Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-09-25
TIE DOMESTIC COW.
A Smart Young Man Investigates Her
Unainiable Traits.

Lnglish1. He has done so without
having taken the trouble ID investi-
gate those unamiable traits in her
character which 1t Is tho object OF
this article to criticise. lie (the poet)
seems only 10 have seer her in hee
Sunday e.othos, as it were, grazing IN
tae fragrant meadows or standing q
ease in the shadows OF the babb ing
broolilot.
NJ hired man recently attended Il
hremen's picnic. not wisely, bat too
well; and, aftar repeated dr.n&s, he
very iupiUdcntly locked hoin5 with a
larger RAN on the question Of tariff 70
form. Need | say more? Gag tai5
That he was assisted homo by friends,
suffering from scvcro indt5pD5.tion
and with his features sud y cut CT re-
aair; 80 that, on tho following morn
NJ, from II sen3e of duty, | arose be-
ines to milk the domestic Gu (GaX-
9n), just az tho first pale stroal7j o.
dawn appeared in the eastern Sky.
G.rdi1g on Some Old clothes,
started forth to seek the Iloe (Dutch).
She had uphool;ed the gate Of "a
pasture with her horns. and waa the
in tho act of inspecting tae ilower
garden. She had evidently beon the c
Tor some time, during which she Ind
not been idle, and her manner was Ell
.irely froa from excitement.
Approaching with smile which
has seldom failed TO win femalo re-
gard. said, in soothing tones; "Soh,
bossy! sob. bossy!' but, after cycling
mo comprchensiyely for IL few mo-
ments, sbo backed leisurely oyer
valuable lhododendron bush, and
then started through the shrubbcry III
u swinging gait
1t would be painful to recount the
incidents of that exciting chase. |
got her in the barn nj last, and sue
cceded in delaying her head TO the
manger after which | said; "Stand
over" in Il distinct tone Of voice. She
knew that | wanted hor to move to the
left so THAI could ct room to milk
her, but wiifully appearing to misun-
stand the order, she stood over TO
the right side, hattening me against
the stall
Did swear? No, gentle reader, ]
did not. Why did not swear? Be-
cause the weight of the Gu (SaX0n)
prevented respiration, G0mni1g
myself together as one man, hurried
her across the stall bya supreme e.
fort, and standing tho hay-fork win 9rs
she could see it, prepared TO milk.
Any one who has watched the opera
tion Of milking COW will maintain
that it is a very simple thing To do. |
used to think so myself, but it is a
great mistake. am ready to explain
to any one who Will listen to me for a
few hours, that It i difficult, very dif-
icult t. milk u koe (Dutch). I'm css
here is mutual UNDERSTANDING
Il friendly feeling between the parties;
which, in my casa, there was not.
Having seated Myself Under tho star
board quarter, grasped tho pail
firmly between my knees, rs had
seen the hircling do, and commenced
to milk. No mik came for five
minutes. during which tine worked
ON in silence, while the ca jerl;ed
angry mouthfu.s of hay out Of tho
manger, ever and anon lashiag her
tail against my hat, and looking
around with sarcastic smile; which,
however, | pretended not 70 notice;
but at last snowy jet shot straight
into my left eye, and, in a sho time,
another imuartci an unnatural
warmth to my lap. had succeeded
in bringing forth tho milk, all that re-
manned was to direct it into the PAD.
This was not to be SO easily dono ~
you would suppose
In fifteen minutes had brought
forth twenty-sig sqnirts. distributed IS
follows Three in the left eye. ono ia
the right, e'cYca on n.y. trousers. TWO
on Koe's tail. five On the bara loor,
and The balance In the kettle,
just then tho hapd-maiden appeared
and asked il | had finished milking.
She said that tho family wora waiting
for breakfast, una there was 10 milk
fog tho coffee. tod hor to waita few
MINUTES that had not quite finished.
Leaning one dimplcd arm on an ad-
jaoent hay cutter sho watched II.
efforts with increased ama2am9nt, an5
at,eng.h said, eagerly: Lord, Misthei
Adam, let me mix tho coWi WHY
diaa't yo AK me befoara? Shure ! USED
To milk thrna cnNs lnNrl hnlnA hafnnra