The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17
BUYING A CON.
BY DOCK ADAMS

/ have lvyays made It point 10 agree witt
my wife. l discovered in the nTst oPei
mbuity that il saved queensware, ana pre-
vented the abnormal developments OF ny
chronological protuberonces and when
Mrs Adams siCnifcd that ought 10 have
a COW, / said, Yes" and wondered Why
had so long neglected 10 provide q COW
You see, dear, said Mrs. 4. 1T cost ns
20 cents day for milk We use, and " 5 not
always Of the best quality, either. iWSh.4
cents day. That's S15 a year-eIlo ugu 70
buy two or three cows, such ns would % ouI
family And then 1 would so enjoy gelUnB
up early these mornings, and going out y
the pen and milking the COW Ihers L
something eNhileratiEg IN the bare contena-
pIation Of it. %
s.Nye'n have a COW. % I said. and ] remem-
bered that nv ncighbor Hudspeth had men
Toned 10 me only last week that ne hau a
COW to sell-a blooded long-hCrns ne calleQ
her-and, taking the hired man With me, al
ter breakfast / went TO Hudspeth 10 nego-
tiate for a COW. Knowing human weakness
when it grapples with the yielding capacity
/ of COW, / would save ltuosl'eth from AuPo'
7 less perjury, so said
.HudSpeth LET us be men in this business.
. Now 1 don't want four gallon COW nor
. twelye-guart COW, nor even one-gailon COW.
/ 1t YOU guarantee your COW 10 iuIhlsh my
family with three quarts Of milk daN-'
Three quarts Why man. she u give
"Hudspeth,' 50 ] said, fTigldly, Il dld not
I expect this OF you. want a three quart
. COW / will buy yOur COW rs three-quaTt
T cow and il She gives five quarts or Is able
~ rup a cheese factory bv herself all right
will build the eheeseTy, and we viii divide
the profits. But if your COW should tSA 70
supply my modest demand
Fail Wel'. If she don't give
There that viii do, Hudspeth,' ] said /
and instructing him TO deliver the COW and
calf to the hired man, l went down 10 the
When I returned at noon L found Mrs
+ Adams superiuteudiuE the erection OF COW
shed with rail enclosure j ne hlTed man
would bring the COW home ID the evening
/ At dinner my wife was enthusiastic over the
COW. She even got SO far As 10 hint about
l opening a dairy FOX the purpose OF supplying
a few OF the more intimate uelghoors WIN
pure milk. go
consult with The various hotels restaurants
and eonfecti0uaTlcs to furnish milk Tor ice
D cream and 50 tutth, - and went down Town
When ] got home in the evening the COW
Z was there. and the pen was surrounded by :
7 number OF my wiIe's female friends VIII
< more or less children, Who We're inspecting
U the COW.
s.Sha is c little nervous said my wife
and / VIII not milk her uuill morning oh'
G will he used to the place by that time
q a little absinthe viii quiet her l said
> Perhaps YOU had better give her some
I Ny suggestion wSs oyerTulec BY my vile
p friends
ID FarIv the next morning Mrs. A. Slipped
4 quietly ont of bed, and hearing family tn
a sound Of her voice. rs she trilled light al
"a utensH. I went Il sleep again, but wa
~ aroused presently by an lnSurrectlon IN IN
"a vicinity Of the COw-pen-
III Evidently MEs. Adams IS enjoying he'
.o e y Itf,xhe.. Sac 7t3ix e
~ tiring mvself, 1-went 70 the door % ma m
W wife ON the raii-fence, jabbing at the COZ
20 with q pitchforlz. and offering with som
io vehemence TO wager the beast that she lth
IN beast) would never do 50 again
ef IF the bare contemplation of milking tVTi
re exhiiaratiug to my wife, tnis-tlis must
d- eutrancinC' / said to myself and the ne
As instant the railing OF the pen gave wa
III Mrs. Adams disappeared under panel
DC. and the COW was at large
ne Where are you, my dear2' said Al
uu stroled out TO the pen ana began 70 Gle
me away the wreck. Ny wife was not hurt
ad didn't INQUIRE how the disturbance began
sIrs Adams was in 10 frame Of mind for g
10 tails but. on peerinC around l saw the NIL
10 tin iammed in a crack OF the fence across I
way. and in the middle Of the pen was
impress, as though a human form had ia
there a moment, and amy question thoug
roP would be superfluous. The butcher 50
as the COW made very good beef, ana my "
ur- finds other means of enjoyment now
the