THE ONE-PRICE HEIFER.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 372, 25 June 1903, Page 8

THE ONE-PRICE HEIFER.

Yew wanter buy thet heifer, Zeb? I don't believe yew can; I wouldn't sell thet heifer, air. to any Uvln' man. X«, sir. If yew should come an' lay a fifty In my hand f*J co an' shet the stable door an' let thet heifer stand. : M let her stand right where she U till she is old an' gray 'aktsrr I'd sell one aide of her, that's all I've got to say. . Tew heerd I wanted to dispose? Tew most hev heerd It wrong; T 4 buy a dozen like her, Zeb, If y«w"d brine them along;. course I've got a lot of stock, more steel 'en what I need, . emv* I am short of stable room, an' somewhat short of feed; n t ex for aellin' thet there beast 1 wouldn't, no siree! let forty dollars come between thet heifer, Zeb, an' me. X am a one-price critter, Zeb, no man kin beat me down; •he's wuth a heap more'n forty. Zeb, ask any man in town. SI Hunker wants her purty bad. an' so doe* Deekln Hale. But ez I said before, of coarse, the belfci ain't for sale. Ihe's gentle an' she's good an' kind, an' slicker then an eel; A child could milk her any time, she'd neret raise a heel. •ha never hooks nor jumps the fence, she never runs away, Aa' comes around at milxia' Umaesreg'lai ez the day.. Veu'd orter see the milk she gives, it's yaller. thick an' sweet. As' ez for quantity, by gum, thet belfet can't be beat! They's junks of butter floatin' round maids the raiikin' pall, 4*' epeakin' .of her butter, Zeb—but then. she ain't for sale. Tew say yew're bound to hev her. Zebl Yew want her putty bad? T** slickest piece of cow-flesh, air. a farmer ever had! fTuth thirty dollars es she stands, an' aot a dollar less; Per I'm a one-price critter, Zeb, yew*ll find thet out, I guess. "*"' ' Wuth thirty dollars ez she stands. I'll tall yew what I'll dew: I'll swap her now for twenty-flvs—'twist me an' her an' yew. ♦Jeet twenty-five, no more or less, for I'm ■ one-price man, An' if yew'd want to swap her back, why durn it. Zeb, yew can. —Joe Cone, in N. Y. Sun.