The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-26
BROKE THE COW TO MILK
JOHNNY DUMPER TELLS OF A
QUEER EXPERIENCE.
THOUGHT HIRED MAN WAS CALF
At First She Kicked the Daylishts Out
Of the Hired Man and Johnny's Pa,
But They Worked Her-clever Way
That Others May Try.

That Others May Try,
Editor News: Me an pa an the
hired man had a tussel with COW
lernin' her to milk that | thot sum of
your reeders that has cows wud like
to know about, She waz a yung COW
and hadn't never had a caf before an
when it cam to havn' a substitoot
milk her she want a goin' to stand
for it, We put the caf in a shed away
from the COW an the hired man he
started in to milk her She wudn't
stand mint but kept steppin' around
an switchin' her tale an finally
slapt the hired man square in the face
with her old tale. That made him hot
an he cam to the hous an told pa
he'd civ up his job afore he'd milk
that fool COW. Pa sed it want no
CRATE thing to brake a COW to milk
that he'd broke lots of em. All you
needed, he sed, waz patience an a
little good Judgment about the ways
of cows. SO he tuck the pale an got
a peace of halter rope an went into
the stall WHARF the COW waz standin'.
He patted her on the hip an sed "soe
boss" but boss didn't soc, she Just
kept right on stampin' an switchin'.
Pa tuck the halter rope, with know
in look an got it round her hind
legs an tide it SOS she cudnt kick
Gather leg an tide her tale down with
the end of the rope SOS she cudnt
switch. Then he picked up the pale
an sed, "Well now | guess, old lady.
you'll stand" But he hadn't more'n
got started to milk her, an just got
settled down when the COW bumped
herself up all of a suddint and kicked
with both hind feet an tale an landed
pa over agen the manger on tother
side of the barn.
Pa cudn't hardly get up till we
helped him. My he waz mad, an he
sed, turn the caf in to her an let
the Old rip go if she don't want to be
milked," an he limped off to the hous
an got ma to rub him with panekiller.
The hired man went to get the caf
but | seys to him, Let's play a joak
on that COW an fool her a trip" SO
| got a hoss-blanket an cuple of
straps, an we strapped that blanket
on the caf SOS thare want nothin'
but his noZe an eyes out an then we
put him in with his muther. She waz
goin to kick him out just like she
did pa, at first, but he kept blattin'
an she kept a smelln' of him, an at
last she decided it waz her own caf
under the blanket an then she stood
still an let him milk her. s quick as
he got done we tuck him away to the
caf shed an tuck off the blanket. Mex
morning we put the blanket back on
agen an tuck him to the COW. She
was awful tickeled to see him an
never made a move all the time he
waz a milllin' her. We thot we had
her broke now, so that night | put
the blanket on the hired man insted
of the caf, an he stopped down an
held the pale under the blanket an
went in beside the COW. He looked a
little different to her to what the caf
did but she smelled of the blanket an
it smelled so much like her caf she
thot it must be all right, so she stood
still an let the hired man milk her
just like she'd let her caf He only
had to put on the blanket about
week an then she got used to him an
forgot about her caf an now he don't
need to ware the blanket no more. |
thot I'd write the paper about it an
mebbe sum of your reeders that has
"A COW that won't stand for milkin' wud
like to try the same scheem.
Yours, Johnny Bumper.