A Cow. 21 



Of course, his aid was called in on the cow ques 

 tion, and equally, of course, he knew an Irishman 

 by-the-by, what can be the reason that Irishmen are 

 the only people that have cows to sell? Is it be 

 cause they love cows, or hate them ? The whole 

 world knows their &quot; strong weakness&quot; for pigs, but 

 do they collect rare specimens of cows out of pure 

 affection, to dispose of to curiosity - seekers having 

 good homes ? Or is it that they love pigs too well 

 to endure the presence of a rival, and dispose of the 

 bovine race as fast as they obtain them ? However 

 that may be, if you ever want a cow, an Irishman 

 will want to sell you one ; and this particular Irish 

 man had a particularly fine animal just the thing 

 for the occasion. 



Before purchasing, I made a few elementary in 

 quiries as to what cows eat, how much exercise they 

 needed, in what manner they were to be stabled, and 

 how many quarts of oats they would require daily. 

 My friend replied that they preferred a warm mash, 

 to be given three times a day; and when he saw 

 from my countenance that my mind was a blank on 

 the subject of warm mashes, he explained that hot 

 water was poured upon bran and meal mixed, and 

 that the mixture was then usually called a mash, al 

 though why and wherefore he could not distinctly 



