Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1906 — Easy Enough. [ARTICLE]

Easy Enough.

“From time immemorial,” said a Louisville Judge, “southern people have been lavish in bestowing titles. I think there is something in the southern temperament which explains this. I didn’t start out on this, however, for a philosophical disquisition, but rather to tell how a certain Kentucky gentleman established valid title to the rank of colonel. He went to Cincinnati once with a friend who enjoyed many acquaintances in the Buckeye metropolis and who introduced him to every one as Colonel Brown. Everything went along smoothly until finally one Cincinnatian asked of the introducer: “ T suppose your friend. Colonel Brown, was in the Confederate army.’ “ ‘No, sir; he was not.’ “ ‘Well, then, he fought on the Union sldet “ *You are wrong there too.’ “ ‘Oh, I see now. He got his tide by serving in the state militia?’ “ ‘No; he never entered the militia.’ “ "Then how in thunder did he get to be a colonel ?* “ ‘He drew a sword, sir, at a church fair!* ’’—Washington Post Cows at Calviar Timo. Never feed a cow heavily Just before dropping a calf. Heavy feeding then, especially if it is heating food, may cause inflammation, or garget, in the udder. Though a cow should not be fed heavily just before calving, she should be well fed.