The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-29
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bled the deacon's wife. There was
one COW In particular that the deacon
always treated with the utmost ten
derness and that his wife, per contra.
always thirsted to kill on the spot.
This was q one horned COW belonging
to the Widow Glenn, in the village. At
some stage in her COW career some one
had Knocked her right horn off in
treating her as trespasscr. The dea-
cons wife wanted to main or kill that
COW because the bovine had but the
one horn and because she belonged to
a widow that had once wondered how
the deacon could possibly stand 1t TO
live with such wife. II thus came
about that there were mornings when
/ the one horned COW came home with a
limp and a detected attitude aud other
! mornings when she came home with
! head and tail In the air and believing
that life was worth the living II all
| depended on whether the deacon or his
wife got up first and found her tres
passing.
might be called n fixture for two years
before the deacon's wife died. The
| conduct OF the COW and the deacon's
wife had divided the sentiment of the
| community. There were the COW par
! ty and the anti-cow party and both OF
/ them were provided with powerful ar
! guments to sustain their positions. The
/ wife was several days in dying When
she had given directions about all 9th
er things, even to having the barrel Of
soft soap moved to a shady spot, she
| said to her husband:
"And now. Job, want to talk about
that one horned cow. hoped TO live
/ long enough TO kill her, but Provi-
dence has ordered otherwise go,
and she stays, but want you TO prom
Use to make 1t hot for her Knock of
her other horn. Break her neck. Spare
her not. Have no further mercy on
her because she Is the COW of a wild.
ow. | can't die easy unless you prom
Use me. You will probably find her in
the cornhed the day Of my funeral.
Don't mind me, but get out and go for
the COW. Chase her ten times around
the lot and break both her hind legs"
II was against the grain. but the
deacon wiped the tears from his eyes
and promised, and II Is due him to say
that for month after the funeral he
did his best to carry out the promises.
He didn't find the COW trespassing
every morning when h turned out OF
bed. She put I'm some of her nights
elsewhere. When nc did find her he
dubbed and stoned and raised bumps
and Jumps on various parts Of her
body. There came a day. however,
when he let up on this. The one horn
cd COW looked at him so mournfully
and reproachfuIly that he couldn't
throw another rock, She seemed TO
beg and appeal TO him to give her a
show, and he simply pulled up a tall
cornstalk by the roots aud used 1t as n
CAD to drive her to the highway. For
the next two months the one horned
COW lived on the fat of the land and
exulted over other cows with more
horns. Then Deacon Henderson found
himself In n quandary between his
dead wife and the living COW. He had
made certain promises to dying wo-
man. He had failed TO break that
cows neck. Instead Of so doing he
was treating her with all love and
gentleness. This fact began to worry
the good man. He grew thin over Il,
and he was yet undecided when the
minister of his church called one aft
ernoon. Here was the opportunity to
unburden himself, and it was taken
advantage Of The minister heard him
through without word and then
said:
81 am surprised that Sister Hender
son carried such feeling to the grave
with her. | wish You had not prom
ised what you did, and yet it would be
unnatural for you to carry out those
promises. You have probably tried to
break that cows neck"
"For three or four weeks / tried my
best" was the answer
"You didn't even succeed In knock.
ing the other horn offY"
"No. It's there yet"
"And you broke none of her legsy"
mot leg"
"Wetl then, you have tried and fail
ed. 1t is not your fault that you have
failed, but you had better stop right
there. Something is owing to cows as
well as to the departed, On the other
hand, the Widow Glenn knowing that
her one horned COW Is a botherat!on
and a damage to you, has no right to
let her run at large and to be defiant
about It. Neither can she reasonably
expect that you will continue TO treat
her animal with the mercy aud tender
ness you do"
but there ought to be some way
out of It," said the deacon.
Yes, there ought, Suppose you were
to call on the widow and talk things
over In friendly way"
"But she might turn me outdoors"
81 will see her first. ! think you will
find her gentle and amlable. Yes. am
sure you Will"
A month later the deacon cG.l,d. Tie
one horned COW was discussed from