The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-06-02
Ed II err b u s h s
Jersey Co,O

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i mean to her." said the storekeep-
err, ''but he took on suthin turrible al
the funeral an they had to hold him
to keep him from jumpin' into the
grave"
81 don't see why they had to hold
him." commented Eben Baxter.
Furthermore, he's a,goin' to have
a hundred an-fifty dollar stone put
over her." continued the storekeeper.
"Petes a-workin' on 1t right now.
Four an haf lines of letterin' on
her good p'ints alone, not countin
the Bible text an the here lies an
names an dates. He cert'nly Is
givin' her a good recommend. he
reelizes what he done lost"
"He remines me of Ed. Terbush |
an his Jersey cow" remarked Wash |
ington Hancock. "You all remember
Ed. Terbush. d'know II you re-
member the cow or not. I'd have plum
forgot her IL 1t hadn't ben for the
way she favored a secont cousin o
mine in her pers'hal appearance an
a few other circumstances connected
with her. She was considerable OF
a cow, for Jersey stock. II I hadn't
had Eds say-so, I'd have thought she
had some buffalo in her an the rest
| wild goat an hyena. But Ed stuck
to it she was Atwood jersey.
"The first time / seen that COW,
Ed was on her back an she was a
buck-jumpin' round the pen at the
rate Of 4S miles an hour. reckon
she was about a month old then. Ed.
undertook to learn her how to drink
milk outen a tin bucket std O what
yu might call natures fount, an neo
straddled her neck to get better
leverage on her, for-gettin' the Tenth
of her laigs an the strength of her
back.
Eds Cow Was an Active One.
"He done damned her haid into the
bucket an she th,owed her haid up
right energetic, an that slid Ed mid
ways lords her tail, which was hi'sted
I'D stiff an bent over at right an
giles two inches from the tassel.
Then she lit out bawlin' an spurtin
skim milk through her nose ever
jump.
ED, he hung on until she tried to
elm over the pen, which she'd have
done If he'd taken a-nolt of her ears
an encouraged her. Then he left her
sort o. sidewise, an sudden, an ram
med his haid into the ground like
he was one o. them ostridges with a
passle of Arabs after him.
81 don't see what that's got to do
with Jason Fosters wife's tomb
stun" said Old Man Somarindyk.
"Come to think of it, l don't know
as it has" admitted Hancock in
genuously. 81 don't know as it's got
a heap to do with the Rock O. Gibral
tar, but it had a right smart connec
ton with the brimstun lake In th'
. remarks Ed made when he'd get hi
mouth empty enoi gh. jest men
toned the INGREDIENT to show you how
Esmerelda started
"Who?" exploded Old Man Somarin
dyk.
Eds jersey" explained Hancock
blandly. Eds wife named her Els
m erelda. Don't asst me why, becu
don't know. All I can tell you
that she learned to drink skim mil
an eat lace waists inside Of wee
from the time she rid Ed around tn
pen. Where you goin,' Uncle?'
Oil man Somarindyk stalked indit
nantly out of the store, deigning n
reply
she Ate Bargain Waists.
81 didn't aim to say they fed ne
N on lace waists Hancock told tn
o circle. "The waist was talki
about was one that Eds wife ha
bought in St. Joe for $3.50, maTke
down from $12.53, ercount Of 1t bel
mussed up some.
Eds wife allowed she cd wash
out for -threequarter cen
with of soap an starch, an Gle;
five dollars an fifty-nine an qua
ter cents on the deal, an she W
TOO good a business woman to
sech a chance go by.
"She done washed 1t an hung
out on the line to dry an she hadi
more'n turned her back afore (
merelda came along an ct up all
profit. When Eds wife seen her, s
was standin' with her laigs spraddl
out an her eyes rolled up an star
dribbin' out O. one side of her mou
an part Of the yoke a-hangin' @
Of the other side, Esr,erelda was r
Eds wife.
"That was jest the beginning.
bate to mention all the things Esm
edo ct off the line, first an last.
There wasn't no fence could Ike
her out an IL you tied her, sh
most likely eat the rope. She -four
cred herself two or three times
Ed had to set up nights nurs
her. besides payin' out for vet
marry.
ed sawed her horns off an und
took to milk ter. First off, she Xxi
ed him galleywest an then
wouldn't give down. The best
could get was about hat a pint
in liquid that you might have C
ed milk IL you wanted to. TIL
what | understood Ed to say at
.ims He was real worked UP alb