The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-10-15
LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE
Why Wake a Sleeping Lion? So Says Uncle
Joshua Weatherbee
Whom The Sentinel Now Gladly Introduces To Its Readers
and You Viii Say With Us That the Old
Man IL Level Headed.

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a. ] startEd 20 al, ny nm wife,
Elizabeth, gas raised IN 81. lN4.s and
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chiebHns yhsn re came here. bot sns
DID Nah, q gD'si cDN, and having a
BIT ~ pin mSnsy that her mother,
Nr NeDrrmD,t, hal gwen her, the
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I s shid. ne concluded ~ get the h.
eg1 IN the hsIyhbJrhDJd. and surprise
Jimmie with her purchase, and not
long after this lAYdabl" conclusion, sh'
met Iiiyh- foT-Click- Murphy ami told
him gkAt N" wanted, bat 4 must h.
a yDung cgg and good for her pn
quarts a dag. Hgh.for-Cliek assured
her he had Just the COW yhn wanted
Young Beauty, with nice yOuhg
h.ifer calf. good for $50 IN the fsl
which calf. owing, said Hgh-for.Click
my young friend. James Nsatherbee' I.
charming wife, ! arm just going t.
make the little lady prenent Of
a smooth thlker was Hgh-for-Click
much like the Mound City bunch you
have Just passed on the road-the
price was $3.50. and Elizabeth paid II,
and was delighted with her bargain
and showed James on his return home
that night Young Beauty, and her
nice little calf. and told James she
thought she would buy all the cattle
hereafter. James was a wise boy, vas
he. and said nothing. A day or "a
after the calf seemed poorly and the
COW showed plainly that something
wns wrong with her. anu Elizabeth
after trying all the local remedies In
vain, decided TO send for my good
'"i"Ed, pr. Allen, the veterinarian OF
Oregon, ut $3.50 per send. Al the
i first glance. he sad. hum. hum. ~
he tickled the COW In the neck. and
then. 'ah, poor old Blackie. some COW
for her age. Mrs. Wcatherbce.' Her
name isn't Blackie. said my sons wife
Elizabeth, rather tartly. her name u
Young Beauty Young fiddle-sticks,
said the veterinarian, don't
VI know this COW AZ q
dear old friend OF mine. Why
this COW nets me sac yearly. Every
new farmer In Holt county has bought
Old Blackie regularly for n years; In
\ fact Parson Brown. Of Oregon. tells
me that man isn't really recognize
ed citizen Of Holt county Until he has
bought and sold Old Blackie. Why,
said DR.. Allen reflectively, Tom Curry
Of the Sentinel, wanted u buy Old
Blackie 10 years ago To add /, his col
lection Of antiques, and while II has
been some Is years since Old Blackie
had her last calf. every fellow who
has ever owned Old Blackie has sold
u calf with her. picked out from one
Of his neighbors lots. and Uncle Billie
Derr usually buys at least seven OF
Old Blsckie's calves q year, and Uncle
Bibles eyes grow quite dim when he
relates those sacred boyhood memories,
especially when he thinks Of the time
he sold Blackie, under the name OF
'Dollie Girl to Deacon Dobyns about
II wears ago. warranting her as the
most promising four-year-old milkev
| In Holt county, Truly, Old Blackie