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Show AN AID TO MILKING. The Collegian's Advice to Hts Father WhioH Eesulted Disastrously. A college student in one of our western west-ern states returned home after his course was finished to find that his father, a clergyman with a small salary, was eking out his living by running a small farm. "One of the adjuncts of the farm was a cow, a pretty good animal, which however, had a strong aversion to being milked. Here was an opportunity for a display of the lately acquired knowledge of the juvenile collegian. "Father," said he, "Professor G. says if one will place a weight upon a cow's back it will make her give down the milk." The reverend gentleman, favorably impressed with this information that his son had learned from Professor G. , decided to try the simple remedy. Instead, In-stead, however, of placing a weight upon tho cow's back, the clergyman placed himself upon it But then he answered the purpose. The cow, however, how-ever, was still obstinate. "Tie my legs under the cow," said the father to his son. The son did so. But the cow, unused to such unusual and arbitrary proceedings, proceed-ings, manifested her displeasures by rearing and plunging, entirely unmindful unmind-ful of the dignity of the personage astride her spinal column. It was getting get-ting altogether too interesting for the two bjpeds concerned in the transaction. transac-tion. "Cut the rope, cut the rope!" shouted shout-ed Mr. V. to his dutiful son, meaning rhfl rope by which he was attached to the cow. But the son, being somewhat excited, cut tho rope by which the cow was fastened fas-tened to the stanchion. At once availing" avail-ing" herself of the libertv thus offerrd, the cow took an unceremonious exit from the stable, and down through the 6treet she went. The minister accompanied accom-panied the cow, but in a manner not exactly ex-actly befitting the dignity of his profession. profes-sion. As it happened, one of the sisters of the congregation was on the street as the race was in progress. Surprised at such a sight, the good sister cried out, "Why, Brother V., where are you going?" go-ing?" His sense of tho ludicrous coming to his aid, Brother V. shouted back: "The Lord and the cow only know. I don't!" The clergyman was eventually rescued from his awkward perch and never attempted at-tempted the foat again. Voice. |