Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-05

A T JUGGER'S. under a crazy-quilt
~ in a darkened room, lies the tat
Tered remnant of a once strong man.
That wreck is the indirect result Of
Jugger's great thought that, in order
to have fortune within his grasp, to
have the world by the tail, so TO
speak, he must buy a COW.
The gentle beeze has not yet
blown the dust off from the trees by
the roadside where the turnpike goes
over the hill, behind which the cow
that was 10 have made Jugger's for
tune disappeared.
On the shelf in the sitting-room is
the primitive cause Of Jugger's woe,
the Farmer and Stoekman's Friend,
edited by an enthusiastic agricultur-
list. Jugger read of the happy own
ers of those wonderful cows so often
met in literature. but rarely else
where, that seem to have consecrat-
ed their whole souls to the giving OF
great bucketfuls of milk so rich that
two shivers viii make butter of it
read and believed, and was filed with
burning desire to 60 and do like
wise. Like the owners, | mean, not
like the cows.
MY dear" he said to his wife. I'VE
must buy a COW. Think of the luxury
Of fresh sweet milk and golden but
teri Why, we can have all the milk
we can use and butter till you can't
rest. and we can have plenty TO give
10 our friends Then, think of the
proftsl Why, we can sell the milk
and butter and eggs and the
cheese"
"And the crackers" suggested Mrs.
Jugger.
Jngger paid no attention TO the
cling. but continued:
There win be a calf 10 sell. now
and then, we can sell the cow to
the butchers at the end of six months
for a good price We Ought to get
IS quarts of milk and five or six
pounds of butter-say five per week
Milk brings seven cents per quart,
and butter 90 cents per pound
Ought's ought and figures figure;
that would be s4.66 per week-call il
$3.50 per week-S234 per year. Add 10
this the sum we get for the COW from
the butchers, say $40, and we have
s274. Think of it, Think Of i'll De-
cidedly, we must have a cowl"
st seems quite a profitable invest
ment," agreed Mrs. Jugger, especial
Nv when one reflects that you only
had TO feed your imaginary COW for
six months, having sold her to the
butchers at the end Of that time.
while you got the price of the butter
and eggs and calves and so on for
whole year"
MADAM" said Juggers, severely,
will you oblige me by keeping your
mouth shut? There never was any
use in trying to argue with womanl
They are fools! But we will have the
COW, all the same!"
That very afternoon the COW APP
peared on the scene. She was tied
| to the tail-gate of a covered wagon,
which was drawn by a pair of rusty
looking mules, and chaperoned, so 10
speak. by a gangle-shanked, plank
shaped man. with a mouth on him
cut remarkably decollete and a
beard like the whiskers on a cocoa
nut. Maybe Jugger looked like he
wanted a COW. At any rate they were
soon pickering and ehaffering, and
presently Jugger parted with forty
one large dollars and became the pos
SCISSOR Of the COW.
The plank-shaped man tied her to
the hitching-post, just outside the
front gate and drove away. Then
Jurger called his wife out to view the
prize.
"Gentle?" said Jugger, in response
to question from his spouse.
Course she is! Gentle as lamb!
He said so. And a good mixer?
WHY. eee-fuzz. he says she viii give
inst all / can milk! That what he
said. Eat? Eats next to nothing.
He said so. Rich milk? Why, lawzy
me. it's almost clear cream! He said
twas Skittish? Thunder, no,
\ that's what ne SalN- atiitNF - iiAt-h
her a little now, just to show you
now easy it strand he added suggest
livelv: "A good drink Of pure. rich
cream wouldn't taste so bad. eh?"
Mrs. Jugger allowed that it would
MT. md her husband went to the
house for pail.
The COW was not beauty, but
looked robust anduntroubled byennu
she was quaint Of body and long OF
limb. One horn turned up and tbs
other down. and her tail was almost
Innocent o. hair.
"The signs Of good milker'" said
Tucger. in answer TO an inquiry from
his better-half. "The man said 50.
Instead of one pail, Jugger had
brought two, the very largest in thu
house.
Thought 1 might as well milk he'
arv while l was at it." he explained
"shen pretty nearly FIJI both thes'
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