The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-08
FARMER SIMPSONS cow.

(From the New York News.)
from Farmer Jones lived another farmer
named Simpson. He Vas not near SO
and was a different sort of man alto
gether. Like him, however he was
But. by some cruel freak of misfortune,
u was impossible to get enough milk from
yet his COWS were extremely fne-looking.
But while Farmer Jones' was a marvel in
the milking time, SO were Farmer Simp-
n,S-ln an opposite sense;
Simpson was oversupplied with milk; in,
fact, began to rival Farmer Jones in the
cheese. anu dUaA'' - MS outer anu
Farmer Jones was not delighted at his
made no secret of the cause of his sudden
tactical abundance. He had bought a new
lot OF cows, he said among them an old
brindle, and they were astonishing milk
When he heard this Farmer Jones' mind
was made up-he must have that brindle.
True Simpson had not said that the brin-
must have meant that. AT all events he
wanted that COW. One morning. when the
two farmers were talking together. Jones
pointed carefully at the old brindle and
You wouldn't care to sell that COW,
would you. Simpson,"
Well, | don't know. I might. perhaps,
IL gould get my price for her"
What do you call her WORTH
- couldn't sell that COW for less than
,,wheM! That's a remarkable price.
wen, yes. it is; but she's remarkable
Gov Gov TOO You've no idea 6a , What a mixer
born days of my life ie' me III al the
Give good mind to buy her, Brother
But l don't know as I'd sell her to you,
Not sell her to me! Why. amt we good
Yes Yes, g good friends enough. but I've
coWsSnd Il she srY eame up to a 9onf
idea you might. think cheated you"
Brother Simpson shaft bu r9q hef if y she
amt worth the money. However, I'll go
ing ri come down and talk it Over we i'l'- -
I've come over to buy that cow he
ings' We're over. But of co1rse 1 do don't
like to make a leap in the dark. I sup
honestly any question may put about old
oh, certainly not-certainly not" was
the candid response. IF you really intend
to buy the COW, L want you to ask every
thing shall be fair and square. She is a
fine COW, Jones-a remarkable cow
Wen; 1 reckon she does-the sweetest
the richest milk I ever tasted. Makes
posie. Want to see some of it?"
No; never mind now. I'll take your
at a milking?"
We'll, she varies from. a pail to pail
sometimes more. One, morning She gave
She wasn't half mixed the e''1 night be Mien
But she is sure of a pailful every time
L nat was enough. a p3flIuI at a milking
was the average his own cows gave, and
he thought old brindle might improve un-
der his treatment.
So the bargain was struck, the money
was paid, and Jones went home rejoicing
At the end of a week his rejoicing began
to cool. and in a fortnight it ceased alto
gether; at the end of three weeks he
almost raving mad.
on the twentieth morning after he drove
that old brindle home Jones appeared be-
fore Simpson in towering passion.
I have come to talk about that old
cOwt' he exclaimed. You swindled me
disgracefully in that bargain. sir
"Swindled you! Why, how? Don't the
Give good milk! Yes. she gives good
to droWn a mosquito. You said she gave
And so she did. sir, when I had her.
and sometimes more
And, pray, how large a. pail was it o.
Why, a three-quart pail of course.
Same ds 1 always use
The deuce take your three-quart pailr'
and, turning on his heel, John Jones
walked away, a sadder, madder and a
wiser man.
Since then, if anyone wants to see any
thing more dangerous than a nest of hor-
nets he has only to ask John Jones ''hoW
large the pail was"