AN ESSY ON THE KOW
(By " Max Pannum.")
A kow iz a annymlll wot iz yousful tew mm : It is bigger'n a Kat or a Dorg, but not bo big az a ellyph9nt, aud \z no trunk, hnt it etandaon 4 fe<)t like a Washing masheet), it np a hed at wun end, and a tale at the other like a Kammill, witch they brush fliza orfli with, suna men swear orful at Kows wot ewitoh lhare Ta'es at mi'Wn time ; gows cfiyo milk for nankin porridge with, i>» ekln ifl Kalled leather, and its Beef iz Kalled Stake.
The Kow haz 2 ornz for pokio dorga with, and men sumtimep, they aro boiled down intu glue and Kalfß feot Jelly fur e!fjlc folks, people wot eats it iz Kalled In.v&leed.R wotevar tbat iz, but it iz goad fur Boys tew ii«ewy£&. The Kow hfi§ a funny thing m Its mside Kalled a End, wot it puts its vijttlos In, till it warts tow eat, yung Kowa aro Kalled Kalves, and ay no ornz life > Kows, Bullz are he Rows, and Bullocks are Kows wot dont give milk, the Stake ov Bollocks iz Kalled Boef, and its leather ijs Kalled h}de. Oher^e and Butter A£llk fp also m»!d from Kows,
Wild JCons K are Kallod BujSnrs and are vflnomps tew man, Blaok "Blows give Whlt^ milk, so do other Knws.
A man wot kllla Baef Is Kalfed a Butcher, and a man wot rites about Kows 'ja kftlled ft Annytnlll Kompoaltov. Soßd^ges is j^n^Llmas. made from them (Kows, I mear>),Ynd snmtlmes 'ZZ Z***'' aS9*b?r ftonycfll w jtgh I ha.r tew rite an ceey apob sum day.
My par aaya this fz very good foi a little Boy like me, he Is r Editor of the Halifax HurrFoane, and he orter rknow, bntmy teEcher erz the speiuV fz a dlagraoe tew me, bat Im goln' tew be an BJditor wen i grow up tew be a man, and I'll write eßßya on Bild eded Dominies, wot wears specks.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2238, 27 September 1889, Page 2
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337AN ESSY ON THE KOW Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2238, 27 September 1889, Page 2
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