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house, safe from his intrusions. He would besiege him in 

 the presence of company, command his attention, and cry in 

 his own peculiar fashion if he thought himself ignored. 

 Many a rough-and-tumble game, which reminded me of boys 

 in my childhood days, would they have together, and it was 

 really amusing to see them. They enjoyed these tussles, 

 which were always of the most friendly character. 



Stupid as the life of a cow may seem to be, yet there has 

 been known to the writer some cows which were far from being 

 dull and prosaic. Our same Hoosier friend had such an 

 animal, whom he called Daisy. She was very docile and 

 affectionate, and would come, even when grazing in the most 

 delightful pasture of clover, whenever her name happened 

 to be mentioned. Daisy was a pretty creature, and very 

 exemplary in her conduct. When her companions would 

 break into a field of corn, where they had no right to be, 

 she would not follow their wicked example, but remained 

 where her master had placed her and the rest of the herd, 

 showing them, as it were, that she did not approve of such 

 wilful waywardness. No member of the bovine family of 

 animals ever showed a greater fondness for love than Daisy. 

 The master could put his arms around her neck, and lay his 

 face against the side of her own. That she approved of such 

 familiarity was evident, for she would show that she did by 

 placing her lips against his in true lover-like fashion. But 

 there came a time when this attachment to the master 

 became dissolved. On account of the bad behavior of the 

 herd in general, and to make it a law-abiding community, it 

 was resolved that each member should have its horns sawn 

 off close up to the skull. This, it was thought, would im- 

 prove the temper of the herd, and make it less troublesome 

 to manage. No fear was entertained, however, for Daisy, 

 who was already as good as she could be, but Daisy must 

 undergo the same cruel punishment for the sake of uniform- 

 ity in this particular in the herd. It had, however, the oppo- 

 site effect upon Daisy from what it had upon the rest of the 



