Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-03


 | have any front te.. | He remembered, then, tn.,. grass always threw their noses ou
 horses nipped it off by jerking thelr | inward. He was astonished at how near he | had come to victimized but he did not ike | to come down. The two were then near 1 the meat market near the corner of Jackson and Michigan streets and the Jackson street man was sure that butcher would know for certain whether or not cows had front teeth on their upper jaws so he pushed open the l door and said to the proprietor: 'Linehan have COWS got front teeth on their upper jaws?'' Llnehan was running a skewer through l roast of beef but he stopped, looking up in astonishment and said 'sWhat ?r
 Have COWS got front teeth on their upper jaws?"
 Cows ?"
 s'Yes''
 t'Got front teeth on their upper jaws ?''
 s'Yes."
 Upon my word I don't know"
 "You don't knows"
 No You see buy my beef by the quar- ter at the slaughter house, and don't have anything to do with the heads. But I can find out for you when I go over"
 "I wish you would"
 So the Jackson street man closed the door, and rejoined his neighbor, and the two walked along without saying word. A milk wagon was seen coming up the street. and 1t was resolved to hail the driver and ask him the question, it is popularly sup posed that milkmen are more or less familiar with cows. The Van Buren street citizen cleared his throat and yelled, Hello l' The milkman refined up and said:
 ''Go ahead with your tests. If you find any water or chalk in that milk I'll give you the whole of it."
 The citizen told him to 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 milkman looked at them about a min ute and then whipped up his horses and drove of, mentioning some kind of fool that they were. Up on Wisconsin street they saw another milkman. delivering milk. and overriding him, they explained the dis pute- He smiled pltylngly upon their ignorance and said:
 Of course cows have front teeth on tbe;,. upper jaws-a driveling idiot ought to kno11 that much. A COW would be a handso,n. looking object without any front teeth in her upper jaw, wouldn't she P,l --oi ''i
 five concluded to take that ha+ ~,e ,..,,. said the Jackson street man to tbe ott, ?, Come, now, down with your dust. Pnt,,,, pr shut up.'' .z7-t-H =" = f-' eo up
 'Why didn't you do it when 7,o,, ha 'nance never claimed to know whether a cow had front teeth on her upper jaw or not only thought had read so somewhere and .skeo to see If you knew about it for certain. 5ut now that the thing is settled, there is lothlng to bet on as can see.''
 70, of course not, said the Jackson street nan, sarcastically; 'sof course net.
 Just then MT. Clark, of the NewhaIl House along, and as the milkman n;clred P his lines and drove of, the Van Rnre,, treet man asked Mr. Clark if he knew a,,J- hing about COWS. Mir. Clark said he Il;J avlng formerly been farmer and A cattla uyer. ' 's'''''
 Well, said the Van Buren streeter ssdo ou know got the queerest idea into nog cad this morning about COWS that man yer had. Somehow or other I got the idea hat COWS had no front teeth on their unner aw; and actually offered to bet ten doIIars nth thls man that such was the case. T don,t ee what possessed me "P 5.t.-~,'.f 'Nl Noi "Well, if you had bet you wcnld have uo,, he money" said Mir. Clark. 1 = What !'' exclaimed both the cltizans t,. ether. ens aus so-gss q say if you had bet you would have. ,von he money, for cows have TO front teeth on aeir upper jaws"
 Sweet spirit hear my prayer,n said tb. an Buren street citizen, as he brouobt o,,t IS roll and peeled the two fves acain and hook them at the Jackson street man wbo lrned away with sickly smile and said bs 'uid not always be pulling out his mona1,i Ignorance seems to be stalkinc tbro;,,.h 'e e iano nKe Kansas grasshopper on stilts
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