The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1885-02-20
An Essay on sutter ma2Ine.

Butter is the mature fruit 6t tile
fulI.blOwn COW. Ii is the greatest
effort OF her life. The COW tolls
not, DeIther does she spin; set 4
say unto you that Solomon in all
bis glory could not beat her on
hand made; or rather milk-nlade
butter. This subtle joke l have re-
paired and newly upholstered Tor
nse during the winter. Butter
comes from che COW in q liquid
state. It is a trick TO win her cou.
fidence 80 that she will yield iUup
to total stranger. | once sought
to WOO the tactical fluid IRON tho
milk retOrt Of large speckleai cO1
70 whom 1 was a comparative stfaiI-
ger. She wasn't one Of Ehosa
0IoOded COWS that look as though
they had been cut out Of y sheet
of paper with a pair Of scissors'
She was a low COW Of coarse in
stincts, born 10 Obscurity. Her
brow was low but she wore her
tail high and she was haughty-oh
so hanghty. The yonng man who
had hitherto acquired the milk ffoui
this COW desired one evening - HE
him away to q neighbOring village,
where he might trip the light bom-
bastic toe till the wee sna' hours
anent the tEa.' Quotation from n
poet who was poor speller.) He
wanted me to milk his large, speck-
led, plebiaR COW, and / said ] would!
The movement was certainly i'll au.
vised. | undertook to do as bad
agreed, but failed. From the mo.
ment entered her stall and made
a commonplace remark TO her, l
knew Our acquaintance would not
lead 10 "A warm attaehment Some
bow felt constrained aud uneasy
in her society from the moment We
met until loving friends pulled me
out through thesteble window and
brought me back 70 e01sslonsneFs.
l shall never undertake to mllk =
strange COW again until the sign la
right. So far thesign has not been
right. might be seut on an ice
burg, with no other ALTERNATIVES bus
to milk COW or eat AN old friead,
but should hate to tackle. the COW
unless the friend was . very cid
friend, indeed. Butteris produced
by expunging the juice from 9 rare
and costly chemical known .as
cream. Crean5 is the bead Oh the
milk. Milk is known AZ dry and
extra dry. A good milk man will
always ask you whether you want
your milk wet or otherwise. An
old well digger named Grady told
me about going over into SOutbesB
Indiana at one time to dig we'll
for man named WitIum. Withqm
was said to be the most contiguous
ulan in Indiana. His wife used to
skim the milk on Que side aud then
turn it over and skim the bubbles
of. 1t was q constant struggle be-
tween Withnm aud vile 70 see
which would be- the meaner. The
FIRST day that Grady was there they
had a round ball of butter about as
big as a lemon aud as hard as Pha-
raOh's heart. The batter knife had
a handle that would turn every
time any one tried to get q lick at
the butter, aud the little, round
ball would flop over on the other
side and smile. Now and then q
hired man would reach over with
bis own knife and make q slash at
it, bat the butter confident O. lis
own strength, would tip over With
a dull thud, aud the man would
heave a sigh and give Il ~. Ihem
another farm hand would make 4
wild dash at it but burst into te8I9
and quit. Finally, Grady, N18
had watched this perfoFmanes slF-
eral days, jobbed his fork down
through the middle Of the yellow
chunk and successfully cut it IN
two. In the center was smnll}
solid wooden top. aThere. ssgs
Grady, ave found ont What the
blamed thing Is wound on any how"
BILL NKRs