BILL NYE'S COW EXPERIENCE.
' When'l wasiyoungaift! ufeeUtoroam-' around a.country; 'gathering* iu^theidsrk', of- the moo*n,' I used'to think I could milk'anybody's"' cow, bu^li do not thick" so "now. 5 f Ido ' not milk a cow-now ilnl ess l'tn:f*'sign '.is; right: and h'tiasriit been ri&ht'fora.gqoJ / many-years: -i) *';*-■ '■'•":y i _"__" "^ '"■/. The-last cow-I tried to milk'was a ' condmon c'o\v ? ' bom in obscurity*;a liind of self-made'cow. ' I"remember ( how' , her brow, was'low; but she-wore her r tail high,'and'she--was' haughty,, oh so' haughty; -"' !_; '.' ' -_' ";' Iniadeacommonpiace remark'tq'.her, - >pne,that is used in- the'very .best society,, one that need" not 'have giyeii~ offence.. ' anywhere. ''""I saiii' "so;!.-,and .she*!'^soed'!'" VTheh"! said^Vhist" and", she,;"hi,stecl'!.". .' .But;t-thought lshe rather byerdid it." {She .put .too muohi.\ expressionin.it. '/,' ,;/" ,',,;, -/-•■-•,. — V • -;; Just then I heard" someihiug rcrash :• - through the window-of-a- barn,- and 'fall with a dull sickening thud, on the,outside." ; The neighbours came to, sjae .what, c it I was t]mt cansed the noise.- .--They •• fopnd *that -I ;ha:d done- N-it^in-:,getting"~ 'throvigh c<thenvindow'. I. 5" ";> '■ '• ■•-">: -''•"*■'_ _II aslced; the' neighbours jf'.'the b.kVc(''.,^ was^&ibjir.stancl'ingi'^'Tliey.saYdV-ifc.^ Then.£;i,;asked if:the cow,^vvas' injured*':l':' much. i.-They said she seemed "to be : 'quite-""-.'* robust. Then T requestedHiem" k'o > gb"!"' in.;dttd\salin-the cow a little", 'if • the^cptild Igetmy^plugJiat'o]Jli^.rJjp "'* ;I ain^ buying my,milk npw^b'ff a/milk-.-"-> man' -I selected a-gentie-milkman.-Who -"7 will not .kick, and rl feel as though JT' :- 'could-itrusfc-'-him, -Then iflhe-feelsas r ■ though"he-c-ould trust,me,itiyi; all'rjght:.. f
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 4, 9 January 1892, Page 6
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