Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-08-27 | Page 2 | Cow's Milk Transparent

COW'S MILK TRANSPARENT. This Is Not a Delusion, Either, but Merely a Dilution. Old CapL Joshua Ketcham, who re cently died at Amityville, L. I., wa, much respected and beloved by th summer residents who used to sal with him on the bay and catch blue fish. There was always a refreshlai flavor of the sea in his talk. One day when a party of city mei were sailing with him the conversation turned on the difficulty of gettini good, fresh milk In Amityville, and they appealed to the captain to know why. "Well," said Captain Joshua, "ifi been that way as long as I can remember. re-member. My wife made be buy a cow once. I bought her from Elbert Ha8 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." Y'outh's Companion.