St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-26
On the Colops Of the Jersey
and Their Harm ony With
Autumnal Hues.
His Experience in Youth With
Two Oxen and Reflections
Thereupon.
A Story Having a Direct
Bearing Upon the Late
Campaign.

and stock matters, making inquiries rel
alive thereto. Your advice coupled
with the opinions of large number of
candidates for the position you have so
well and faithfully filled has in great
measure governed my action, thereby
securing me larger degree of success
than [ could have attained otherwise.
The Jerseys have proven even superior
to Mr.. Manufacturers recommendation,
and the rich patronage of this summer
has had the effect to deepen the color.
This. with the rich, dark color
of the Polled Angus adds vastly
to the beauty of the landscape view
in our vicinity. This beautiful animal
contribution to the charms Of nature was
especially noticeable during our mag
nificent autumAal days. 1t almost
seemed that generous emulation eX-
listed between the Jerseys and the
Naples, while the rich velvet gloss OF
the Polled Angus was separated from
the brilliant Oak only by barbed wire
fence. TO lover of nature such affilia-
ton is both touching and sublime. Sym
metry in form and beauty of covering,
when blended and harmoniZed, goes
farther in my mind toward elevating
the human family than Prohibition.
Friend Ives, / think it our duty to
combine thrift with beauty, and there
fore recognize the prOpriety OF young
fellow marrying rich girl, even if she
is beautiful. In our day and age people
are in too great hurry to cut Off all the
coupons on a ten-year bond the first
year, and tell you it won't do. think
we should give our COWS time to mature
fully before we begin milking them'
When / spread land plaster over my
COW pasture l mixed yellow ochre with
it and obtained remarkable results. Our
cream and butter is a rich orange color
and the quality is so improved as to be
all strippinss; so now we 40 not use tne
stripping cup, but4milk all into the pail.
The only drawback was that the milk
was too rich for our calves, and was
obliged to board them out. 1t cost 81 a
! week, but, bless you, | could not afford
to feed them milk that was virtually
worth 80 cents pound; and now want
to give YOU pointer. You remember
at the state fair the Olmsted county
farmer with his fine exhibit of butter?
Well. everybody was admirlng that COW
with the yellow skin. They said she
was a daisy because she had yellow
skin. It's all right. Eve got COWS that
have that milking recommendation. and
it did not take much yellow ochre;'
either.
had intended to have paid you a
visit to thank you in person for your
valuable report of your work for the
past year, but bet on the election and
for spell. The Bible says that whom
the Lord loveth He chastiseth. The
Lord must have been dead gone on the
Democratic party the way we g0t'lt.
In the spring / wrote you that |
should watch the political outlook with
deep interest, and in looking over the
personal circumstances connected Wlth
the campaign puts me in mind
of my experience when boy on farm.
/ hired out along in April and the next
dav walked eight miles to lay founda-
tions for my future. Wages IS per
month, board and washing, but was not
to wear white shirt. | arrived at the
farm about 5 p. H.. and was told might
go ana pail the cows and feed the oxen.
/ got what milk the cows would give
down and then went to feed the oxen:
Before had seen the oxen l was told
l.
they were to be my compan-
ions in labor my boyish feelings
naturally went out tow ard them.
| shall never forget my Introduction to
the oxen. They were so thin and poor
it made me feel hungry to look at them.
Thin and poor. | should say so! They
looked as though they had been keep
ing Lent al their days. The hair was
rubbed in places. They looked all horns
and eyes. Well the next morning we
started in blowing all right, but had
wooden pillow share and the
ground was somewhat damp on
account of the rain, so stopped pretty
often to clean the pillow and let the stays
blow. About 10 o'clock one stag got
tired fatigued, [ think perhaps, it was),
and naturally he laid down. He didn't
seem to want to get up. SO gathered
some corn stalks to feed him. and when
i returned with my bundle found the
situation Improved. Instead of one of
one of kind had pair down. So
fed them and tried to encourage them
to get up and help me pillow. We all
rested about an hour. Then they got
tired Icing i'll one position and got up
to change. and l persuaded them to
plow until noon. We plowed all
day, but between stopping to clean
nv mould-board and the frequent
| periods of rest taken by the stays we
| did small days work. The next MORN
| ing Old Pass chat was the man l was
working for came out and said we were
| lazy and were not earning our bread.
| Of course knew our work did not
amount to very much.
| ~
| I didn't have any state central COM
mittee to go to and explain things. and
Pass didn't seem to understand the sit
uation. So made up my mind to use
my own judgment.
| blame on me. 1t was close on to corn
| planting time. and you know there are
times when we've all got to hurry up,
especially just before election. The
next morning took out some matches
| as measure of safety against delay.
| About 10 o'clock the stays as
sumed a recumbent position. My
| efforts to arouse them to a sense
| of their duty were of no avail.
| 1t was about twenty rods to stack Of
| straw. In five minutes / had fair
| sized pile of straw nicely tucked close
to the after end of that yoke of stays. IL
Lit a match and lighted the straw. II
wish to explain to you that at that time
l was not aware OF any precedent hay
| ing been established in cases of a sina-
lar character. 1 have since learned
that the same incentive was used at a
fox hunt years ago, producing results
similar to my own experience. When
I saw the straw had fairly ignited l
took hold of the plow handles to await
the result.
| ~
1t came! An energetic movement on
| the part of the stays brought them to
| their feet The langour and lassitude
of the stays disappeared as by magic.
| r,horo ,rao q rrlSi The nlo1u WAS torn