The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-22
COL. WOODS TRIBUTE 10
5Is THE COW


C1AwfOrd county who have at one time
OrRn0ther witnessed the work of Col.
I'm. Woods in the sale ring. He has
been in Denison on more than one oc.
cAAfOn, and in the carly nincties / did
most Of the sale work for Nv. A. Nc.
Henry. His tribute to the COW, deliy.
ered at Springfield, Ill, in 1897, may
haNe been read by some Of our readers,
but: there are many in the county who
for them we publish the coloners tri-
butte.
.s.Grand and noble brute, of all mans
animal friends she Is the greatest. To
her we owe the most. Exan1ine into
ALL the channels Of trade into which
alla enters and note the result, should
she be blotted out. A Sunday stiffness
W9pld pervade the great stock yards
.eHs0ur large cities and grass would grow
insthe streets. One-half Of the freight
trains that plow the continent from
there would be nothing for them to do.
FIFTY per cent Of the employees would
drlw no pay on Saturday night and our
tables would be bare Of the greatest
Inquiries with which they are loaded.
The great plains of the west that the
COW has made to blossom like the rose
W6uid revert to the Indians from
whence they came and millions of pros.
pSFpus homes would be destroyed.
i None other like the COW. There is
nQS q thing from nose to tail but what
issntllised for the use of man. We use
ME horns to comb our hair, her skin
iSs0n {0ur feet and horses backs. Her
hatf keeps the plaster on our walls, her
shQM makes glue and her tail makes
sd33p. She gives us her cream, our
mink, our butter and cheese and her
hsSh is the meat of nations. Her blood
iasASed to make our sugar white, her
bdhes when ground make valuable fer.
ttA3er, and even the contents of the
tia first chemical process for the manu-
faEture &C the best quality of white pa
hqE and now it has been discovered that
that paper can be made into the best
false teeth, Oh, you who would abuse
the COW, wish that ! could for once
take from your table as you are about
tos sit down to the evening meal. all
fhht the COW has placed thereon. Id
take up the cup of milk sitting by the
bdhy's chair. Id take the cream his.
cult, the custard pie, the cream for cot.
fee. the butter, the cheese, the smoking
rGlist of beef or steak, or the sweet
cGfhed plate of juicy meat. In fact,
ia leave you to make your meal upon
Irish potatoes, beet pickles and tooth
picks.
mo other animal works for man both
day and night; by day she gathers food
ami when we are asleep at night she
brings it back to rechew and manufac.
tufe into all the things of which I
speak. She has gone with man from
Plymouth Rock to the setting sun. 1t
WAS her sons that drew thes prairie
schooner for the sturdy pioneer.ia as inch
by inch they fought to prove that
Westward the Star of Empire takes its
WY" And the old cow grazed along
behind and when the days march was
dojle, she came and gave the milk to
lillsthe mothers breast to feed the suck
liHk babe that was perchance to become
tkR future ruler Of this country.
s.ssssWho says that what we are to a
gr6at extent we do not owe to mans
bert friend the COW? Treat her kindly.
E3etly. for without her-words fail me
toJdescribe.
at was the COW that made it possible
for man to change the great American
dGeert into land of happy and pros
pokous homes. When she came the
buffalo disappeared, the Indian tepee
gave way to the church, school house
and home. and where once the wild
wolves howlcd today children prattle,
grAss grows, flowers bloom and birds
sing"