Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-08-23

Eugiish). He has done SO without
having taGen tho trouble ID inveSti-
gate those uuamiablo traits in her
character which it IS the object of
this sacticlo 10 crit!cisc. He (tho poe!)
seems only 10 have seen her il her
Sunday Clothes, rs it were, grazing in
the fragrant meadows or standing ut
ease in the shadows Of the babb ing
Nbrooklet.
NV hired man recently attended Il
fremcn'a picnic, not wisely, but too
well; and. aft>r repeated drinks, he
very imprudcntly locked horns with a.
larger man on the question cf tariff re-
form. Need l say more? Only this:
That he was assisted homo by friends,
suffering from severe indi5position
and with his features sadly out Of re-
pair; So that, on the following morn
ing, from u sense Of duty, l arose be-
times to milk tho domestic Gu (SaN-
on), just aJ tho first pale streal15 of
dawn appeared in the eastern sky.
Girding on somc Cd clothes, ]
started forth to sock tho Koo (Dutch).
She had unlocked tho gate Of tho
pasture with her horns. and was then
i'll tho act Of inspecting tho flower
garden. She had evidently been the
for somc time, during which she had
not been idlc, and her manner was en-
tirely free from excitement.
Approaching with u smile which
has seldom failed to win female re-
gard, l said, in soothing tones: "Soh,
bossy! oCh, bO5sy!' but, after cycling
me comprehensivcly for Il few mo-
mcnts, she backed leisurcly over Il
valuable rhododendron bush, and
then started through the shlubbery at
swinging gait.
1t would be painful to recount the
incidents of that exciting chase. l
got her in the barn at last, aad sue
cecdcd in Delaying her head to the
mungcr, after which 1 said: "Stand
over" in a distinct tone Of voice. She
know that / wanted her to move to tie
left 50 that I could get room to milk
hcr; but wilfully appearing to misun-
stand the order, she "stood over" to
the right side, fattening me against
the stall.
Did I swearp No, gentle reader, l
did not Why did not swear? Be-
cause the weight Of the Gu (Saxon)
prevented respiration. Gathering
myself together as one man, hurled
her across the stall by q supreme eff
fort, and standing the hay-forll where
she could see it, prepared 10 milk.
Any one who has watched the opera.
tion Of milking cow will maintain
that it is very simple thing to do. /
used TO think 80 myself, but it is a
great mistake. / am ready to explain
to any one who will listen to me for q
few hours. that it il difficult. very diff
| fcult to milk n Koe Outch). unless
! there IL q mutual Understandings
friendly feeling between the parties;
which, in my case, there was not.
Having seated myself under the star
board quarter, I grasped the pail
firmly between my knees, as had
seen the hireling do, and commenced
to milk. No milk came for five
minutes, during which time worked
on in silcnce, while the Gu jarked
angry mouthfuls Of hay out of the
manger, ever and anon lashing her
tail against my hat, and looking
around with sarcastic smile; which,
however, l pretended not to notice;
but at last q snowy jet shot straight
into my left eye, and, in sho:t timo,
another impaired an unnatural
warmth to my lap. / had succeeded
in bringing forth the milk; all that re-
manned was to di rect it into the phil.
This was not to be SO easily done as
you would suppose.
In fifteen minutes had brought
forth twenty-six squirts. distributed Us
follow Three in the left eye, one in
tho right. eleven on my trousers, two
on Koe's toll, five on tho barn floor,
and the balance in tho kottle
Adum Smith, in Texas Siftings.