Show L all ZI Z I L E ebenezer Spill gath and the culf calf t by elli porker buhr buile andhor is AS pi pic s A EIT by y NE NEWELL WELL he reverend ebenezer Spill gath deauville De UvIlle Is one of the arted i men in our midst and organ argon of the society tor for the bention atlon of cruelty to animals a 0 eh aart RhIno colura betz la Is the r number but there are some an is it ie is mighty hard bard to please bout it a year ago mr air Spill gath rd a calf bawling lo 10 orone me bles a barn and it bawled so sadly t air r heart was touched he went in and upbraided orone all 1 orone orono eald said wan wax that if it the arend nd felt that way about e oud could have the plagued calf and come ae but that as for him be he wt going to spend all hie his time try to teach a wobbly legged cow child limb ib trees so the reverend spill upbraided orono a few times for language and aud took the rait calf home less s than a year he wished he nt a as he had the calf home he ed it loose in tho the back yard and t over to aunt to re a donation for the purpose of roving ring the happiness of the calf when ian ae reached home again the aas as sadder than ever it was ding ig before an apple tree with its t feet on the trunk looking up the e boughs and bawling piteously as evident that the calf wanted to b the tree and mr SpIll gath Is to hear learid lear td tod so ho he gave the calf a t mil and it scrambled into the crotch the tree an As soon as it was up it eted d a little bleat of joy and imme ely fell down the other side of the 4 U as i evident that the calf wanted wonted climb lanb the tree and mr kind and hearted so he gave the sit a boost and nd lit on its bead it bawled bowled ut that for an hour and then it up and turned around aa put ite its feet et on the treo tree trunk and bawled be up in the tree again so mr hilgath alth gave it another boost and it ambled lied up into the crotch and ted 1 once joyfully and fell out of tree ie on the other side or a week the reverend Spill gath t all bis his time boosting the calf the he tree and seeing it fall out in but at the end of that time the was as able to lie in the crotch of tree with its hind legs hanging n one side of the tree and its fore angina hanging down the other and it id have been happy but it soon m as it was able to remain in crotch atch it began looking toward upper aper branches and bawling to up in them dut but as soon as the arend nd Spill gath gave it a boost it 4 rough through the crotch onto its head as a sad case of misapplied devo to i an ideal and reverend spill it rent went over to aunt got at another contribution out of for the improvement of the condl conill at climbing calves addly ly enough the cash s of aunt Rhino colura did not I 1 m to 0 o improve the calf ib in the way climbing abing it remained a mighty r tree eo climber and no vo explanations the art made by mr SpIll gath ed the calf much mr air SpIll gath id explain to the calf how to climb tree c and then he would follow pre t nth with example and would climb tree ie himself and the calf would on a eagerly and fairly pant to do ersela self and nd then mr air 8 pili gath id give the calf a boost and it id paw at the tree with ltd legs go i plunk 1 through the crotch on its lead bead it was a melon melancholy choly calf en it as not bawling to be boost into the tree it was bawling belt se lt had alighted on its head bead in w weeks it wore out that trea ind and illg ith bad had to do his bat beet to in a cow and it takes a lot of con tribu mr air Spill gath hart bid to hire sev eral of his relatives es ti t help him and they would all tabs nold of the cow cowl and give her a maghy boost into tho crotch of the elm they boosted so bard hard tha they tossed the cow right through the crotch and over the fence into rone irane McDo yard but that did not make much differ ence for the cow always al ways tell fell out of the crotch anyway sooner or later and und it caved saved time when they the cow right over they were able to get her and toss her again all the sooner when ater did not toss the cow bawlec and when they did toss she fell with a thud and bawled just the same name and there anything seemed to interest the co con but tree climbing except fireworks the cow was passionately fond of fireworks pass lona tona tely I 1 reverend SpIll gath discovered that the evening of july fourth the cow instantly stopped bawling bior or higher things as you might say the moment she saw fire works so he went over to aunt and got a big contribution ton tribu for fireworks and every evening he bad had roman candll j or spin wheela or roc rockets ketti tor for the cow she seemed to like spin wheels the best but only about one out of a dozen spin wheels work right and when they did not work right the cow would lie down and weep piteously but you can cant t use firc fire borks to ad vantage during the day ebenezer thought of getting a big tent and dark aning it so he be could havo haie fireworks tor for the cow by day but aunt rhin objected site said she was about contributed ic to a finish she re marked rather sullen sullenly 17 that beel beet steak at least did not bawl so mr air Spill gath did the best beat be could for a while but the cow grew worse she wanted the spin wheels in the top of the elm tree so she could be climbing the tree and watching the fireworks simultaneously this really aggravated reverend although he la Is one of the kindest hearted of men and he said that as aunt Rhino colura had ceased her contributions it was evident to him that this was the kind of cow that would never be happy anywhere but in heaven the butch hutch er gave him twenty eight dollars for the cow of course aunt Rhino colura did not get any of the twenty eight dollars for she was merely a con member but she was al lowed 0 ed to buy all the cow steaks she wanted from the butcher at the regular rate and reverend bill tor for damage to his apple tree wae was only twenty eight dollars 1909 by W 0 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