Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-26

Blue BIooded Jersey Taken 10
Beverly to Furnish MIX
for the TaftS.
Boston Post

! Her name was ComaSsie OXtord
Torment.
And the name is not her only dis
tinction, for she Is to succeed the
famous pet COW that Mrs. Taft in
stalled in the ex-president's tennis
court.
Mrs. Taft is intent on having
COW wherever she is, and as TO move
the famous White House bossy was
deemed impossible, a new COW has
been secured for the use OF the Pres
idents family at Beverly this sum-
mer.
When Mrs. Taft ordered Bossy,
''the pride of the White House." put
into the famous tennis court, sacred
to the memory of Colonel Roosevelt,
Washington society gasped In aston
ishment. Neither President Taft nor
Mrs. Taft cared for tennis. But Mrs.
Taft did love nice fresh milk and
she was determined to have IT,
No sooner did she behold the ten
mis- court, with its green, soft grass,
than her mind was made. Here's
the pasture" she said 20 herself.
II was easy to secure a COW From
| that time on there has been fresh,
pure milk at the White House table
| Supplied by Bossy, such milk and
such butter and cheese had not been
known there since the days of the
early presidents. who were farmers
themselves.
As the time drew near for the re-
moval OF the Taft family Ia Beverly
the question arose. What shall be
done with Bossy7"
After much deliberation Il was
found that bringing Boasy 70 Bev-
erly was out OF the question. Then
arose a new predicament. How was
Mrs. Taft TO get the fresh milk that
had grown 20 be a necessity to her?
Mrs. Taft answered this question
herself. She advertised She asked
for healthy COW, without any dis
! fgurements, and a good milker The
replies poured In by the hundreds.
They came from. every part OF the
country and from every town and
hamlet IN the United States.
The choice finally fell on a COW
on the II. p, Hood farm. at Derry, n.
II. There the expert breeder. w. II.
Ranney, picked out what is perhaps
the most perfect Jersey COW alive
He wrote Mrs. Taft about the COW,
| and she had her looked at The ex-
animation was absolutely satisfac-
tory. So Comassie Oxford Torment
came TO be the successor OF Bossy,
the White House COW.
Comassie is a full-blooded Jersey.
their being not single strain OF
alien blood In her. She Is connected
with the finest prize winning Jerseys
In the country, her pedigree being
traceable through many generations
She Is the daughter OF Comassies
oxford Lad, by Oxford Lad. by Fly
ing Fox. by Golden Fern. Her moth
er was Great Tormentor. and she Is
| related 10 the famous Exile OF st.
Lambert. Connoisseurs pronounce
her one of the best pedigreed cows In
! existence.
Comassie will be the new pet AZ
the summer White House. and as
such will be taken care OF in a way
! that few animals can boast OF and
Mrs Taft will see to II personally
that Comassie wants for nothing.
She will sleep in a beautihul, clean
stall all OF her own, In which ster-
ilized shay'ngs only will be used.
water will be altered and will be ar
tificatlly cooled for her especial use.
Her pen will be heated and cooled
by artificial means until a moderate
temperature is reached. so that moth
ing may Cause Comassie TO become
evil digpositloned.
She will be washed and cleaned
three times each day. a special soap
of germ-destroying quality being
used. She will have two men attend
ing her, besides a milkmaid.
Her beautiful horns will be kept
shining like glass, while her hoofs
have been shaved and polished until
they are as smooth as a mirror Spe-
cial polishing cloths are used for her.
and nothing is permitted TO touch her
that can make her unclean.
II Comassle comes up TO the expee-
tations as a milk giver she may fol-
low the Taft family TO Washington.
II she goes, Bossey's reign will be
over.