The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1905-09-07

WV company with Wlld mead
ed boy, and when she ha,
been turned into the yard, Mr.. Bink'
went up TO the house and said:
''Well, she's here ut last; and now
for the romantic dairy business Come
out and look the winsome wee thing
over, and see me do the milking act"
She was a COW with a "crumpled
horn" More than that she was under.
sized and scrubby and her eye did
not have that frank, innocent express
sion always TO be found in the hum.
BILE minded COW.
IL don't like her looks" was Mrs.
Binks' verdict, after a long survey.
what did you expect?" asked
Binks. Did you imagine she'd have
two humps, like a camel, or trunk.
like an elephant? A COW is a COW. II
YOU are looking for q rhinoceros or Il
buffalo you'll have to 20 further"
'I've seen cows before" replied the
lady, with q little pepper in her tones
''She may be better than she looks:
but 1 think you'll be disappointed in
her. She's evidently very common
stock"
"Oh is she, eh? That shows how
much you know about COWS. She's
pure Leghorn.'
II never heard Of q Leghorn cow"
exclaimed Mrs. Binks.
Haven't you? that's WONDERFUL.
Perhaps you never heard of q South.
down or Mcrino COW? There are
lots of things for you 10 learn yet es-
peclally about farming. I don't say
this COW Is handsome, or as graceful
MS an antelope; but what We are after
is milk and cream. She's a Leghorn.
if I know anything about cows. and
she'll probably have to be MIXED abou.
five or six times day. l will now
open the performance
81 don't believe you have ever MIXED
a COW in your lifc," she said.
Don't you? Well, prepare for a
surprise. The day you put on short
dresses l MIXED sixteen COWS and
churned twenty pounds of butter. / |,
may be rusty: but"
But WHAT"
Il was just thinking whether you
MIXED Leghorn COW on the right or
left side. It's oil the left, l think"
"All cows are MIXED on the right :
hand side, Mr.. Bnks."
perhaps so; but we'll try this one on |
the left. I'll use that old SOAP box
ior a milk stool. You can sit down on {
mat stone and sing while I play the
uairymaid. This was one of the things T
mat induced me to hire this farm for
10 summer-coming out to milk our {
own Leghorn COW as the shades of /
evening" =
The shades of evening didn't fall Z
but the cow picked up hind foot. and v
sent the milk pail whirling twenty S
ieet away. and as Mr.. Binks lodged
he fell off the box. =
by the mud Of New Jersey" he h
shouted, as he turned over and cot nm 7
but I'll have her life to pay for this"
Il told you it was the wrong side.r
protested his wife.
Wrong side be hanged, WHATS
the dii1erence to COW? She's here to o
be MIXED, and she can't have her own II
way about things. If she tries that a
little game on me again I'll break her
In two! Well drive her into a cor. S
ner over there. Come to remember
Leghorn cows always have TO be
driven into a corner to be MIXED" I
This time Blnks approached her on Z
the right-hand side, and, after batting
her hip in fatherly way for a minute
be said: d
.
Whoa, now, and back up! That's !
the style! Mrs. Binks, you walk up II
and down and sing something. What Q
this COW lacks is confidence in us. She g
can't tell what our designs are. SineI
couple Of verses of Come Into the
Garden, Maude,' and give her to under.
stand she is among friends" O
And you be easy in taking hold. r,
some COWS have to be petted, you is
Know" q
I'll attend to the petting business Il
Know this is the right side, after all: C.
tut III have her taught to be MIXED Il
N both sides within a week. / want n
10 lone-sided cows around me. lee. W
vhiz! what was thatr W
The COW had lifted both hind feet NJ W
ace. but missed both pail and Mr. II
links. a,
!. fou never MIXED COW in all yo,e of
|fe'p exclaimed Mrs. Binks. ---.4-,.,.. q