Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31

upper jaws?''
"Cows?'
Yes"
Got front teeth on their upper
jaws?"
Yes"
Upon my word don't know"
you don't know"
mo. You see ! buy my beef by the
quarter at the slaughter-house, and
don't have anything to do with the
heads. But can find out for you when
go over"
IL wish you would" 81
So the jackson street man closed the
door, and rejoined his neighbor. and
the two walked along without saying a
word. 4 milk wagon was seen coming
up the street, and il was resolved TO
hail the driver and ask him the ques-
ton. as it is popularity supposed that
milkmen are more or less familiar with
cows. The Van Buren, street citizen
cleared his throat and yelled. Hello
The milkman refined up, and said:
60 ahead with your tests. II you
find any water or chalk in that milk I'll
give YOU the whole of it.n
The citizen told him 10 be calm. as
they had no intention of testing his
milk, but only wanted to know If
cows had front teeth on their upper
jaws.
The miIkman locked at them about a
minute and then whipped no his horses
and drove of, mentioning some kind of
fool that they were. Up on Wiscon-
sin street they saw another milkman,
delivering milk. and overtaking him
they explained the dispute. He smiled
pityingly upon their ignorance. and
said: tlr, .-f d
..Of course cows have front teeth on
their upper iaws-a driveling idiot
ought to know that much. A COW
would be Misunderstanding object
without any front teeth in her upper
Jaw. wouldn't she?' --- t..
1--we concluded to take that bet of
yours" said the Jackson street man to
the other. Come, now, down with
your dust. Put up or shut up" i.
"Why didn't you do it, then, when
you had chance? | never claimed to
know whether COW had any upper
teeth on her front jaw or not; | only
thought had read SO somewhere, and
asked to know il YOU knew about it for
certain But now that the thing is
settled. there is nothing to bet on as /
can see.n ll5r aaaI rsl DAM
d. 20. of course not" said the jackson
street man sarcastically; "of course
not
Just then Mr. Clark. of the Newhall
House. happened along. and as the
milkman picked up his lines and drove
of. the Van Buren-street man asked
Mr.. Clark if he knew anything about
cows. Mr. Clark said he did. having
formerly been a farmer and a cattle
buyer. aai3a VA. ,st5I
We'll" said the Van Buren, streeter,
do you know got the queerest idea
into my head this morning about cows
that a man ever had. Somehow OF
other got the idea that COWS had no
front teeth on their upper jaw; and
actually offered to bet ten dollars with
this man that such was the case. don't
see what possessed me-"
"Well, if you had bet. you woult
have won the money!" said Mr. Clark.
What exclaimed both the citizens
together.
Il say if you had bet you would have
won the moner. for cows have no front
teeth on their upper Jaws
"Sweet spirit hear my prayer" said
the Van Buren-street citizen, as he
brought out his roll and peeled off the
two lives again and shook them at the
Jackson-street man, who turned away
with sickly smile and said he could
not always be pulling out his money,
Ignorance eemsto be stalking through
the land like Kansas grasshopper on
stills. san.