor Of the
local newspaper how 70 conduct his
Journal and had wiseIy adopted an iron.
'lad style Of dress with a view 30 con
'ingcncies.
NJ. Gosman Is now Awaiting the r.