Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-01-10

afler you that driv' off Bet opay for
a buzz beetle tailed coat, razor tosd
yaller shoes, cane an a plug hat
Why, he even had his linen he called
it, done up at q laun1ryP
"He did mako rapid p ogrsss." laugh
ed the lawyer.
| Progrsssl thou b 5 when them
men came an sal i5e I, 4 got tu-ber
co-lo-sis. I'D .r Z Kncw what
kind of tubsrs hey a tess givIn her.
She hadn't hsI n TIL a., tue farm but
potatoes an carrots, IAN they agreed with
her well enough Then he said We
must have the herd inoculated, and I
'aid we'd oil been vacciuatep, an
guessed that would do for the cows an
all. So we jawsd till Staples dressed
up an bltchsd up an drove of with
them. Day an night he was gone for
two or three weeks, an / thought l
ahould hev ADVENT crazy, Farm work
sufforip, old Betty a-dyin,an said she
should be brought home. So they
AIDED her on to drag an brought her
back one night an put her on s,ms
clean straw in the sheep shed, so the
other critters shouldn't keteh it,
II went out to sec her an didn't be-
heye in any Of their nswfanglsd talk.
"She's pizened or else she'c swallow
ed something / said, al ) ? kept up
their talk about prosecutin for SELL
N COW that hadn't been tested, An /
said we'd been a-tesiin her milk an
cream for years, but all the talk didn't
save the cow. She died.
Then l set up that she should be
cut open, an one o'them men said, a. |
pomPous as a big dictionary: VERY |
well. Wen have pest norton OK
fmination. my good womsn.' said / |
ldn.t feel jest then as If 1 was any
oody's very good woman, but I wanted
that cow cut open, post norton or rail
norton, it didn't matter to me. She
never was unruly. An one OF the men
said, kinder lsughip. I'VE will pre-
coed with the autopsy and I said 1
didn't care what kind Of Topsy they
with, she was black snough
TO be Topsy or . Dinah. know
what they meant. but I didn't mean to
lot them know it. So they went on
with the examination, an what do you
think they found but piece Of Cal
madam wire foot long. That poor |
Did crittsr, starTin on balsd hay, had
thanked down IN swallowed that wire,
IN it had tangled around an punched | !
trough her internal machinery tryia
o digest itself till it had twisted poor
I'D Bstty's heart oil up so it couldn't
eat no longer"
Dwell, then they cannot prosecute ! i,
on for kespin an infected herdp 4,
"No, but the Society For the Proven
ion OF Cruelty to Animals might fsrI
espin milk Cows on copper wire. But b
0w they threaten to prosecute forI
amagss and vsterinariss and experts
so on. SO now if you will make the b
apers givin me desd Of the farm I'll | D
I'VE him money to pay up IN settle up :
these ksrsheriffin bills, but this has '
1t to end it." ~
"But your sheriff fees" said the law.
'r. will they not help to partly pay {.
penses9" -
"Fessl" echoed the woman contsmp- =
ously, and the man added humbly as 81
. lawyer took up his pen: nj
81 never have had but one case-lys
1t writ you instruct sdrs about, you
low; and / hain't never got no pay
, sarvin that, but there can't uobody | al
hain't dressed up an lived up to r.
. dignity OF the Office A.
"That little stub tailed dog is doir -
same" growled the woman; she's Pc
t 8 ribben tied round his neck" co
And her auditors laughed until the 70,
lie dog barksd in sympathy and Ste
en- Stables piped: "Jss' sol Jes' sol"
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