The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-27
The COw.JObber.

Another Spectator who prospers at
the Stock Y ards is the cow-jobber. He
is the embodiment OF shrewdness and
great managerial ability. Although his
calling is decidedly lower than that of
the commission man, yet he manages to
make even more money than he in pro-
portion to the number of his deals. The
facility with which a cow-jobber can
metamorphose an ancient COW into n
heifer with calf at its side has always
been considered clever per ormance,
and when he disposes of the pair TO
some coniding boarding house keeper
as milch-co and calf he perpeirates
a very clever swindle. and lawsuit is
the only method by which the transac-
ton can BE- adjusted. That this prac-
tice is inhunan and likewise criminal is
palpable. However. it thrives at the
Stock Yards the same as ii it was le-
gitimate. Notwithstanding the e orts f
the Humane officers to suppress it. The
demand fer mich cows at all seasons Of
the year as a rule ceeds the sup
ply. The prices range from fifty dol
lars TO seventy-tive dollars, and
even at the latter price it is sometimes
a difficult task to find one. The cow
jobbers, in order to meet the constant
demand, band together and by each
others aid are able to foist on The I'M
suspecting buyer COW whose milking
DAYS are on the wane. The obber by
means of intuition or some other faculty
is able to detect on sight q person who
wants to purchase milch-cow.
Ii in the morning there chance TO be
in the pens only few cows the job5er
goes Oh to pen where he knows there
are several dry cows awaiting slaughter,
and picking out one that on ord nary
inspection would pass for a mixer he
buys it, the average price being twenty.
three dollars. He then leads the future
mixer to the pen, gives her plenty of
salt and subsequently, water. The I'D
der of the COW swelis up to great pro-
would pass for an exceptionally fine
mixer A calf is next purchased from
some drover to match, particular care
being taken not to buy one that would
look old. The calf is then AIKEN to the
pen and tied few feet distant from
the COW, and to the unsuspecting they
appear as ''mother and son. The
prospective buyer likes the pair, and on
be ng told that the COW will give so many
gallons of milk a day sale is made,
the price paid being sixty dollars. He
leads away the pair, and after quarter
ing the COW in his stable for a few hours
essays to give the calf nourishment.
! he COW, not being partial to bovine in
fants of which she is no kin, cores the
calf. and all efforts of the purchaser to
make peace between them are unavaii-
ing. He then endeavors to milk the COW.
and by dint OF great exertion manages
to procure about a pint of milk from
her swollen but ancient udder. An in
vestigation generally results in the in
dividual finding that he has been duped.
He visits the cow-pen and singles out the
iobber, who swears - help me Bob,
they are the same as | bought EN-"
All further attempts at seeking restitu.
ton are useless, and all that the victim
can do is to sell the pair for beef and
zeal and lose on the deal abo t thirty
dollars. The above practice is of daily
occurrence. The Humane officers have
caught iobbers at it on sundry occasions,
but with few exceptions they have
escaped with small fines. - Chicago Irib-
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