Cow's Teeth

A couple ol'thirJ ward citizens níet t :uih other on tho sidewa'k last Monday moning as they wcre starting for thcir places of business, and one ol' them, a man whc reaide on Vè& Bwroa itreet, ttked the other, a Jackson slr-t man, f ooWí had any front teeth on thcir upper jaw. The Jaokson-street man was a littie astomuha at the question, as thore had been nothine saM about cows, but replied promptly. "W'liy, of course thoy have teoth 01 their upper jaw; hnw could they bite ol grass if they hadn't?" Tho Van Buren-streot man said it v:i not a question of logic, but a quention o fact ; and if thfl Jackson street man dit not knowwhether oows had front teoth on Ibe upper jaw or not lie ought lo ay te "I did not ask for your opinión," he raid "I asked if yon knew." The Jackson-street man was a littie unt tled at this, and replied wUbsoae warmtli He said if he had a child three years olwho would ask such a question aa that, Iip shontd be afraid theohild was an idiot. "You would?" "I certainly should." "Then," said the Van Buren-.stict't man, "as it is such a simple question, of eourse you can tcll mo wliether cowh llave gol front teeth on their uppor jaw or wlicthn they have not." "Why, of course they have." "They have eh?" "Yes." 'Til bet you $10 they baven't" said the V an Huren street oititen, pulling out a roll of bilis, and paeling oft" a couplf ol' livm and shakÍDg them al his Beighbor. "I'ut up or shut np." '"There is aome infernal Mtefa abovl this thing," said the other, saspioioaaty ; "1 roight have knnwn it, loo, the minuti' you askod me such uu inferoally idiotie quetion." "No catch at all about it," repliad t lie other; "if cows have got front teeth mi their upper jaws the tjO is yours. II they haven' t, the money is inioe. Nothin? could be fairer than that, could there?" Hut still the Jackson-street man hesitated. It was barely possiblo that OOWS did not have any front teeth on their lipper jaw.s. lli remembered, then, that cows in biting oft' grass always tluew their noses outward, while a horse nippcd it off by jerking bis nose inward. lio was astonislied at liow near he had come to being victimized, but he did aot likfl t come down. The two were tlion near the meat market at the corner of Jackson and Michigan streets, and the Jackson-street man was sure that a Imteher would know íbr ceitain whother or not cows had front teeth on their uppor jaws ; so he puslied open the door and said to the propriet.or : "Linehan, havo cows got front lecth on their upper jaws ?" i roast bT Beef', but Ke stoppeJ, fookii up in astonishinent, and said, "What?" "Have cows got front teeth nn thpir upper jaws?" "Cows?" "Yes." "öot front tcetli on llirir upper aws?" "Yes." "Upon my word I don't koow !" "Youdon't know?" "No. You see I buy my beef by the juarter at the slaughter house, and don't ïave anything to do with tbe heads. Bui can Gnd out for you when I go over." "I wish you would." So the Jackson-street man elosed the loor, and rejoined his neighbor, apd the two walked along without sayipg a word. A milk wagon was seen coming up the treet, and it was resolved to liu.il the Iriver and ask him the question, as it is jopularly supposcd thut milkmen are nore or less familiar with cows. The an ïuren-street citizen cleared his throat andyelled, "Helio!" The milkman reined ip, and said : "Go ahead with your tests. Ifyoufind any water or chalk in that milk 111 give you the whole of it. " The eitizens told him to be calin, as they iad no intention of testing his milk, but only wanted to know if eows had front eeth on their upper Mms. The milkman looked at them about a minute, and then whipped up liis horses and drnve oflf, mentioning some kind of a bol that they were. Up on WiiOOnain treet they saw another milkman, deliviTng milk, and overtaking him they oxplained the dispute. He smiled pityingly upon heir ignoranee, and said : "Of course cows have front tMth OU heir upper jaws- a driveling idiot ought o know tliat mueh. A eow would be a landsomc lookint; objoct without any 'ront teeth in her upper jaw, woulin't he?" "J'vn eendudod to takc that bel of yours," iid the Jaekson Street niiin to the ither. "Come, now, down with your lust. Jut up or shut up." "Why didn't youo it, theo, wlu-n you iad a chance? I never claimed to know wliether a cow liad front teeth on her upper jaw or not; I only thought l had reu o somewhere, and asked to ee if you cnew about it lor certain. But now that he thing is settled, there is notbing to lt on as I oto , , "O, of course not," HM the Jackson street man, sarcasticvilly, "of course not. " Just then Mr. t'lark, of the Newhall louse, happened along, and as the milkman picked up his reins and drove off, the t'an Huren-street man asked Mr. Clark if ie knew anything about cows. Mr. Clark siüd he did, having formerly been a farnu'r and a cattle buyer. "Well." said tli. an Buron sireeter, 'do you know I got the quoerest idea in my head thi9 morning about ei ws thut a man ever had. Somehow or other I got an idea that cows had no front teeth on heir upper jaw ; and I aetually offered to et ten dollars with thiü man that sueh was the case. I don't M what pos me" "Well, if' you had bet you would have won themoncy," tid Mr. Clark. "What! " exelaiuipil both the citizens ogether. "I say if you had bet you would have won the money, for cows have na front eeth on their upper jaw." "Sweet spirit hear my pntyer,' Httd the Van Buren-street citizen.as" he brought out his roll, and peeling off the two fives again he shook them at the Jacksonstreet man, who turned away with a sickly smile and said he could not be always pulling out his money ! Ignorance seems to be italkinx through the land like a Kansas grwshopper on stilt.- 1'eck'sSun. Tlie experiment has been made of Söwing oats and wbeat together, witb a riew to obtain a wiütor eoverinj' for thewhe&t The seed in the proportion of' odo part of oats to two parts of wheat, wan town in the fall, and the oats spruug up quickly and were killod by the early frost, ilie stalks and leaves lying on the cround all winter keeping the snow from blowing away, and preventing the sun from thawing the frozen ground. In the spring the dead oats mke a frood top dressing for thogrowing wheat. The erop of wheat the next season was reported tobe excellent, while whoaton the adjoining Und pltnfc'l !n thp uiual msnnnr ws of no valué.