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the same chance of getting to heaven as the man who 

 is cruel to his child. 



I wonder if the children of this place have read the 

 story of "Black Beauty." If not they must as soon as 

 they can get it. The young men and women must 

 read it too, and } 7 es, older folks will find it very inter- 

 esting and instructive. It is a book for everybody. 



We were much distressed if any of our cows were 

 taken sick. I recall the bewilderment in searching 

 Law's Yeterinary Adviser, for symptoms corresponding 

 to those of the sick animal. They were there, but with 

 so many shades and under so many different names — 

 just like the doctor books of human beings, — the poor 

 animal might have had any or all of the diseases. 



It was in the days of the pleuro-pneumonia scare 

 that we learned what one veterinary knew about that 

 disease. One of the cows was sick with what we since 

 learned was milk fever. We sent for a veterinary 

 from the nearest town. He must have heard of the 

 scare for he immediately pronounced the disease "Blue 

 Mony." He thought that under his treatment the 

 cow would get well, and paid several visits to his 

 patient. Each time when asked about her condition 

 he would encouragingly tell us, " symptoms favorable." 

 At his last visit while "symptoms favorable" was still in 

 our ears and the sound of his buggy wheels yet in the 

 distance, the poor animal drew a last breath. It is 

 but justice to say, I do not think this veterinary had 

 a diploma, and it is said we have better ones now in 

 the country. 



Well, the part of the dairy business that gave the 

 girls the most pleasure was the weekly returns. 

 Besides getting a good price for butter, there were 

 often a few words that were very encouraging. I 



