Show RAFFLES COW TO BUY LEG ingenious scheme of a man D cabled by a train it there is more than one way to akin skin a cat there Is certainly more than one way in which to acquire a cork leg the usual way Is to earn money ind buy it says the new lork world the way adopted by julius thorne who lives at glens palls falls la Is to let a cow raise herself and then raffle her off tor for a leg thorne was hit by a railroad train about a year ago and when the do doc c tors cut off his left leg a disease of the bone set in the injured man was taken home where while he lay on oil his back waiting tor for the bone to heal he cast about for some means whereby lie fie could procure a cork leg being supplied with little in the way of the world s goods thorn was forced to use his ingenuity from a neighbor he be bought for a couple of dollars a sickly calf less than a month old this he raised on skimmed milk provided by another neighbor who made his own butter and in time the calf got strong enough to be turned out to pasture grazing around cost little and while the calf was growing and fattening thorne made baskets that he might have enough cash to winter the by fall he had earned enough to more than do thil thi and recently he started a raffle all his friends took tickets and when the drawing takes place thorne will cele brate by wearing his new cork leg |