The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
AGAINST
ire Farmers Of the Kishpaw valley Have
Thcir Reasond for Osieotinr 20 Hernicus Cows.

IRE Fnrunera or the Ktshpnw valley HAVE
Their ReasonS for Ohjeotinr 20 Hernicss Cows.
"Dehorning Of cattle seems Of late years to
have been accepted in many farming 1ocah-
ties as q proper and profitable thing" said q
travelling man, "but there Is Mt least one place
in the country where 1t is not only scowlcd
upon by farmers, but where any one advocat-
ing It will be sure TO get into hot water. This
place IN in tho Kishpaw Valley, In northern
Pennsylvania.
II was driving through IL once, and at Ca
leb's Corners saw IN excited and angry group
Of natives arguing In such q way with q man
who was evidently q stranger that he got back
with much nlacrity into his wagon, and drove
away as rapidly "a his horse could take him,
followed by the boots and jeers Of the assem-
bled husbandmen. l had pulled up my horse
near the group. Tho crowd turned its attcn-
ton to mo, and one positive son OF the soil ad-
dressed me with:
"'Be you one on 'om, toof
One of whomi'' said 1,
" One of these here horn clippers respond.
cd tho native.
81 assured him that inasmuch as 1 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
entirely hornless and peaceful, set about find
Ing, out what a horn clipper was, and why his
s Saldii1 osppc %Hi Dn at e eal R5SS's0Gt orn sc much warmth
What" What + is a born born clipper slIpRpsr,.. % %ss0d tho reply.
n %ffs' you c h Ssiios sl'PsRRs st L L s { fha a9sh tho ssr e se%s t to
their ears at SO much a clip That's what q
1T Sec, said !. He's an advocate of the
dehorning of cattle. You don't seem to be-
lieye In II, around here,
Of the group. 'iBelieye in no-horn cows after
what Joe Brown teached usi II you'd a.lived
,p 'n %onla anF't' ASK spri NO sue such as Question # noe as sf THAT.
Joe Brown know'd everything there was to
know about cattle and hosses and sheep and
in back on his teachin'si Not in this day an
ginerationl SEQ what he teached us about no
One day Sim he rode to Joe Browns as fast as
his hoss could carry him. ,.a ou :. -,
s sE,R, * ss' hsr sa ap. you must come over right away
m m,SIo; IN he! js ssd M., 's ssy9ti SGs; s%sS,s that os. wf a.
onfort'nit IS to lose her o1d,, and was pitnin'
ike joe Browp could. Why, the cqttls ali
kind as no went BY the pastqr's where they
chawed their cuds contented and confident,
..sau1 Tos they Could EnS Ss gu tha ap II W fhsy a ha ap% ons u IN i fse
switch Of a calf tail. 'Lost her cudi' says Joe
to Sim aungryfoot ANN, .,r.,r. s,,,
"."Describe her symptoms" says Joe.
".Sim he described her symptoms.
"'"Why, man alivei' says Joe. Your COW
has got the holler horn!"
"'"She can't have the holler horn, Joe" says
Sim; she's q muiey cow. and hain't got no
"'"Can't help that says Joe. That's her
fault, and it's all the worse for her. She'll
have to die sure. cause shes. got the holler
horn and hain't got no horns fer me to git at
SOS can doctor her; Sorry, Sim" says Joe.
And she did die, and it struck folks all in
q heap that IL muley cows could have the
keep. cause they didn't have no horns to be
got at SOS they could be doctored. and die they'd
horns along the old Kishpaw for forty year AN,
better, and now here comes a chap along and
tells us it's all wrong, and that a COW with
horns amt the proper thing, at all, and wants
us to let him clip 'em all off! Thumps! /
don't sector the life O. me how we let him git
away without tar and featherin'! Say! You
sure you amt one on emf
II declared again that ! was not; but, think.
ing 1t might be possible for them. after all, to
have doubts strong enough to induce them to
make up with me for any dereliction in their
treatment Of the 1inn who was One on, en- ]
drove on my way without further tarrying."