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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 
