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Show COW'S MILK TRANSPARENT. This Is Not a Delusion, Either, but Merely a Dilution. Old Capt. Joshua Ketcham, who ro cently died at Amityville, L. I., was much respected and beloved .by. the summer residents who used to sail with him on the bay and catch blue flsli.. There was always a refreshing flavor of the sea in his talk. One day when a party of city men were sailing with him the conversation turned on the difficulty of getting good, fresh milk in Amityville, and they appealed to the captain to know why, "Well," said Captain Joshua, "it's been that way as long as I can remember re-member My wife made be buy a cow once. I bought her from Elbert Haft up on the north turnpike and gave him $40 for her. Elbert said she'd give twenty quarts of milk a day, and I guess she did, but you could see bottom bot-tom in six fathoms." Youth's Companion, |