San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-07
AGAINST pEhoRnINo.
The Farmers of the Kishpaw Valley
object to Horuless Cows.

farming localities IS proper and prof
liable thing" said travelling man,
"but there is at least one place in the
country where it is not only scowled
upon by farmers, but where anyone adj
vocating it will be sure to get into hot
water. This place is in the Kishpaw
valley, in northern Pennsylvania.
81 was driving through it once, and
at Caleb's Corners saw an excited and
angry group of natives afguing in such
way with man who was evidently q
stranger that he got back with much
alacrity into his wagon, and drove away
as rapidly as his horse could take him,
followed by the boots and jeers of the
assembled husbandmen. had pulled
up my horse near the group. The crowd
turned its attention to me, and one pos
tive son of the soil addressed me with:
BE you one on 'em, too%
Zone of whom?' said I.
"One Of these here horn clippers
responded the native.
II assured him that inasmuch as L
did not know what horn clippers were,
it could hardly be that I was one of
them, and having satisfied the citizens
that my mission thereabout was ertire-
ly hornless and peaceful, I set about
finding out what horn clipper was,
and why his calling was one to provoke
so much warmth and opposition at
Caleb's Corners.
"'What is horn Clipper asked.
whats horn clipper" was the
reply. why a horn clipper is chap
that tries to make you believe that it
amt right for cows to have horns, and
wants to clip 'em off close to their ears
at so much clip. That's what horn
clipper is
"I see,' said i. He's an advocate of
the dehorning of cattle. You don't
seem to believe in it, around hereT
"Believe in it'll exclaimed the
spokesman of the group. Believe in
no-horn cows after what Joe Brown
teached us2 If you'd a-lived in these
parts durin' the days of Joe Brown
you wouldn't ask no such question as
that. Joe Brown know'd everything
there was to know about cattle and
HOSES and sheep and hogs, and do you
s'pose the old Kishpaw is goin' back
on his teachin's? Not in this day an
gineration. See what he teached us
about no-horn cows through Sim Hun
gryfoot that time. One day Sim he rode
to Joe Browns as fast as his boss could
carry him.
"'"Joe," says he, "our red COW is
overpowerin' sick, and you must come
over right away and fix her up!"
""Lost her cud?" says Joe. Now,
that was sumpin' that Joe was pertic'
lar emense on. If anywhere on the
Kishpaw spread a COW was so on
fort'nit as to lose her cud, and was
pinin' away for its nourishment and
comfort, there wasn't no one could git
her outen her trouble like Joe Brown
could. Why, the cattle all know'd him,
and use to moo to him the lovin'est
kind as he went by the pastur's where
they chawed their cuds contented and
confident, cause they know'd that If
they happened to lose 'em Joe could fit
'em up with new one in the switch
of calf's tail. Lost her cud?" says
Joe to Sim Hungryfoot.
"'"No, she don't seem to-" says Sim.
"."Describe her symptoms?" says
Joe.
"'Sim he described her symptoms.
"'"Why, man alive!" says Joe, your
COW has got the holier hornl"
".''She can't have the holler horn,
joe" says Sim. "Sbe's a muley COW,
and hain't got no horns to have it in"
Cant help that" says Joe.
That's her fault, and it's all the worse
for her. She'll have to die sure, cause
she's got the boiler horn and hain't got
no horns fer me to git at SOS l can doc
tor her. Sorry, Sim," says Joe, "but it's
the cows fault. She'll have TO die"
"'And she did die, and it struck folks
all in heap that if muley COWS could
have the boiler horn they wasn't the
kind O. cows to keep, cause they didn't
have no horns to be got at SOS they
could be doctored, and die they'd have
to. So there hain't been a cow without
horns along the old Nshpaw for 40
years an better, and now here comes
chap along and tells us it's all wrong,
and that COW with horns amt the
proper thing at all, and wants us to let
him elm 'em all off! Thumps! l don't
see for the life o. me how we let him git
away without tar and featherin'! Say!
You sure you amt one on 'em"
'I declared again that l was not;
but, thinking it might be possible for
them, after all, to have doubts strong
enough TO induce them to make up