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Show Ilrtukiti It i'iilly. In the province of Uolsiein, noted! for its superior breed of faith-, the country peoplo aro not only very thrifty but ex-ceeilingly ex-ceeilingly fond of their cows, as ma ha j gathered from tho following character- 1 istic story, i Fanner Jan was walking sadly down the road one day when the village pastor j met him. "Why so sad, Farmer Jan?" said tho ! pastor. i "Ah, I have a si-.d errand, pastor," said Jan. "What is it?" "Farmer Ilenrik'a cow is dead in my I pasture, and I am oil my way to tell j him." j "A hard task, Jan." ; "Indeed it is, but I shall break it to him gently." j '-How will yon do that?" i "I shall tell him first that it. is bia j mother who is dead, and then, having opened the way for sadder news still, I thall tell him that it is not his mother, i hut the cow!" Youth's Companion. |