Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1919 — Dressed Beef. [ARTICLE]

Dressed Beef.

Some soldiers at camp spied a cow in a nearby field and after capturing her with the intention of having a drink of milk on the owner they discovered to their disgust that she was dry. A disappointed doughboy leveled his gun at her, saying: “She’d look better to me as dressed beef.” “Give you $5 if you turn the trick,” said another. “It’s a go,” said the first one. "I’ll turn her into dressed beef before morning and claim that $5." None of us thought he meant it, but in the morning he claimed the money, saying the cow was now dressed beef. We had to be shown, so were taken to tiie field, and there, sure enough, the cow was dressed. She was careering about the field in a complete outfit of the kitchen police.—Exchange.