Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-09-19

mixer and large butter maker is
seldom fat, as the majority Of the
food she consumes is converted into
milk and butter. The head should
be fine cut and bony, with small
horns, large mealy nose and shapely
ears. The base of the horns and
the inside of the ears should be of o
bright golden color. We have never
yet seen an animal with horns and
ears well colored golden Yellow
which failed to make a fine quality
butter and highly colored. 1t is an
unmistakable sign. The body should
be of good size, and the width and
depth rapidly increases as it runs to
the rear or hind quarters. The milk
VEINS should he large and prominent,
and the udder need not necessarily
be large, SO it is not meaty, but is
very small when MIXED out. The
teats should be of good size, and on
ly have d single hole in each; we
have seen quite number with teats
having two holes The hair should
be fine and soft while the skin should
be soft, pliable, and almost as soft to
the velvet or kid In color it should
be tinged deeply with yellow. espsc
tally on the shoulders aud flank and
along the back. The color of the
hair is rather a secondary matter,
though the best cows are generally
yellow, fawn, gray or white, with
dark marks edged with yellow. Black
COWS seldom prove to be good gen
eral purpose ones, though, of course,
there are exceptions frequently met
with.
Some days ago Reuben Carter, Iiv-
ing at Johns,own, this county, sat
shaping an oak pin for piece of ma
chinery. He was cutting with his pen
knife, downward, the knife slipped off
the pin and entered the thigh, cutting
the fenoral artery. The blood sDurt-
ed out of the wound and struck the
ceiling of the / DOM In which Carter sat.
DR.. Heading was speedily called, and
had recourse to compression to stop the
flow Of blood. The circulation in the
lower part of the leg was kept up
which led to the conclusion that the ar
terry WAS not cut entirely off. On the
Sth day after the unfortunate occur
renee, an examination was made No
sooner was the compressor removed
than the clot tina. closed the opening
in the artery sprsug loose and Sec
ond flow Of blood took place Com
preston was again resorted to, and the
flow of blood from the wound was again
arrested Doctors Crawford and Banks
were called and with the doctor IN
charge of the case an examination of
the wound Was determined upon. Dur
ing the examination the patient lost
about two quarts Of blood. The dis
covery was made that while the artery
was not entirely off, the vein was cut
clean off Recourse was again bad to
compression to stop the flow of blood,
and it was determined upon, that as soon
as the patient had rallied sufficient to
stand an operation, the limb should be
taken of or amputated, but he never
recovered to such a degree as TO in
duce The surgeons to amputate the leg.
lie died on the 18th day. an examIn-
alton after death revealed the fact that
the vein was cut entirely off, and the
semora! artery was cut three-quarters
off.
MR. Marv Raesu, who obtained
verdict OF S720 I3, by i jury in the J
April court. has, at the suggestion of
udge Barnett, agreed to take $500 90 :
rather than run the risks oi a new trial.
in the Patrick Eyers-pauper-oase
Henry Gates, hy,u. ,l.ac iiuLung-
don. who Is 81 wears oi&. II. i90 cords !
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