Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1894 — His Cow Comes High. [ARTICLE]

His Cow Comes High.

Chicago Record. There is a man in Chicago who pays SIB,OOO a year for the privilege of keeping a cow. He is a sane man, a business man, a man of family, and generally respected in the community. His poor relatives declare him a freak and his neighbors shrug their shoulders and murmur things about rich men’s whims. » The way of it is that he possesses a valuable building lot in a choice residence portion of the city, and, having nothing else to do with it, he put a nice little fence a round it and quartered therein his pet Jersey cow. The cow was an artistic cow and harmonized well with the green turf and lilac bushes, so people rather admired the arrangement. One day a man came along who thought he would like to build a house on that particular lot, so he hunted up the owner and made him a spot cash offer of $300,000 for the land. His offer was refused, decisively and politely. “But,” remonstrated a relative, aghast, “that would pay you SIB,OOO a year! Why on earth did you refuse it?” The rich man lit a cigar and turned a protesting face on his accuser. “Yes,” he assented in a puzzled way, “but what would I have done with my cOw?”