Show JOKE ON commissioner R RICHARDS I 1 C H A R D S here is a good one on oil bishop 11 J richards our worthy county commissioner incident to the alie alarming death of cows a few weeks ago a peculiar condition was noticed by several housewives in the milk of their cows after tile the cream had set it had a tendency to string like molasses and very naturally the good housewives were alarmed this condition prevailed in the household afy bishop richards ot af fielding and lie he advised his good wife to dump the milk cream and all out to the hogs this was done for over a month during which time the bishops folks bought butter instead of selling it and drank mater ater in place of milk the cows appeared healthy ate heartily chewed their culls buds regularly and led their natural complacent lives dut but the cream got no better samples were sent to the veterinarian at logan loban other authorities were consulted and bishop richards was scared to death to take a taste of the milk or cream for fear of what might result and there is little wonder finally however mrs richards discovered that there was a little dish of 0 forin formaldehyde comfortably lesting on a shelf in the milk cellar which had liven been placed there to keep out the flies files an idea occurred that perhaps the presence of the poison olson was the causo cause of 0 the peculiar condition of the milk so it was removed from the cellar immediately the cream assumed its natural glossy condition and the causa cause of tile the trouble was located since then commissioner richards has been having a good laugh on himself and tile the other people who complained to him of tile the same condition incidentally lie has been going down on bread and milk about four times a day to get even een for the month or six weeks the hogs got the cream |