The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
4 LADY LIKE COW
Why Good Man Haukered for the
 Blood of Nick Parish


 Nothing more than a good. .kind-heas,ed and gentle mileh COW rounds ofl and ,empers down the many difficulties stand ing m the way of family oon,entmcnt. When farson ,lminson moved to our neighborhood, his htst question was. ' Who's got gentle COW for sale s' Old Nick Parish. one of the hes, known and most upright men iu the community. had gentle COW. II man wanted hcry. unsubdued horse, Nick had hlm and If he wanted a horse so quiet m demeanor that he fcirained from flashing the ilies. Nick had hlm. In iact, Nick had any thing that anybody wanted to buy, and the one thing peculiar about his ahility to furnish the great marke, of wants was that every animal he sold was exactly wha, he represented t to be
 :. Is she s good mliker = asked rarson Jllminson when he had gone to <ick's let and begun an inspection ot the COW
 :" Best m the land, and the one hne pint abou, her IS that she'll give enough milk for any family Whenever she changes hands she sizes up the new fam. fly, and If she amt broad enough ta ac commoda,e all concerned, ~hy she changes her gnAge Hut she IN nc, prod igal. hough, her from hotel man She had been gising enough milk for all the guests, but when she saw that only had small family she changed her metre and came down ,o our measure
 l never before heard ei .saeh ;. eew. sad the parson.
 :" Nobody else ard If my siic didn't try to impose on her l wouldn't sell her for anything You see my ~iie i> A sery ambitious woman and wants ,h,s one COW to furnish enough milk for the opcr a,lon of an entire da,ry farm. will no, allow even my wife ,o monkey with the affections of thls animal. lust look at her. Dld you ever sec anything more lady-hk There she stands. ,he very picture oi courtesy, wiling to nunda,e the entire community m milk.
 Wha, IS the lcas, you Il take for her r' the parson asked
 Well, I'll tell you fl ii wan, for the pints I've presented, l wouldn't sell her for no price. bu, aA It IS. you may have her for a hundred dollars"
 The money vas paid wi'hou, hesitation, and in triumph the parson drove the GOV home. "Gfeates, COW m the world" he sad to hls wife, as he turned ihe animal into the back yard .' he man had sentimental reasons for selling her or we would never have been her fortunate pos sessors.
 The next day was sunday The par son had an appointment, ,o preach a, the neighboting church, bu, when the tune for services arrived, the parson was seen crossing the common. esrrying an army gun. As he approac he'd PArish's house, Parish ~as seen 70 leap the ience. and start of m 4 practice al and commercial like manner toward ;hc woods The pafson d,seosered hiH., threw up has gua and hted and so much powder had h,a indignation dcuSsnded in the epee u,ion of his sanguasry design. ,ha, ,he bullet. long af,er the excitement had aubs,ded, was heard ~hiuing around the nelghbor- hood
 What on earth IS the matter. par son = asked q dozen voices. as the rnin- is,er approached the church and pro- eeeded ,o load h,s gun.
 Rough, a co~ from ,ha, scoundrei. i Told me she was gentle. Wife go, up this morning 10 milk her Shortly after she went out, thought heard mu,ter- ings and other sounds expressive of dis satisfaction. and stepping to the door. l ssw my wife going over the ash hopper. My wife is woman of unusual agility. yet i szw no reason why she should SAil around through the ar on a Sunday morning, SO ] stepped ou. and told her to hold up, when l saw my lady-like COW, rAking up ridges and acting as though i she were displeased. spoke to her and she darsed .; me. tried to avoid her, but failed. went over the ash hopper pretty much as my wife had done. This was not the end Of the performance. The GOV could not get around behind the ash hopper, but she made 1t sensational for us by reminders that she vas still ia