The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
THE NONPARElL MAN /
An Essay on the Proper Treatment Of
Dumb Animals In Cold Weather-story
OF the ThankfuI Hens who Threw a
Shower OF Eggs In Return for Fair Deal
Ing---Vvhy Frosted Cow Does Not Give
Two Gallons of RIeh, Thick Cream.

: Do not forget, while you are lying COM
fortablyt between blankets at night with a
hot fire inSthe basement, that. the horse in
the cold barn also has his feelings He
dislikes cold as much as anybody.
OF course he can stand 1t, but it isn't
pleasant. With little generous warmth,
or at least with the cracks in the barn
floor stopped up and the stable well
banked he will be a better horse.
And there's the hen. The hen wears
feathers, to be sure, but she has tender
comb and her toes are susceptible to cold.
just as are the toes of the rest of US. II
you think it is comfortable to roost In bare
feet on a, perch in a room where the tenn
perature is ten below Manitoba all night
long, suppose you try it some night.
But, you say, the hen squats down on
her feet and keeps them warm. There
Is a half truth In that. She does at least
squat on them and make a try at keeping
warm. But the fact that the hen quits
throwing eggs just when eggs are highest
insprice shows that she Is not as comfort
able as she might be. - y
We knew man once who kept a fire in
his hencoop in the winter and the biddios
were nice and comfortable. When eggs
went up those hens spat on their wings
and just leaked eggs at every pore. The
man became enormously wealthy just be-
cause he treated the hens right-and we
were glad of 1t. et
Then there's the cow. People expect to
draw fifteen quarts Of rich, thick cream
out of half chilled cow, with frosted
horns. It can't be done. The COW has her
rights and she knows them. We are not
advocating flannel paintalettes and a lace
fichu for every cow, but we do contend
that bossy should be kept half way com
Portable If you do not want her to take it
out OF you on the milk. The, energy the
cow spends in getting warm II thrown
into the milk business would toss OF
quart after quart of rich cream without
turning a hair. 2t3$
/ And the dog, the i CAMS AMERICANS
The dog. scertainly pays his way witt!
goodfellowship. To turn g. thin haired dog
into the shed at night=-well YOU can tell
what he thinks of it by the expression On
his tail. We discovered the dogs dislike
OF cold by letting him sleep in the tent
one cold October night. There was ar
insecure wooden flooring to the. tent AND
the dog slept under the bed. There was a
quart of milk In the other corner of the
tent in q dog proof jar But the dog
shook so; hard during the night that the
milk was churned and we got g. neat little
pat Of butter. After that the pup had two
rugs, one under and one over and the
tent did not vibrate SO much. It's good
deal nicer to treat EN- all right. A, little
GOLDEN rule applied to the animal world
makes this a good deal happier place tc
live in.
l Wilkins gave a suspicious looking beg
gar a bad coin. When expostulated with
he remarked: "The man was bogus-sc
was the coin. The bad men ought to have
the bad money
John Farson of Chicago has million
dollars to give away. Elbert Hubbard
says he refused it once, and Mr.. Farson
corroborates this. Mr.. Farson dassent
give us try.
To replace the 100000 Willard Allen OF
Boston stole, the Methodists have raised
$4,000 for the superannuated pastors
fund. In just what CLINE Mr.. Aliens side
whiskers are now waving Is unknown te
the police. wonder If he's having q
good time!
!, The Chicago ordinance against the toy
pistol provides q penalty Of 500 for any
one who shall sell, loan or furnish any
toy gun, or toy pistol. or toy fowline
piece, or other toy firearm in which an.
explosive substance can be used Never
mind, boys, perhaps you can skate into
an airhole before the winter fairly sets in
Cuba has voted Gomez $4,000. No Gin
STdIlLuQe Ol republics dDOuI lulS-tildI 10
IL the warrants are good.
Chicago people do we'll to walk. A fly
ing brick shows no respect for the side
.whiskers OF wealth. ~
Freshmen of Northwestern university
are prevented from smoking cigarettes by
the upper classmen. It is pretty nervJ
thing for a mere freshman to poison the
same air a sophomore breathes Now, ii
the faculty will haze the upper ciassmen
in the same way.
ST. Paul man is said to have mas
tered the cat language. A charge OF
buckshot sometimes masters this feline
conversation quite neatly.
The Morton Enterprise "Growler" tells
why some old settlers make a mistake In
selling out after they have become at
tached to a place by spending the. best
years OF their lives on 1t. The Growlel
says:
They have spent the best years Of their live,
age to TELL for the pittance they are getting
and go to some strange land is mistake and ony
the5 will regret thousand times Don't sell
rent if YOU are tired Of farming, move In town
but hang to the old home
That's pretty good advice. II the ole
place seems bit monotonous and sug;
gestsf too much hard bone labor, either
rentsit for a. year or let the boys care fol
it. Then go into the city and get a little
change ofsyiew. Hear the all Knight bang.
ing of the cars get elbowed and SteppeC