The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

Is of German breed aHG known as a
T~u@%enbund. Eimht Quarts Il da- and
not . drop less"
We'll. there's t~v'e.ty-four quarts q
day"
And goats milk sells at 80 cents a
quart. That gives US a little income
Of $40 a day, or almost $50 a week.
But who told you that the milk
would sell at that price," asked Mrs.
Bowser.
Never you mind. l have not gone
into this thing without making all due
inquiries. Coats butter is selling to-
day at 80 cents a pound, and the de-
mand cannot be half met. We shall
make at least $1,000 a year from these
three goats. Some men would be con-
tent to stop there, but l am not. i
Shall add six more goats. That will
give us an income of 49, 900 Il year
and be something like. Now, then. am
l a dead failure as a business man or
do l seem to know a thing or two?"
ut may come all right" sighed Mrs.
Bowser.
"Why. woman, what in thunder ails
you? Do you want a greater income
than that? If so, all we have to do is
to increase the number of goats. l
thought you'd clap your hands and
swing your hat at my figures"
"But who's to milk the goats?"
II am, Of course. l shall get up half
an hour earlier every morning."
"And the butter:"
Making Butter.
"Well. if you think it won't be a
play spell for you to make it, then we
can hire in a girl. We can let the but
ter go for awhile. and you can sell the
milk alone and take in the money. l
should think 1t would be fun for you
to take in $40 Il day"
Just then the cook came upstairs and
beckoned Mrs. Bowser out into the
hall, and after they had conferred to-
gether for Il couple of minutes Mrs.
Bowser returned to Il Y
well, Anna wants to go"
"IIumph. What for?'
"On account of the goats. She says
she's afraid of them"
"Rosh! Not n of those goats would
hurt 4 fly. Look at them from the
window here. Did you ever see three
more peaceful animals? Why. babies
could play With them" u.
But you can't always keep them
tied up, you know. Anna says her
mother lost her life by a goat"
Gamma be hanged! I'll go out there
and prove to her that those goats are
as affectionate as three puppies. You
watch me from here
Mr.. Bowser hied him to the kitchen
and from thence to the back yard.
When the boy led the goats in and
tied them up they looked innocent
hearted and seemed perfectly peace
full. What had come over them later
on was hard to say, but the moment
Mr.. Bowser stepped into the back yard
they all sprang to their feet and utter
ed a whistling noise. He left the door
open behind him and advanced to give
the Corsican a friendly pat, but he
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Elcat the goat was loose and coming
fer him head down. The others fol-
lowed suit. Mr.. Bowscr was turning
his back OF the dairy business and its
tremendous profits when the Corsican
struck him like a brick house with Il
second mortgage on it. and he went to
grass. Then all three goats leaped
over him and entered the kitchen and
dining room. After a wild gallop
around the room they went gathering
up the basement stairs. Mrs. Bowser
was equal to the emergency. She
opened the front door. and. with the
Corsican still in the lead. they jumped
over every chair and made off down
the front steps and over the fence,
and the Bowser dairy was no more on
earth. Ten minutes later Mr.. Bowser
came linlping upstairs picking the
grass off his clothes. He stood and
looked at Mrs. Bowser for a long min
ute. and when she queried. "Well:" he
said:
II will call up my lawyer on the
telephone, and whatever alimony he
says is fair I will pay your
NJ. QUAD.