The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-31
GREAT FEArs OF SURGERY.
An Arkansaw Colonel Shows that the Art Has Been Perfected Among
 Animals.

Although Colonel Mat Hawkins is & stock raiser and lover of fast horses, he Is truthful man. The colonel came to town the other day and while sitting with party of friends a, a hotel, one of them said
 Colonel, l read of a remarkable case of surgery the other day. A writer in the London Field says that one of his 6ne COWS broke one of her legs and that a wooden leg. which proved of excellent service, was substituted. Wasn't that something wonderful 2"
 Not at al" the colonel replied.
 Did you ever know anything like i, ?"
 "Oh, yes" the colonel said without a m oment's hesitation. Some time ago, one of my fines, cows-the COW whose milk has always taken the premium broke her righ, fore-leg while jumping over fence. At first thought 1t would be better to kill her, but then, remember ing her value, l sent for surgeon, He ex- amined her and said he could make her a wooden leg. He did so, aud after the end of her leg healed up. he put the wooden one on her. She pranced away as if she were stepping to tune and with an air of pride she marched around among the other COWS"
 "That was wonderful"
 "Yes, but hold on. A few weeks afief- ward she broke her other fore-leg. strongly suspected her of breaking it pur- posely, recognizing, as she must have done, that her wooden leg was the best one of which she was possessed. The surgeon made her another wooden leg and she strutted away, the prou dest thing 1 ever saw"
 "You don't say so1 That is certainly very remarkable"
 Just wait until 1 get through. Shortly ater this, a cyclone came along and broke both her hind-legs."
 "You don't say SO ?"
 "That's what do. The surgeon came again and we had terrible time with her. You know that all surgical books say that hind-leg surgery must be ap- preached with extreme caution and in fact, it was only until recently that hind leg surgery ceased being an experime nj and became a science"
 "D,d your surgeon succeed in accom- the cowl"
 "D.d he2 We'll, you don't know that man as well as do. He studied pro- but, unlike nearly all profound thinkers, he arrived at a conclusion. He made a couple of hind-legs. If were to say tha. they worked like charm, would but ill estimate their effectiveness They were the liveiicst hind. legs 1 have ever seen. The surgeon only made one mistake. The springs which he pu, in the legs were too strong. That GOV could jump a ten rail fence. never saw any thing like it. thought that a frog could ump. but frog is nothing in comp arison with that GOV. We'll, gentlemen, she be- came So proud of her timber supporters that she would not associate with the other COWS. It is fact, last as tell you. More than that. she conceived such ideas of seif-will that she did not want to be mixed. We used to say, Pink gives 'eyen gallons of milk per day. bu, after the surgeon had given her a pair of painted hind-legs, we had to say that we tOok 90 many gallons from her. ca an occasion of indiscretion, had her legs | painted red, whi,e and blue, like a bar beT's pole. This proved to be the cap- 'tone to her monument of pride, for. after | his, she, by actions, declared tha, she sould not be mixed but we worked her. We would catch her, throw her on the ground, take of her legs and milk her. Then we would put on her Legs again md permit her to enjoy herself Ihired . oae-legged miikman to take charge of Pink. em ,loyed him because he un- jerssood taking of wooden legs. One jay l noticed Pink coming bSckw ard iown the hill"
 Waking back yard 2" one of the gen. lemen asked.
 "Yes."
 "WAas was her object in walking that wav 7o