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Show Pennsylvania Dog and Cow 8tory. Ben Record owns a cow which ho believed to bo ono of tho best milkers In nil this country until a few weeks ago, when she began to "fn'.l oil" suddenly. sud-denly. Tho shortago became- more and moro notlccablo until tho animal developed Into a third class "stripper." Mr. Record also keeps a full-blooded terrier pup, whoso rapid growth and ' portly appearance has occasioned remark, re-mark, although tho dog seldom ato anything that was offered to him by tho family. Both mysteries wcro cleared up tho other evening, how-over, how-over, when Mrs. Record went to the barn to milk, for there lay tho cow contentedly chewing licr cud, whi:o tho terrier pup, his feet spread far apart, leisurely extracted tho precious lacteal tin Id so much desired for making mak-ing ico crenm- or constructing pumpkin pump-kin plea. Since tho discovery tho cow has becomo reinstated In tho good opinion of tho family, but tho terrier takes his milk nfter It has been skimmed. Punzsutnwney Spirit. |